HP e3000 MPE/iX System Software Maintenance Manual (Release C.75.00) (30216-90344)

Appendix F
HP Patch/iX Reference
HP Patch/iX Main Menu
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5. Gradual loss of memory objects, virtual memory or other performance degradation may occur without this
patch.
6. Other, see the GR text information for a description.
blank Not a critical patch.
View (2) — General Release (GR) Text
Displays all of the General Release text that is available for the patch as shown in the following figure.
View (3) — Special Instructions (SI) Text
Displays any special instructions or configuration requirements that have been included for the patch.
View (4) — Product Number
Displays a list of products that are affected by the selected patch.
View (5) — Known Problem Report (KPR) Numbers
Displays a list of the KPR (Known Problem Report) numbers that are referenced by the patch. This is
provided as cross reference information to determine what known problems are fixed by this patch. These are
also known as Service Request (SR) numbers.
View (6) — Patch Supersedes
Displays the history of this patch. What patches it supersedes. All patches in the Supersedes tree of the
current patch are included in the patch.
View (7) — Patch Components
Displays the files and procedures that are modified by this patch. See the following figure.
View (8) — Patch Dependencies
Often a patch will have some dependency on another patch being installed on the system to work correctly.
HP Patch/iX handles dependencies automatically, by disqualifying patches when their dependencies are not
present. If you force a patch on the system, all of its dependencies will also be forced onto the system.