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

Chapter 4
Preparing Your System
4.10 Qualifying Patches
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1. From the HP Patch/iX Main menu, highlight Qualify Patches and press
[Return]
.
The Qualify Patches prompt displays.
2. Respond Yes to the prompt:
Are you ready to begin this full qualification?
(y/n) _
An information window lists the types of patches, number of patches, and an estimate of time to perform
the qualification. For example:
Patch Qualification in Progress
PowerPatch Patches: 17 Estimated Time: 15.04
Reactive Patches: 06 Elapsed Time: 00.05
Upon completion, HP Patch/iX displays the list of patches with their qualification status. The columns
displayed are Patch ID, Qualified, Status, Flags, Tape, Stage, and Origin.
Patches that have already been applied to your system by HP Patch/iX will have an asterisk (*) displayed
after the Patch ID number.
•A CSLT can be created if any patch with YES in the Qualified column also has CSLT/Store in the Tape
column.
•A store tape can be created if all of the patches with YES in the Qualified column have Store-Only
in the Tape column.
A Staging area on disk can be created if all of the patches with YES in the Qualified column also have
YES in the Stage column.
If HP Stage/iX is not initialized, the Stage column does not display.
The status of the Tape column does not affect whether patches can be staged or not.
NOTE If you accept patches that are not stage compatible (No in Stage column), you will no
longer be able to select Create [Stage] [Tape] from the Main menu.
3. If you need to modify the list of approved patches, proceed to the following subsection, “Modifying the List
of Qualified Patches.
If the list of qualified patches is acceptable, press
[F8]
Previous Menu.
All patches with a Yes in the Qualified column will be applied to your system; those patches with a No will
not be applied to your system.
4. To return to the Main menu, press
[F8]
Previous Menu. The status indicates the number of patches that
have qualified.
5. If you accepted the list of qualified patches, proceed to the next section on your checklist.
Modifying the List of Qualified Patches
HP Patch/iX allows you to change the list of qualified patches that will be applied to your system through the
patch process.
CAUTION Forcing a patch that does not automatically qualify for your system is strongly discouraged by
Hewlett-Packard, EXCEPT if it is an enhancement or under the recommendation of the HP
Response Center.
To modify the list of qualified patches: