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by Venugopal Commercial Systems Division
Overview
The MPE/iX Patch Management tool, HP Patch/iX, was introduced with PowerPatch
C.50.05 based on MPE/iX General Release 5.0, and is available with the MPE/iX
Release 6.0 Fundamental Operating System (FOS) software.
HP Patch/iX provides a user-friendly environment for customization and
installation of Hewlett-Packard supported patches on an MPE system. The new
tool provides the functionality of simultaneous installation of a PowerPatch
tape with Reactive patches, thus reducing system unavailability associated
with patch installations by as much as three hours per system. This downtime
eliminates one of the system UPDATE/REBOOTs.
HP Patch/iX also provides qualification of all patches being applied to the
system (both PowerPatch tapes and Reactive patches), thus reducing the
likelihood of an older patch backing out a previously installed newer patch.
Detailed information on supported processes and comprehensive usage
instructions are included in the HP 3000 MPE/iX System Software Maintenance
Manual.
Benefits and Features
HP Patch/iX allows the following processes:
- Qualification of all patches (Reactive and PowerPatch)
- Simultaneous installation of a PowerPatch tape with Reactive patches
- Customization of patches
- Creation of the patch installation tape while users remain on the
system
- Creation of a CSLT only when necessary
HP Patch/iX Supported Processes
HP Patch/iX supports the following installation processes:
- Single Reactive patch
- Multiple Reactive patches from various sources
- PowerPatch tape
- PowerPatch tape with Reactive patches
- SUBSYS with a PowerPatch tape (referred to as an Express)
- SUBSYS with a PowerPatch tape along with Reactive patches
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NOTE: HP Patch/iX does not support the UPDATE of a system from one
MPE release to another. A system installed with MPE/iX 5.5 cannot be UPDATEd
to MPE/iX 6.0 via HP Patch/iX. The system must already be installed with
MPE/iX 6.0 if patches are to be applied via Patch/iX. Additionally, HP
Patch/iX does not support the addition of a SUBSYS product without a
PowerPatch tape (SUBSYS Add-On only), because there are required information
files on the PowerPatch tape about the SUBSYS components.
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Reflection Users
Reflection is a separately purchasable third-party product that is a PC-based
terminal emulator program.
If you want to use Patch/iX from a PC using Reflection software, you must
install Reflection with the MPE/iX POSIX option (if available).
Otherwise, Patch/iX will not work from your PC.
For more information on the Reflection MPE/iX POSIX option, see the
installation instructions for Reflection.
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