HP e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.0 System Software Maintenance Manual (30216-90317)

Appendix F 283
HP Patch/iX Reference
HP Patch/iX Main Menu
displays only if you have completed the Select Activities portion of the patch process.
• Available SUBSYS products. If you are performing an add-on task, we recommend that
you view the list of available products to confirm that you received what you ordered.
The list of patches displayed in the View Patches screen varies depending upon the filter
selected for the viewer. The default View Patches filter displays Installed Patches. The
current filter is displayed at the top right corner of the View Patches window.
View Patches Filters
There are three View Patches filter options:
Installed
Patches (1)
patches already on the system.
Available Patches (2) patches on the PowerPatch or Reactive patch tapes. From this
filter you can view detailed information about each patch.
Available Products (3) products on the SUBSYS tape.
Qualifying Patches
The Qualify Patches option provides three functions:
• Automatically reviews the available patches and determines which patches are
compatible with your system.
• Allows you to
force or veto individual patches. Forcing a patch tells HP Patch/iX to
include (add) the selected patch in the patch installation. Vetoing a patch tells HP
Patch/iX to not include (remove) the selected patch from the set of patches to be
installed.
• Establishes the list of patches that will be included in creating the patch installation
tape (CSLT or store tape).
This part of the process is where you choose which patches you want to install. HP
Patch/iX evaluates all the proposed patches and determines if each patch qualifies for
installation. A patch qualifies for installation if:
• It is compatible with your current software.
• All patch and product dependencies are resident.
• You do not have a more recent version of the patch already installed on your system.
CAUTION Forcing a patch that does not automatically qualify for your system is
strongly discouraged by Hewlett-Packard. Force patches only under the
recommendation of the Hewlett-Packard Response Center.
Qualified Patch Filters
To view selected lists of patches there are six filter settings available:
All (1) Displays all patches available for the current patch process.