Actually, we're currently looking into removing the barriers that limit the
staging all MPE/iX patches. If we are able to accomplish this, you will
easily be able to stage a PowerPatch release. Right now, a patch is rejected
by Stage/iX (in the patch qualification code of Patch/iX) if it contains 1)
an installation job ("IHF" file) that does post-patch application processing
or 2) the file MMSAVE.MPEXL.SYS (the disk IPL). A PowerPatch bundle
invariably contains several of these types of patches, and hence is not
"stageable" without doing a lot of vetoing of individual patches (not
something I recommend doing).

Michael Dovano
MPE/iX OS Patch and Installation
Commercial Systems Division, Hewlett-Packard
19447 Pruneridge Avenue
Cupertino, CA 95014
E-mail: [log in to unmask]


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Gunter [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, October 25, 1999 10:41 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Patch/iX and Stage/iX
>
>
> I agree.  Too bad this can't be done for PowerPatches and
> platform releases.
>
> ----
> Lee Gunter                    The Regence Group
> Supervisor, TRG HP/MPE Systems     503.375.4498
> ----
> Opinions expressed are solely mine.
>
>
>
>
> From: Chuck Ryan <[log in to unmask]> on 10/25/99 09:27 AM
>
> Please respond to Chuck Ryan <[log in to unmask]>
>
>
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> cc:    (bcc: Lee Gunter/BCBSO/TBG)
> Subject:  [HP3000-L] Patch/iX and Stage/iX
>
>
>
>
> I have to say I really love the time Patch/iX and Stage/iX
> saves me when
> managing reactive patches.
>
> 2 weekends ago I staged a patch sent to me by HP that turned
> out to be the
> wrong version of the patch for my OS. So I downloaded the
> correct version
> from the ESC and scheduled the system downtime for this past weekend.
>
> The total time required to reboot the system to the base
> stage ( to back out
> the incorrect patch ), stage the new patch and reboot to the
> new stage...
> less than 25 minutes.
>
> Sweet!
>