Checklist A. Manage Patches

Use this task checklist if your source material is on tape and/or electronically downloaded files, you are managing your patches, and you are using a tape to apply:

PowerPatch patches
Reactive patches

PowerPatch and Reactive patches together

Print a copy of this checklist for each system that you are applying patches to.

Read and perform the steps only in the following sections:

Begin Preparation Tasks. Does not require exclusive access to the system.

Chapter 3 “Planning for Your Task”
- 3.1 Verifying Required Materials
- 3.2 General Planning Tasks
- 3.4 Checking Tape Media
- 3.6 Estimating Disk Space
  Record contiguous disk space:
  Record non-contiguous disk space:
Chapter 4 “Preparing Your System”
- 4.1 Reserving Disk Space for Tape Tasks
- 4.7 Starting the Patch Management Tools
- 4.8 Selecting HP Patch/iX Activities
- 4.9 Viewing Patches-Optional
- 4.10 Qualifying Patches
- 4.11 Creating a Patch Tape or Staging Area
  Record manually installed products:

Preparation Tasks completed. Schedule downtime for exclusive access.

Begin Exclusive Access Tasks.

Chapter 5 “Modifying Your System”
- 5.11 Securing the System
  Record any terminated logging processes:
  Record temporary filename for the COMMAND.PUB.SYS file:
- 5.13 Applying the CSLT Modification
  If the installer utility created a STORE tape only, this section is not required; proceed to 5.17, "Rerunning HP Patch/iX."
  If the installer utility created a CSLT/STORE tape combined, perform the steps in this section.
- 5.14 Restarting the System
  If the installer utility created a STORE tape only, this section is not required; proceed to 5.17, "Rerunning HP Patch/iX."
  If the installer utility created a CSLT/STORE tape combined, perform the steps in this section.
- 5.17 Rerunning HP Patch/iX
Chapter 6 “Finishing the Process”
- 6.1 Configuring Datacomm and UPS
- 6.4 Setting Passwords, Lockwords, and UDCs
- 6.7 Performing the Final Reboot
- 6.8 Restarting Selected System Functions
- 6.9 Backing Up Your System
- 6.11 Finishing Up

Checklist A tasks completed.

Record system change:

System name:
System type:
Date change made:
Change performed by:
OS version from:
OS version to:
Comments:

Checklist A. Manage Patches

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