5.5 PatchiX Training

Figure 8-3. HP Patch/iX resuming at tape creation after an error.
When starting Phase II HP Patch/iX will prompt you, asking if you are ready to begin
phase II. If you accidentally answer No, you can exit HP Patch/iX and restart with the
info parameter "phase2", and HP Patch/iX will recover from the phase2 recovery file
P2RECOVR.INSTALL.SYS. It will then start the phase II installation process.
Handling Recovery
Phase I Recovery Files
PMRECOVR.INSTALL.SYS
The PMRECOVER file is a binary byte-stream file that contains all of the global
variables and state information that pertains to a particular run of HP Patch/iX. This file
is opened when HP Patch/iX is invoked and remains open while HP Patch/iX is running.
HP Patch/iX updates this file whenever a major milestone is completed so that the user
doesn't have to perform that operation again if a problem is encountered.
PTCHLIST.INSTALL.SYS
If the user has done patch customization using VETO and FORCE a file called
PTCHLIST is created to contain the customizations. Each record contains the
customization type and patchid for each customized patch. For example: