H06.05 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

H06.05 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide—541762-003
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Glossary
A7CINFO file. A configuration file distributed with OSS products that contains information
on the contents of all pax (archive) files of an OSS DSV.
ALLPROCESSORS paragraph. A required paragraph in the CONFTEXT configuration file
that contains attributes defining the HP NonStop™ operating system image for all
system processors. The ALLPROCESSORS paragraph follows the optional DEFINES
paragraph.
Archive. For DSM/SCM, a set of unstructured files used to collect the software received
onto the host system. Files received as input are placed in the DSM/SCM archive, and
attributes of the files are stored in the host database. You can use the Archive and
Database Maintenance Interface to specify the archive location in the Configuration
Manager profile.
Archive and Database Maintenance Interface. A block-mode interface run by a database
or system administrator at both the host system and target systems to perform
Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager (DSM/SCM)
maintenance functions.
concentrator manager process (ConMgr). A process provided as part of the wide area
network (WAN) subsystem. The ConMgr process runs in each processor that supports
WAN products and provides management functions to the WAN subsystem and WAN
products, such as downloading data link control (DLC) tasks to the communications
line interface processors (CLIPs) on the ServerNet wide area network (SWAN)
concentrator and selecting the preferred path for the DLC tasks.
CONFAUX file. The auxiliary configuration file created by the Distributed Systems
Management/Software Configuration Manager (DSM/SCM) tools. The CONFAUX file
contains a list of the code files and system files that are needed to build the new HP
NonStop operating system. HP recommends that you avoid making any changes to
your CONFAUX file.
CONFBASE file. In G-series or H-series release version updates (RVUs), the basic system
configuration database file, which is stored on the $SYSTEM.SYSnn subvolume. See
also configuration file.
CONFIG file. In G-series or H-series release version updates (RVUs), the current system
configuration database file, which is stored on the $SYSTEM. ZSYSCONF subvolume.
See also configuration file.
configuration file. In G-series and H-series release version updates (RVUs), one of the
following files: CONFBASE, CONFIG, one or more saved configuration files named
CONFxxyy, and CONFSAVE.