H06.05 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

Glossary
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configuration planner
configuration planner. The person who manages system configuration changes and
software configuration changes. This person modifies the system configuration
database for system configuration changes and creates a new operating system image
for software configuration changes. See also planner.
configuration revision. A planner-defined set of software products and related
configuration information that the Distributed Systems Management/Software
Configuration Manager (DSM/SCM) can activate on a target system. Multiple
configuration revisions might exist on a target system. A configuration revision is made
up of the product versions named in its software revision list, its HP NonStop operating
system image, and the relevant profile items, such as the location of the target
subvolumes on the target system. It is created by a Build request and is included in the
activation package sent to the target system.
configuration tag. Each configuration tag identifies and configures the topology of a cluster
switch and its unique position within the topology. The configuration tag defines which
ServerNet node numbers the cluster switch supports.
configuration utility process. The $ZCNF process that is the access process for the
CONFIG file and starts and maintains the $ZPM persistence manager process.
CONFTEXT file. The configuration file used as input during system generation that contains
a series of entries defining your HP NonStop™ operating system attributes. A G-series
or H-series CONFTEXT file consists of one or two paragraphs: DEFINES (optional)
and ALLPROCESSORS.
current image. The firmware image in the local flash memory that is currently running.
CUSTFILE. An EDIT file included on every site update tape (SUT) as
$SYSTEM.Annnnnn.CUSTFILE, where nnnnnn is the system serial number of the
target system. The CUSTFILE contains information on the software products on the
SUT, their related files, and the destination and use of each file. HP customizes
information in the CUSTFILE for each customer’s system.
Distributed Systems Management/Software Configuration Manager (DSM/SCM). A
graphical user interface (GUI)-based program that installs new software and creates a
new HP NonStop™ operating system. DSM/SCM creates a new software revision and
activates the new software on the target system.
distribution subvolume (DSV). A subvolume containing program files for a particular
software product along with the release version update (RVU) document (softdoc) file
for that product. The format for a DSV name is Ynnnnrrr or Rnnnnrrr, where nnnn
is the software product number and rrr is the base version identifier (such as D20) or
software product revision (SPR) identifier (such as AAB).
duplex. Having two active processor elements, each contained in a separate NonStop
Blade Element, per logical processor. Also called dual-modular redundancy (DMR).