H06.27 Software Installation and Upgrade Guide

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.
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.
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