Managing Software Changes (G06.25+, H06.03+, J06.03+)

Resources for Managing RVUs and SPRs
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Software Management and Installation Products
NTL Support and Service Library
The Support and Service library contains general support and service content for
NonStop servers, including information about Hotstuff messages, SPR Notes, SPR
Summaries, Support Notes, and Release Docs.
Independent Products
Independent Products are released separately from a NonStop operating system RVU.
Publications for G-series Independent Products are located in the Independent
Products for G-series libraries.
Publications for H-series Independent Products are located in the specific H-series
RVU libraries for which the products are supported.
Software Management and Installation Products
Distributed System Management/Software Configuration
Manager (DSM/SCM)
The DSM/SCM product provides for the centralized planning, management, and
installation of software on distributed (target) systems. DSM/SCM runs on a central
(host) system and performs the tasks of receiving, archiving, configuring, and
packaging software for target sites. It also runs on each target system, where its
primary function is to place the software received from the central site.
The DSM/SCM functions of particular interest to managing RVUs and SPRs include:
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The ability to select specific products from software stored in the DSM/SCM
archive to create a new software configuration based on a previous configuration,
in which changed products are replaced by the new versions
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The ability to scan through RVU documents and softdocs to view product highlights
and installation information and to find the dependencies for a given SPR
For more information, see the DSM/SCM User’s Guide.
Note. For detailed information about SPR Notes, see Appendix B, What Is in an SPR Note.
Starting with June 2006, SPR Notes are no longer created. Previously published SPR Notes
remain available in NTL.