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

Resources for Managing RVUs and SPRs
Managing Software Changes—427169-005
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Software Revision Notifications
Software Revision Notifications
Software Revision Notifications are sent by the ExpressNotice service to announce the
release of an unrestricted time-critical fix SPR and to provide enough information to
help you decide whether to evaluate the SPR further.
A Software Revision Notification contains one or more SPR Introduction Documents
(SIDs). See Evaluating SPR Introduction Documents (SIDs) on page 3-4 for a detailed
explanation of the information provided in an SID.
A typical summary of the SIDs contained in a Software Revision Notification might look
like:
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Platform Product Ver Rev Status Title
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HP NonStop Server T0338 D42 AAA Active NAVIGATOR ENSCR
HP NonStop Server T0345 D40 AAA Active ITP ACTV TRNSAC
HP NonStop Server T1037 G06 AAZ Active SNAX PTRACE PM
HP NonStop Server T1083 G05 AAP Active STORAGE CONF MG
HP NonStop Server T6916 G06 ACM Active SNAX/XF - SCF PRODUCT MODULE
HP NonStop Server T6957 D30 AAU Active CONSOLES - RMI & MIOP
HP NonStop Server T9134 D30 ABQ Active EXCHSNA - EXCHANGE/SNA VERSION 2
HP NonStop Server T9631 D31 ABW Active EMS - EMS BASE
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SPR Notes
An SPR Note is a collection of all available information about a software product
revision. It contains the information that appears in the ExpressNotice Software
Revision Notification message (namely, the SPR Introduction Document, or SID), the
SPR softdoc describing the product revision, and a list of the files in the distribution
subvolume (DSV) for the product revision.
SPR Notes can be viewed through NTL Support and Service Library.
For more information on the contents of an SPR Note, see Appendix B, What Is in an
SPR Note.
Note. Starting with G06.28 and H06.05, SIDs are only created and published to Scout for
NonStop Servers for Exception Delivery SPRs, which include Time Critical Fixes (TCFs) and
Early Product Deliveries (EPDs). SIDs for Planned Product Maintenance (PPM) SPRs are no
longer produced for G-series and H-series RVU-based SPRs or for Independent Product
SPRs. See Support Note S06013 for details.
Note. Starting with June 2006, SPR Notes are no longer created. Previously published SPR
Notes remain available in NTL.