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

Managing Changes Between Release Version

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Task 2: Track SPRs

HP provides the following tools to keep track of SPRs being made available for

products you run on your system:

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ExpressNotice service (see page 2-2)

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Scout for NonStop Servers

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NTL Softdoc Archive and NTL Support and Service library (see page 2-4)

HP strongly recommends that you monitor Hotstuff messages and SIDs published

through ExpressNotice, at least once a week, preferably every day.

Other ways to monitor software changes include:

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Reviewing Hotstuff messages and Support Notes that have been issued since you

last reviewed them. Starting with the number of the last document you reviewed,

evaluate any documents issued since that time.

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Periodically run Scout for NonStop Servers report of SPRs applicable to your RVU.

Evaluate the SIDs of any SPRs you have not previously reviewed.

Task 3: Evaluate Relevant SPRs

Step 1: Evaluate Collected SPRs

Evaluate the SPRs collected in Task 2 by using the procedures in Section 3, Evaluating

Software Changes.

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Evaluating Outage Prevention Notifications on page 3-3

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Evaluating SPR Introduction Documents (SIDs) on page 3-4

Select the SPRs you need to research in more detail to judge their benefit and risk for

your particular circumstances.

Study all the documented information on the SPRs of interest, including superseded

and requisite SPRs, to determine dependencies and to compare the SPRs with your

computing environment.

Step 2: Evaluate Requisite SPRs

You need to research any requisite SPRs for the SPRs you collected in Step 1.

For more information, see Evaluating Requisite SPRs on page 3-8.

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.