NonStop Software Essentials User's Guide

No Products Copied....................................................................................................106
Using the Target (Right) Pane.............................................................................................106
Undo Changes Button..................................................................................................107
Managing Software Revisions................................................................................................107
Saving a New Software Revision........................................................................................107
Canceling a New Software Revision...................................................................................107
Modifying the New Revision..............................................................................................107
Deleting a New Software Revision.....................................................................................107
Deleting Products From a New Software Revision.................................................................107
Creating a New Software Revision from an Old Software Revision.........................................107
Deleting Old Software Revisions........................................................................................108
Sharing Software Revisions...............................................................................................108
Comparing Software Revisions or SUTs...............................................................................108
8 Primary Build and Apply Process..............................................................109
Build a Configuration Revision................................................................................................109
File Placement Locations....................................................................................................110
Prepare for a Build and Apply Request....................................................................................110
Check If Additional Disk Space Is Required.........................................................................110
Check That the Spooler Is Active........................................................................................110
Collect the Information Needed for the Build.......................................................................111
Specify PARAMs as Needed.............................................................................................111
Assemble the Planner Instructions to the Operator.................................................................111
Initiate a Build/Apply Request................................................................................................111
Main Tab........................................................................................................................112
Scheduling Tab................................................................................................................113
Output Tab.....................................................................................................................114
SYSGEN Tab...................................................................................................................115
TSV Locations Tab............................................................................................................116
File Placement Tab...........................................................................................................117
Submitting the Build/Apply Request...................................................................................118
9 Activating New Software on a Target System.............................................119
Summary of Activating the Software........................................................................................119
Print the Instructions for Activating the Software.........................................................................120
Example: Planner Instructions to Operator................................................................................120
10 Renaming Product Files Using ZPHIRNM..................................................123
Prepare to Run ZPHIRNM......................................................................................................123
Run ZPHIRNM in Preview Mode.............................................................................................123
Run ZPHIRNM......................................................................................................................124
Error Handling.....................................................................................................................125
11 Loading the System................................................................................127
Renaming the Managed SYSnn (Optional)...............................................................................127
Stopping the System by Halting the Processors..........................................................................127
Loading the System...............................................................................................................128
Running PATHCOLD..............................................................................................................128
12 Performing a Build/Apply When Host and Target are not Expand-connected.129
Apply Software to the Target System........................................................................................129
Transfer and Receive the Snapshot into the Host Database.........................................................130
Transfer the Snapshot to the Host System.............................................................................131
Receive the Snapshot Manually From Disk or Tape...............................................................131
13 Performing an Initialization Build/Apply...................................................134
Build/Apply After Initializing a Target.....................................................................................134
Build/Apply After Initializing a Host........................................................................................135
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