HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 117)

File Placement Tab
This tab lets you modify options for the location from which a file is retrieved, which files are
replaced, and how files are transferred to the target. The file placement tab is not present for an
Initialization Build/Apply because no files are placed. It contains the following configurable or
informational fields:
• Perform extra verification – this fingerprints existing non-data files to determine if they need
to be replaced. This can cause a Manual Build/Apply to fail if files that are found to be
changed are not accessible in the activation package during the apply. Without this option,
DSM/SCM verifies that a previously placed file has not changed by examining the End-Of-File
(EOF) and Last Modification Time (LMT) of the file. If the EOF and LMT have not changed, the
file is assumed to be unchanged. If the EOF or LMT is different, DSM/SCM will fingerprint the
file to determine if it has changed. This is sufficient in nearly all cases. It is very unlikely that
a file's fingerprint will change without its EOF or LMT changing.
This option also affects File Adoption. Only files with identical fingerprints will be adopted. If
Place All Files is selected below, files that are being replaced by new files are not fingerprinted.
NOTE: This option requires a considerable amount of extra time during the Apply process.
• Files to place and their source – lets you specify which files to place and which to use as the
source of replacement files. The choices are:
—
Place files that have changed. Use target files as source when possible, host files otherwise.
— Place files that changed. Use host files as source.
— Place all files. Use host files as source.
• Files to include in the activation package – specify whether to include files in the activation
package and, if so, which files. The choices are:
—
None. Apply will fetch files directly from host archive – This is the default for Automatic
Build/Apply. Most files are not put in the activation package. The Apply fetches needed
host files directly from the host archive over the Expand connection. This option is disabled
for a Manual Build/Apply (“Build” selected for the “Perform steps” option on the main
tab).
— Changed files – this is the default for Manual Build/Apply. Includes in the activation
package all files from the software revision that are not in the last snapshot. These are
files that must be placed on the target system using host files. The "Files to place and their
source" option affects the set of files in the activation package. If "place files that have
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