Can this be done? Technically, yes.
Will this work? Yes, if you get all the files, and if you get all the files into the right places, and if you set the right generations, and if you update the PCSI database, and if you don't run afoul of any collisions with other ECOs.
For no other reason than this manual update process is tedious and error-prone, tools such as PCSI were implemented.
I prefer to avoid using this approach, and I'm rather familiar with OpenVMS, ECOs and PCSI. I've been burned too many times by somebody's "almost right" manual kit installation.
I'd personally scrounge up a copy of the real ECO5 kit. If the connections are timing out (and the HP servers are prone to this), I'd try hitting the HP site via direct FTP during an off-day and/or during off-hours. Or I'd borrow it from somebody else.
I tend to prefer to keep copies of these kits around, as it makes for a far easier time should I need to recover a server. The acquisition of additional disk storage is a cheap fix for many ills.
I've been known to periodically COPY/FTP the whole ECO kit directory over.
I'll see if I can pull over a copy of this particular TCP/IP Services ECO. (The HP FTP ECO servers are showing their usual glacial performance.) If I can get a copy pulled over, I'll post a reply here.
Stephen Hoffman
HoffmanLabs
