How to get old patches

[Michael Hogarty]

I'm looking for a patch which is listed as a prerequisite for a newer patch I want to install. However, the prerep patch is no longer available. Wwhat are my options here?

The new patch is VMS721_UPDATE-V0300; the prereq is VMS721_UPDATE-V0100.

[Dale A. Marcy]

The pre-requisite patch is VMS721_PCSI-V0100 and is available from ITRC patch page. The update v0100 is superceded by the update patch you are applying.

[Bojan Nemec]

Michael

Patch VMS721_UPDATE-V0300 includes the VMS721_UPDATE-V0100. You can look the summary:
http://ftp.support.compaq.com.au/pub/ecoinfo/ecoinfo/394.htm
where is said that includes VMS721_UPDATE-V0200 and in
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/compaq/2001-q2/0041.html

that VMS721_UPDATE-V0200 includes VMS721_UPDATE-V0100.

Bojan

[Ian Miller.]

patches can be downloaded from itrc using ftp e.g
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V7.2-1/VMS721_UPDATE-V0300.PCSI-DCX_AXPEXE
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V7.2-1/VMS721_UPDATE-V0300.txt

the pre-requisite for this patch is
VMS721_PCSI-V0100
ftp://ftp.itrc.hp.com/openvms_patches/alpha/V7.2-1/VMS721_SYS-V1000.PCSI-DCX_AXPEXE

[John Gillings]

Not relevant in this case, but in case anyone wants a *really* old patch, the Sydney CSC ECO web site is still available, but was frozen at September 2003.

See http://ftp.hp.com.au/

It contains ECO information for all ECOs issued back to VMS V5.0, most of which are either directly available, or the web site will find the latest kit that superceeds the one you're looking for.

[Ian Miller.]

Thank you John for keeping this valuable service (easy location of old patches) available. We can't always run current or supported versions even if we want to.