HP shifts location of manuals
September 24, 2009
HP support engineer Cathlene McRae, who attended this week's e3000 Community Meet, reports that the HP 3000 and MPE/iX manuals have moved from the docs.hp.com location on HP's Web site. She said the new link is www.hp.com/bizsupport, a new HP Business Support Center Web site.
The HP 3000 manuals are among the first wave of documents to move off the old Web address, according to an HP notice.
The migration is being conducted in stages over the next year and the MPE/iX content has been migrated as part of the first phase. You will see a redirection link under the MPE/iX section of the docs.hp.com homepage. It will take you to the landing page for the MPE/iX docs on the Business Support Center.
If you're plugging in a revised Web address for docs.hp.com for the 3000, it's www.hp.com/go/e3000-docs
HP has reorganized and standardized the presentation of the manuals for the 6.x and 7.x versions of the 3000's software and subsystems. The documentation is now available only in PDF documents; HTML versions existed on the HP site in the past.
McRae pointed to an HP document that explains, "To achieve a look and feel similar to docs.hp.com, all the manuals will be organized by categories within each group and in alphabetical order." Documentation for HP Linux systems, OpenVMS, and Tru64 Unix has also been moved in the first phase.
The 3000's documentation has been licensed to Client Systems and Speedware for re-hosting, but Speedware's Chris Koppe said during the Community Meet that HP won't permit these partners to host the manuals until HP clears the material from embargo. HP confirmed at the meeting that it will host the documentation through 2015. HP recommends that customers download patches and documents from the HP site for themselves before Dec. 31 of that year.
McRae also posted links to other HP documents which answer some questions posed during the Community Meet:
- An October 2008 communique on post 2010 beta test patch and manual availability, Invent3k plans and Right to Use license policies.
- The final January 2009 communique covering source code license initiatives, emulator availability and guidelines on receiving MPE/iX and subsystem media.
- The one-page FAQ from January 2009 about HP's 3000 "platform emulator" licensing policies.