Deploying Products › Transmit a Deployment

Transmit a Deployment

After you have completed all of your changes for the deployment, you can transmit the deployment. Transmitting the deployment automatically takes a snapshot of the deployment.

Note: Verify that the deployment has at least one product, system, and methodology defined.

Transmitting a deployment uses FTP to copy the files to a remote system.

Note: If the deployment uses shared DASD, it is not necessary to transmit a deployment.

While you are working with a particular deployment, the deployment is locked and other CA CSM users cannot perform any action against it. The lock is released when the task is finished.

If you select a deployment that is being used in CA CSM by another user, a notification message appears. You are prevented from performing any actions on the deployment. Click OK to close the notification message and select another deployment.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Deployments tab, and on the right, in the Deployments panel, click the Under Construction link.

   The Deployment Under Construction page appears.

2. Click the Deployment Name link for the deployment you want to transmit.

   Details about this deployment window appear.

3. Click the Actions drop-down list and select Transmit The transmit functionality lets you copy a product onto systems across the enterprise through FTP, in preparation for a subsequent deployment..

   The product is ready to be deployed.

   Note: Performing this action automatically takes a snapshot of the deployment. If you do not have remote credentials for the systems where you want to deploy the product, or you do not have default remote credentials defined on the User Settings, Remote Credentials page, the Remote Credentials Properties dialog appears. Define remote credentials for the systems, and click OK to apply your changes and close the dialog.