Installing Your Products Using CA CSM › How to Deploy a Product

How to Deploy a Product

The Software Deployment Service (SDS) facilitates product deployment. Deployment is a process of copying SMP/E target libraries from a driving system (where the CA CSM application server is running) to a target (remote destination) system. The target system could be the local z/OS system, a remote z/OS system, a staging system, or a sysplex.

Before you can deploy a product, complete the following tasks:

• Acquire and install the product (including setting up SMP/E environments)
• Set up the target systems and remote credentials in the system registry

  Note: If you do not set up remote credentials for target systems, CA CSM prompts you to define remote credentials before it performs actions that require access to the systems.

You perform the following high-level tasks to deploy your products using CA CSM:

1. (Optional) Set up methodologies.

   Note: You can also set up methodologies when creating a deployment.

2. Create the deployment.
3. (Optional) Save the deployment for editing and deploying later.
4. (Optional) Change the deployment: Add and edit systems, products, custom data sets, and methodologies.
5. Deploy:
   1. Take a snapshot.
   2. Transmit to target.
   3. Deploy (unpack) to mainframe environment.
6. (Optional) Delete the deployment.

After the deployment process completes, the product is ready for you to configure.

Note: Sometimes, there are other product-specific steps to perform manually outside of CA CSM. For more information, review the Installation Guide for your product.