Specify a Deployment Job and Type

Use the Job Type wizard page to specify a deployment job name and to select a deployment job type.

To specify a deployment job name and type

Select one of the following job type options:

Deploy software to target computers

Specifies that the deployment job is to install the software on remote target computers. If you select this option, you can download the payload from the scalability server specified using a dialog on the next wizard page, Deployment Payload.

Stage software at Scalability Server

Specifies that the deployment job is to stage, that is, store without installing, the software package to an intermediate location on a previously specified scalability server from where it can be deployed to target computers. The role of the scalability server is to hold the package at a server that is geographically closer to the target computers, thereby speeding up the deployment.

For example, if you were to deploy to many machines at the end of a slow network connection, it would be quicker to stage the package once to a scalability server on the other end of the slow connection, and then create deployment jobs that deploy from the scalability server.
(Optional) Enter the name of the deployment job.
This value should be an alphanumeric string of 100 or fewer characters. The string can contain spaces and symbols, but cannot contain the less than (<) or greater than (>) characters. The default is the current timestamp, for example, 2008-01-09 19:48:21.
Click Next to go to the Deployment Payload page.