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Deployment

The Deployment node provides access to the Deployment Management component, which is part of the CA ITCM suite of applications. This component provides the ability to deploy software to many target systems without the need to log on manually to each computer. Deployment enables you to transfer an installation image, run the installation process, and monitor the results of the installation on each of the targets.

Deployment places the initial piece of software on remote targets and does not need any CA ITCM software to be installed on the target system.

You install Deployment as part of the CA ITCM installation. Deployment has the following distinct components:

• Deployment manager (DMDeploy)
• Deployment client interfaces, such as the Infrastructure Deployment Wizard, which is available from the DSM Explorer, and DMSweep

  Note: See the "dmsweep--DSM Deployment Command Line Interface" chapter in the CA ITCM CLI Reference Guide.

You can also set common configuration policies for component deployment within the CA ITCM infrastructure. For more information, see the Configuration Policy section of the DSM Explorer Help.

Notes:

• Some operating systems, such as Windows XP, include a firewall feature which can prevent remote connections from being established. These remote connections include the connections from other CA ITCM components, such as scalability servers. To allow CA ITCM to work properly, the firewall may have to be reconfigured. For more information, see the Implementation Guide.
• For a list of ports used by CA ITCM that could be opened in the firewall to permit deployment, see the Implementation Guide.
• SSHD configuration must be performed on UNIX and Linux target computers. For more information, see the Implementation Guide.