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VMDEPLOY Command Tool

The VMDEPLOY tool is the method used to populate disk space used during operation of a deployed product.

For the initial deployment of a newly allocated product server machine user ID, issue the following form of the command:

VMDEPLOY server INIT

Where:

server

Defines the user ID for the product server virtual machine.

A set of default configuration files and a startup PROFILE EXEC is placed on the minidisk defined by the LOCAL tag in the VMSERVER NAMES definition. The contents of the product BUILD disks is copied to the server machine minidisks defined by the tag names listed in the DEPLOY tag value in the VMSERVER NAMES file.

For a new deployment of an existing server, you may select a collection of disks to populate. A new deployment is needed when moving to a new release of a product, or to make available those programming materials which have been updated by the service process. The available collections are:

1. the set of PRIMARY disks (those named on the DEPLOY tag)
2. the PREVIOUS disks (used to create a backup copy before an upgrade or before applying service)
3. the ALTERNATE disks (used to hold a new copy for an uograde or for new service).

Issue the following:

VMDEPLOY server collection

Where:

collection

Denotes either PRIMARY or ALTERNATE or PREVIOUS.

VMDEPLOY also allows the specification of one particular disk as the target. For example, issue this command to deploy files to the disk named on the HELP tag in the NAMES file entry:

VMDEPLOY server HELP