Step 3.1. Copy Product Materials to Runtime Areas

To verify the product server disks, and copy product materials to the runtime disk space, enter the following format of the VMDEPLOY command.

VMDEPLOY name [PRIMARY|ALTERNATE]

name

Specifies the user ID of the product server machine that is being deployed.

[PRIMARY|ALTERNATE]

PRIMARY: Copy to the product primary disk space. This value results in overwriting the new release materials with the deployed Product Materials from the older product release or version. We suggest that you back up all deployed minidisks before using this operand. If needed, restore the backup to revert to the older release.
ALTERNATE: Copy to the alternate disk space location. This value retains your older product material deployment. Setting the Runtime Environment tag value in the VMSERVER NAMES file to PRIMARY or ALTERNATE. These tag values cause the set of deployed disks to be used when the product server is next started. Testing the new release, or backing out to the old release requires setting a new value for Runtime Environment and restarting the server.

Note: For more information about the individual tag definitions for the NAMES file entry, see the Product Tags in VMSERVER NAMES File section.