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Deploying the Product for the First Time

The following is a brief description of the main steps in deploying an instance of this product by issuing CA Mainframe VM Product Manager commands. One installation of the product materials for a specific product version can be used to deploy multiple instances of the product. These instances might run on the same VM system, or on different VM systems at your installation.

  1. Define the Product Deployment

    Use the VMDEFINE command to establish a set of parameters for the deployment. These parameters include the server machine user ID and the target disks or directories to contain the product files used by the server or end user.

  2. Tailor the Product Deployment
  3. Follow the steps in this section to modify the default values for the allocation and deployment parameters established by the VMDEFINE command. Tailor the values to meet your requirements.Allocate Resources for Production Use

    Use the VMALLOC command to create any user IDs and allocate disk space needed for the product deployment. Server products need a server virtual machine and its own copy of the product code. A running server is protected from code changes made by service updates, because it has its own copy.

  4. Deploy the Product Materials

    Use the VMDEPLOY command to populate the product disk space from the installed product materials. Initial configuration files are created and the deployment is readied for its first use.

  5. Start the Product

    Follow the steps in this section to bring up the deployed product server machine for the first time.

  6. Test the Product

    Follow the steps in this section to perform initial testing of the deployed server virtual machine.

  7. Make the Product Available

    This step describes how to place the deployed product into production use.