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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.

   If you are installing the product into a Single System Image (SSI) cluster, define your product server and any associated worker virtual machines as IDENTITY rather than USER machines in the z/VM directory. Defining the machines as IDENTITY ensures that each machine can log on and run simultaneously on each node of the cluster.

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.

   If you are installing the product into an SSI cluster, you will need to run VMDEPLOY on each node of the SSI cluster to ensure each product server instance is populated with any required product materials and configuration files.

5. Start the Product

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

   If you are installing the product into an SSI cluster, you will need to verify the product configuration files on each product server instance to ensure all node specific information is correct before bringing the server and worker machines up 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.