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Step 3.1. Copy Product Materials to Runtime Areas

Enter the VMDEPLOY command to verify the product server disks, and copy product materials to the runtime disk space.

VMDEPLOY name [PRIMARY|ALTERNATE]
name

Specifies the user ID of the product server machine being deployed. For more information about this ID, see Define the Product Deployment.

PRIMARY

Copy to the product primary disk space. This value results in overwriting the deployed Product Materials from the older product release or version with the new release materials. We suggest that you backup all deployed minidisks before using this operand. Restoring the backup could be used to revert to the older release, if needed.

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 causes that 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 just requires setting a new value for Runtime Environment and restarting the server.

Note: For more information, see the chapter "Defining a VMSERVER NAMES File Entry" in the CA Mainframe VM Product Manager Reference Guide. For a list of the product tag definitions for the NAMES file entry, see the appendix Product Tags in VMSERVER NAMES File.

More information:

Product Tags in VMSERVER NAMES File