Serena Release Manager relies on the information that you configure as part of the ongoing use of Serena Release Automation.
If you use Serena Release Automation to install and configure deployment units on the servers, or environments, to which you deploy, you must configure the required information in Serena Release Automation. Information required from Serena Release Automation includes:
Applications
Environments
Processes
Servers
Serena Release Manager uses the processes and servers that you configure as part of the ongoing use of Serena Release Automation. Serena Release Manager filters the processes based on your selection of environment, application, and combination of process and server.
Serena Release Automation process and server association with Release Packages is used for the following purposes in Serena Release Manager:
To automate the initiation of processes defined in Serena Release Automation to complete the installation and configuration of files on designated servers after the deployment units are deployed by Dimensions CM.
What Can You Change?
Serena Release Automation administrators can change entities in Serena Release Automation according to the Serena Release Automation documentation.
What is the Impact?
When you create an automation deployment task in Serena Release Control, you must select from the Serena Release Automation applications, environments, processes, and servers that you have predefined in Serena Release Automation.
When a release package is deployed, the automation deployment task is initiated, and the processes you have selected for that task are executed according to the configuration in Serena Release Automation for that process and server.
How Do You Change It?
Serena Release Automation administrators should configure application, environment, process, and server information according to the Serena Release Automation documentation.
Documentation References
Complete documentation on configuring entities in Serena Release Automation is in the Serena Release Automation Center Installation and Administration Guide.