Creating a New Deployment Area

To create a new deployment area:

1. Log in to the Dimensions Administration Console.

2. In the upper right-hand corner, click on Area Definitions. The Area Definitions page appears.

3. Click the New icon. The pop-up menu displays the types of area that you can create:

• Work area

• Deployment area

• Library cache area

4. Select Deployment area. The New Deployment Area dialog box appears:

5. Fill out the fields as follows:

• ID

The identifier for the build area.

• Description

Enter a description for the build area.

• Network Node

The name of the machine that Dimensions CM is to use when executing the build.

• Directory

The name of the directory that Dimensions CM is to use as the base directory; relative path names will be evaluated based on this directory.

• Node User ID

The user ID that Dimensions CM is to use when executing the build.

NOTE  

•      On Windows 200x platforms, the user should have administrator privileges. On Windows XP, or on UNIX, USS, or MVS, administrator privileges are not required.

•      You can also enter a credential set. For details see the System Administration Guide.

• Node Password

The user password that Dimensions CM is to use when executing the build. This user should have administrator privileges.

NOTE  Not required if you are using a credential set.

• Stage ID

When items reach the lifecycle stage specified here, This is the lifecycle stage, named in Dimensions, that will trigger the movement of files.

• Area Owner

This is the user ID that has permission to edit the build area.

• Filter

This is a template that determines which files will be taken up by the build. For example, a filter defined as "*.java" would only accept Java source files.

• Pre-event Transfer Script

This is the name of a script to be executed before the files are transferred to the deployment area.

• Post-event Transfer Script

This is the name of a script to be executed after the files are transferred to the deployment area.

• Fail-event Transfer Script

This is the name of a script to be executed if the operation to transfer the files to the deployment area fails.

• Is this area currently offline

If selected, this check box will cause the area to be excluded from file transfer operations. (You might want to do this to avoid overwriting a specific directory.)

6. When you have finished filling out the dialog box, click OK. A Results dialog box briefly confirms the creation of the new area. The new area also appears in the File Areas List.