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.