Deployment 
Use
You use the Deployment tab to deploy new software packages with the Software Deployment Manager (SDM). The SDM takes you through the individual steps, from selecting the Software Component Archive (SCA) and the Software Deployment Archive (SDA), to actually deploying the software in the target directory.
Prerequisites
You have downloaded the software packages from a download area, or inserted a CD with new software packages in your CD drive.
Scope of Functions
The SDM supports you when you deploy software packages, and warns you about any possible inconsistencies caused by dependencies between different Software Deployment Archives (SDAs). It also tells you whether an SCA that you need to install has inconsistencies.
Select the archives that you want to deploy on the screen Choose SCAs/SDAs to Be Deployed.
To
select SCAs/SDAs within your local network environment, choose 
Add SCA/SDA to
Deployment List (Local File Browser). After
the archive has been loaded, you see a list of information about the version,
software type, number of dependencies, and the archive name.
To
select SCAs/SDAs from the file system of the SDM Server, choose 
Add SCA/SDA to
Deployment List (Server Side File Browser).
To
remove the selected archives from the deployment, choose 
Delete SCA/SDA from
Deployment List.
To
toggle the display of information about the vendor and location, choose 
Show Additional Columns
for Vendor and Location and 
Hide Additional
Columns for Vendor and Location.
To
display detailed information about an archive in a new screen, select an
archive and choose 
Show Information about
SDA.
Show
Legend shows
you the meaning of the icons displayed for this deployment step, in a separate
screen.
In the Deployment Configuration area of the screen, which you can open or close with the arrow icons, you decide which archive versions are allowed to be deployed. You have the following options:
· Settings for Updating SCAs/SDAs
¡ Update deployed SCAs/SDAs that have lower component versions than the selected SCAs/SDAs only
With this option, you can deploy new archives only, or update existing archives with a newer version.
¡ Update deployed SCAs/SDAs that have the same or lower component versions than the selected SCAs/SDAs
With this option, you can redeploy existing archives. This overwrites the previous deployment.
¡ Update deployed SDAs/SCAs that have any version
With this option, you can deploy any archive, without its version being checked by the SDM.
· Handling in case of deployment errors
¡ Stop when the first error occurs
With this setting, the deployment terminates as soon as it encounters an error. Any deployments that have already been completed are retained.
¡ Skip deployment of SCA/SDAs depending on the erroneous deployment
With this setting, any archives that cause deployment errors are skipped. The SDM still processes the list of archives until the end.
Activities
The deployment of new software components is divided into several steps.
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1. To select additional SCAs, or SDAs, choose Add SCA/SDA to Deployment List. To delete superfluous SCAs or SDAs, choose Delete SCA/SDA from Deployment List.
Choose Next.
2. The SDM determines the Deployment Action from the manifest data and displays the data in the archive list. The Repository Preview shows you how the SDAs are distributed in the SDM Repository.
Choose Next.
3. The SDM tells you that it is ready for deployment. Choose Start.
If an error occurs and you have to perform the deployment again, deployments that were successfully performed are not repeated.
4. A success message appears at the end of the deployment process. Choose Confirm to confirm the deployment.
See also:
For more background information, see Software Deployment Manager and Working with the Graphical User Interface (GUI).