This chapter covers the process of creating an Application Deployment Manager (ADM) package for deployment using the ADM framework. It includes the following topics:

• About the ADM Package Utility Modes and Switches
• Copying the ADM Package Utility to a UNIX Environment
• Process of Creating an ADM Package
• Consolidating ADM Data Types into Deployment Units
• Process of Creating ADM Deployment Units from Database Types
• Creating ADM Deployment Units from Repository Types
• Consolidating ADM Deployment Units from File Types
• Creating the ADM Package Directory Structure
• Consolidating ADM Deployment Units into the Deployment Package Directory
• Generating the ADM Package
• Validating the ADM Package

For more information on the overall ADM process or deploying an ADM Package, see:

• Overview of the ADM Deployment Process
• Deploying an ADM Package

See Figure 5 for a high-level overview of the ADM packaging process as it fits in the overall ADM process.

Figure 5. High-level Overview of ADM Packaging Process