N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 User's Guide for the Windows 2000 Plug-In

Capturing and Deploying Files and Applications

The Windows common tasks page enables you to view and create components for the following Windows 2000 entities:

ProcedureHow to Capture a Windows 2000 File or Application

Before you can deploy a file or application across systems, you have to make the file or application known to the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System software and wrap it into a component.


Note –

Although the general approach that you follow is the same for all component types, details differ depending on the actual types that you need to use.


Steps
  1. Select the Windows icon under the Common Tasks section of the left control panel.

  2. Click the Create New link next to the component type you need to create.

    For example, to create a component that contains a batch file, follow these steps:

    1. Go to the Additional Windows Tasks section.

    2. Click Create New next to Windows Batch File.

  3. On the Components Details Edit page, fill in the appropriate information.

    For example, for a batch file, fill in this information:

    1. Type a name for the component

    2. Choose the host from which to procure the batch file.

    3. Navigate through the file system hierarchy on the host, and choose the batch file.

  4. Click Check in Selected Item.

Using the Command Line

You can also create a component through the command line. For more information about commands, see cdb.rsrc: Managing Components in N1 Grid Service Provisioning System 5.0 Command-Line Interface Reference Manual.

ProcedureHow to Deploy a Windows 2000 File or Application

Steps
  1. Capture the component as described above.

  2. Go to the Components section of the N1 Grid Service Provisioning System application.

  3. Choose the component to deploy.

    Depending on the type of component that you choose to deploy, you might have to define variables or to perform other steps. At a minimum, you perform the rest of the steps listed here.

  4. Click Run in the Actions column next to the Default:Install procedure.

    A plan details page appears for running the installation procedure.

  5. Choose a target host.

    The target host should be a host for which the component that you are deploying applies. For example, deploying a Microsoft Windows IIS application to a non-Windows host would not be appropriate.

  6. Click Run Plan.