To run an application process, specify the environment
to use and the process to run. In many cases, you also specify the
component versions to deploy.
Before you begin
- Create an environment.
- Create an application process.
Procedure
- Click Applications, click the application,
and then next to the environment, click Request Process .
- In the Run Process window, in the Process list,
select the application process.
- To skip component versions that have not changed since
the previous deployment, select the Only Changed Versions check
box. If you clear this check box, all of the component
versions that you select are deployed, even if they are already in
the inventory.
If the process you selected deploys component versions,
you must specify the component versions to deploy. In this case, you
can use the component versions in a snapshot, or you can select component
versions manually.
- To use the component versions in a snapshot, select the
snapshot in the Snapshot list.
- To specify component versions manually, follow these steps:
- Click Choose Versions.
- In the Component Versions window,
specify the component versions to use. You can specify
the versions for each component individually by clicking the Add link
next to a component in the table. You can also specify versions for
all of the components at once by clicking Select For All and
then clicking one of the following options:
- Click Latest Available to select the most
recent component version.
- Click Versions With Name to select the
most recent component version whose name matches a string.
- Click Currently Deployed to select the
currently deployed versions.
- Click None (Clear All) to clear your selections.
Beginning in version 6.2.1.1, incremental versions are deployed in the order that you select them in the Run Process window. To deploy the incremental versions in a specific order in versions prior to 6.2.1.1, create a snapshot, add the component versions to the snapshot in the order that you want to deploy them, and run the application process with the snapshot.
- Click OK.
Note: Make
sure to select a version for each component. If you do not select
a version for a component, that component is not included in the application
process.
- If the process has properties, specify values for those
properties.
- Optional: To schedule the deployment for a later
date, click Schedule Deployment? and then specify
when to run the deployment.
- Click Submit.
Results
The server runs the application process with the specified component versions. You can view
the process requests by going to the
History tab for the environment or
application. Typically, resources are mapped for each component version that is deployed by
the application process. You can use the same application process for different environments,
some of which do not have mappings for all components. If you run an application process on an
environment where not all components are mapped, the resulting status for those components is
Not Mapped.
You can view the progress of the process by going
to the History tab and opening the process request. The application process request shows each step in the process. Within
each process, the steps are not shown in the order that they run in. Instead, the steps
are shown in the order that they appear on the process editor, from the steps at the top
of the canvas to the steps at the bottom of the canvas.