Deployer's Workbench, Version 7.2

Importing the Common Data Model

If you have modified the Common Data Model in TADDM or SmartCloud Control Desk, you can add your updated version in the Deployer's Workbench

About this task

The Common Data Model supplies the classifications, relations, and attributes that define actual configuration items. Deployer's Workbench ships with a version of the Common Data Model within its library. If you have customized the Common Data Model in TADDM and SmartCloud Control Desk, you can add your version as a new library-based Common Data Model. You should not import the Common Data Model from SmartCloud Control Desk unless you have modified it, because it is a very time-consuming and resource-intensive operation.

Procedure

  1. Create a new Deployer's Workbenchproject and set up the server connection information.
  2. From the main File menu, select Import.
  3. Expand Deployer's Workbench Data Import Wizards.
  4. Select Import SmartCloud Control Desk data.
  5. Click Next.
  6. Select the project you created to import the data into.
  7. Select Import Common Data Model.
  8. Click Next. The Common Data Model will be imported. This operation can take 40 minutes or longer, depending on processing power and network speed.
  9. After the Common Data Model has been imported, follow these steps to convert it to a library project that will reside in your workspace:
    1. In the Model Navigator, right click the name of the project containing the Common Data Model.
    2. Select Convert Project to Library. The imported Common Data Model will be converted to a library project that resides in your workspace. You can use it as you would the original Common Data Model .

Results

If an out-of-memory exception occurs, increase the heap size of the Java Virtual Machine by editing the Deployers Workbench.ini file in the installation directory. The maximum heap size is set using the -Xmx512m option. By default it is set to 512MB
Parent topic: Synchronizing with the SmartCloud Control Desk server

Sharing the updated Common Data Model

About this task

If you want to share the updated Common Data Model with other Deployer's Workbench users, convert it to an Eclipse plugin that can be installed into any Deployer's Workbench environment. Follow these steps:

Procedure

  1. Select the top level node containing the new Common Data Model.
  2. In the properties viewer, edit and set the properties appropriately.
  3. Right click the library containing the new Common Data Model. Select Convert to Eclipse Plugin. The library will be removed from the Library Viewer.
  4. Exit Deployer's Workbench.
  5. Locate the workspace and directory that had the new Common Data Model library.
  6. Edit the plugin.xml file. Locate the id tag in the XML and set it to a dot notation unique identifier. Example: com.my_company.dw.library.my_cdm. Save and close the file.
  7. Rename the directory containing the library and plugin.xml file to match the id given above.
  8. Copy or move the directory into the dropins/plugins directory within the main Deployer's Workbench installation directory. (If a plugins directory doesn't exist under the dropins directory, create it.)
  9. Restart Deployer's Workbench. Your new Common Data Model should show up in the Library Viewer.