Deploying packages: Multiple system, single user model

In this model, a user creates the package from assets on one IBM® InfoSphere® DataStage® and QualityStage® system, and then deploys the package to a separate DataStage and QualityStage system.

About this task

This model is typically used where a life cycle is implemented between development, test, and production systems, but access to each system is not restricted and a single user can connect to all the domains representing these systems.

There are two stages in this package and deploy model: one to create and build the package on the source system, and one to deploy the package directly to the target system.

To create and build the package on the source system:
  1. Connect to the domain that represents the source DataStage and QualityStage system.
  2. Create a package from assets on the source DataStage and QualityStage system, and build the package.
  3. In the Package window, click Send in the top right corner.
  4. In the Save As dialog, browse to a location to save the package file to. If possible, browse to the deployment directory on the target server, and save the file to that location. (A deployment directory for each domain that you added to IBM InfoSphere Information Server Manager is specified in the Preferences window. The deployment directory is on the computer that hosts the services tier corresponding to that domain, which can be a Windows, UNIX, or Linux platform.)
To deploy a package to a separate target DataStage and QualityStage system:
  1. If you could not send the package file directly to the target system deploy directory, copy the file now.
  2. Connect to the domain that represents the target DataStage and QualityStage system.
  3. In the Repository view, right-click the domain representing the target system and click Deploy Package From > Domain. The Open Package from File dialog opens, where you select a package file to deploy. The Package window then opens for the package that you selected.
  4. Click Deploy to open the Deploy Package dialog. Select the target project and the build that you want to deploy and click OK. The package contents are deployed to the target project.
  5. To view the package build and deployment history, click the History tab.
Parent topic: Deploying packages