Quick configuration mode

In Quick configuration mode, the process of creating a new runtime environment (RTE) is streamlined. You perform only four steps to configure a new RTE whether you are creating from scratch, using a product-provided model, cloning an existing PARMGEN RTE. The configuration software automatically runs any required update, merge, clone, and conversion jobs, as appropriate.

There four ways of creating a new runtime environment in PARMGEN:
  • From scratch.

    Creating an RTE from scratch means that you provide all the required information to define and configure the RTE. There are no presets, other than parameter defaults.

  • By modifying a product-provided model RTE

    Using one of the provided model RTEs means that you do not have to do as much configuration. There are many preset features, depending on which template you select, such as support of system and user-defined variables.

  • By cloning (and possibly modifying) an existing PARMGEN RTE

    Cloning an existing PARMGEN RTE allows you to create the RTE using values you have already customized for your site.

In Quick Configuration mode, creating a new runtime environment requires four steps:
  1. Setting up the PARMGEN work environment.
  2. Editing the configuration profiles.
  3. Creating the runtime members and jobs.
  4. Submitting the jobs to set up the configured runtime environment.
However, you will need to complete additional configuration steps outside the configuration software to complete the configuration.

The steps required to apply maintenance or to upgrade an environment depends upon whether or not you want to exploit or customize any new features.