Use this checklist to identify the tasks you need to perform to create or update the environment definition for a deployment.
Task |
Perform this task if: |
Start FileNet Deployment Manager. |
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Create or select a deployment tree. |
- This is the first time you are using FileNet Deployment Manager.
- You want to create a separate deployment tree for your application.
- You have multiple deployment trees and you want to work in a different deployment tree.
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SOURCE ENVIRONMENT |
Ensure that the FileNet P8 domain is running.
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You intend to perform any of the following tasks:
- Test the connection to the Content Engine server.
- Extract the object store half map.
- Extract the security principal half map from the LDAP server.
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Create the environment definition for your source environment.
See Create or edit an environment definition. |
You are using FileNet Deployment Manager to deploy your application. |
Define or edit the connection to the Content Engine for your source environment.
See Define the connection to an environment. |
- This is the first time you are defining the source environment for your application.
- Any of the following information has changed in the source environment:
- Protocol used to connect to the source environment
- Type of application server used for Content Engine
- Server on which Content Engine resides
- Communication port number for the application server
- Relative path to the Web Service Interface endpoint for Content Engine
- User name and password used to log on to the source environment
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Extract the name and ID of each object store in the source environment to create or update the object store half map.
See Extract an object store half map. |
- This is the first time you are defining the source environment for your application.
- Any of the following changes have occurred in the source environment:
- A new object store was created.
- An object store was deleted.
- The name or ID of an object store has changed.
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Export user and group data from the source environment to be used in the security principal half map.
See Extract a security principal half map. |
Both of the following conditions are true:
- The source and destination environments contain different users and groups.
- You intend to populate the half map with user and group information contained in export files.
Do not perform this task if:
- The source and destination environments contain the same users and groups.
- You intend to populate the half map with the user and group information from the Content Engine LDAP provider.
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Extract the user and group data from the source environment to create or update the security principal half map.
See Extract a security principal half map. |
The source and destination environments have different users and groups and either of the following conditions are true:
- This is the first time you are defining the source environment for your application.
- Any of the following changes have occurred in the source environment:
- A user or group was added that will be referenced in the exported data.
- The name, SID, display name, or principal type of a user or group has changed.
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DESTINATION ENVIRONMENT |
Ensure that the FileNet P8 domain is running. |
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Ensure that there is at least one object store in the source environment. |
You intend to create an object store half map. |
Create the environment definition for your destination environment.
See Create or edit an environment definition. |
This is the first time you are using FileNet Deployment Manager to deploy your application. |
Define or edit the connection to the Content Engine for your destination environment.
See Define the connection to an environment. |
- This is the first time you are defining the destination environment.
- Any of the following information has changed in the destination environment:
- Protocol used to connect to the destination environment
- Application server used for Content Engine
- Server on which Content Engine resides
- Communication port number for the application server
- Relative path to the Web Service Interface endpoint for Content Engine
- User name and password used to log on to the destination environment
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Extract the name and ID of each object store in the destination environment to create or update the object store half map.
See Extract an object store half map. |
- This is the first time you are defining the destination environment for your application.
- Any of the following changes have occurred in the destination environment:
- A new object store was created.
- The name or ID of an object store has changed.
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Export user and group data from the destination environment to be used in the security principal half map.
See Extract a security principal half map. |
Both of the following conditions are true:
- The source and destination environments contain different users and groups.
- You intend to populate the half map with the user and group information contained in export files.
Do not perform this task if:
- The source and destination environments contain the same users and groups.
- You intend to populate the half map with the user and group information from the Content Engine LDAP provider.
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Extract user and group data from the destination environment to create or update the security principal half map.
See Extract a security principal half map |
The source and destination environments have different users and groups and either of the following conditions are true:
- This is the first time you are defining the destination environment for your application.
- Any of the following changes have occurred in the destination environment:
- A new user or group was added that will be referenced in exported objects.
- The name, SID, display name, or principal type of a user or group has changed.
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SOURCE-DESTINATION PAIR |
Identify the pair of environments to be used for a specific deployment. For example, you might create a source-destination pair for deploying your application from a development environment to a test environment.
See Create a source-destination pair. |
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Create or update the object store data map with the data from the object store half maps.
See Create or update an object store data map. |
- This is the first time you are defining a source-destination pair for this deployment.
- The object store half map for the source or destination environment has changed.
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Add labels in the object store half map to resolve unmapped entries in the object store data map.
See Edit labels in half maps . |
The data map contains source object stores that are not mapped to destination object stores. |
Create or update the security principal data maps with the data from the security principal half maps.
See Create or update a security principal data map. |
The users and groups are different in the source and destination environments and:
- This is the first time you are defining a source-destination pair for this deployment.
- The security principal map for the source or destination environment has changed.
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Add labels in the security principal data maps to resolve unmapped entries in the security principal data map.
See Edit labels in half maps. |
The data map contains source security principals that are not mapped to destination security principals. |