Setting deployment preferences


Setting deployment preferences
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You can set preferences for managing the deployment of products dating back to version 5.1.

Note:

You can select option U (Terminology and Usage) to obtain more information about Deployment Server terminology and usage.

To set deployment preferences

Launch the Deployment Server.

# /opt/VRTS/install/deploy_sfha

You see the following output:

Task Menu:

R) Manage Repository Images             M) Update Metadata
V) Version Check Systems                S) Set Preferences
I) Install/Upgrade Systems              U) Terminology and Usage
B) Define/Modify Install Bundles        ?) Help
T) Create Install Templates             Q) Quit

Enter a Task: [R,M,V,S,I,U,B,?,T,Q]

Select option S, Set Preferences.

You see the following output:

Current Preferences:

Repository            /opt/VRTS/repository
Selected Platforms    N/A
Save Tar Files        N/A

Preference List:

     1)  Repository
     2)  Selected Platforms
     3)  Save Tar Files
     b)  Back to previous menu

Select a preference to set: [1-3,b,q,?]

Do one of the following:
- To set the default repository, enter 1. Then enter the name of the repository in which you want to store your downloads. For example, enter the following:
```
/opt/VRTS/install/ProductDownloads
```
  If the specified repository replaces a previous repository, the installer asks if you want to move all your files into the new repository. To move your files to the new repository, enter y.
- To add or remove a platform, enter 2. You are provided selections for adding or deleting a platform. When a single platform is removed, it becomes N/A, which means that it is not defined. By default, all platforms are chosen. Once you select to add or remove a platform, the platform is added or removed in the preferences file and the preference platforms are updated.
  
  If only one platform is defined, no platform, architecture, distribution, and version selection menu is displayed.
- To set the option for saving or removing tar files, enter 3. At the prompt, if you want to save the tar files after untarring them, enter y. Or, if you want to remove tar files after untarring them, enter n.
  
  By default, the installer does not remove tar files after the releases have been untarred.

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