Managing Deployments of Technologies
HOPEX IT Portfolio Management enables management of deployments of technologies.
Versions and Deployments
HOPEX enables association of a technology with one or several deployments. A deployment is supported by a site or server and associated with a life cycle.
On the same site, a technology is deployed to offer different services to different users. Each deployment is therefore associated with several usage contexts which enable specification of lists of functionalities available to different users.
Consulting Technology Deployments
To access deployments of a technology:
1. Open properties of the technology.
2. Select the Installation page.
The list of associated deployments is displayed.
• deployment date
• planned retirement date
To access characteristics of a technology deployment:
1. In the Deployed Technology section, select a deployment.
The hostings and usage contexts associated with the deployment appear in the following sections.
In Context of Use you can define :
• context begin date:
• proposed functionalities retirement date
• planned number of users (consumers)
Creating a Technology Deployment
Technology deployment on a site offers functionalities adapted to different populations of users over a time period.
You can create a first deployment at creation of the technology, or create it later via its properties pages.
To create a technology deployment:
1. Open properties of the technology.
2. Select the Installation page.
3. In the Deployed Technology section, click the New button.
The Deployment creation window opens.
4. Specify the deployment name.
5. Select the Deployment Life Cycle from the drop-down list of this field.
6. Specify:
• Start Date, corresponding to the effective deployment date
• End Date, which can correspond to the technology production end date.
7. Check the box Freeze the Source Object of the Software Installation to avoid modification of the deployed technology.
You cannot modify a locked technology. If the technology is to be modified, a new version must be created. 8. Click Next.
9. In the Deployment Support section, select the site or server that hosts the deployment.
10. Click OK.
The new installation appears in the technology properties.
Creating an Deployment Usage Context
The deployment context of a technology enables specification of the list of functionalities offered to each population of users for a given deployment over a period of time. Several contexts can be created for a given deployment.
To create a usage context of an application installation:
1. Open properties of the technology.
2. Select the Installation page.
3. Under Deployed Technology, select the deployment.
4. In the Usage Contextsection, click the New button.
The Creation of Use Context dialog box opens.
5. Specify the Life Cycle, Start Date and End Date of the context.
6. Click Next.
The wizard offers you to add consumers. It relates to the application installations that will use the deployed technology in this context.
7. Click the Connect button to connect the consumers to the usage context.
8. Click Next.
You can add functionalities to the context:
9. Click the Connect button to select the functionalities that will be proposed to consumers in the usage context.
10. Click OK.
The new usage context appears in the properties of the deployed technology.