Active System Manager Release 8.2 User’s Guide

To deploy a service:

1. Click Active System Manager > Services .

   The Services page is displayed.

2. On the Services page, click Deploy New Service.

   The Deploy Service wizard is displayed.

3. On the Deploy Service page, perform the following steps, and then click Next.

   1. From the Select Published Template drop-down list, select the template to deploy a service.

   2. Enter the Service Name (required) and Service Description (optional) that identifies the service.

   3. Type a number that indicates the number of deployments that is required for a service.

   4. If you want to update the firmware version running on the servers that are in the service, select the Manage Server Firmware check box, and from the Use Firmware Repository drop-down, select a firmware repository.

      • NOTE: Changing the firmware repository may update the firmware level on servers for this service. Firmware on shared devices will still be maintained by the global default firmware repository.

   5. If you want to grant permission for Standard users to use this service, under Manage Service Permissions , select the In addition to all Admins, grant Standard Users access to this service check box, and perform one of the following actions:

      • To grant access to all Standard users, select the All Standard Users check box.
      • To grant access only to specific Standard users, select the Specific Standard Users check box, and perform the following tasks:

        1. Click Add User(s) to add one or more Standard users to the list.

           To remove a Standard user from the list, select the Standard user and click Remove User(s).

        2. After adding the Standard users, select or clear the check box next to the Standard users to grant or block access to the service.
4. On the Deployment Settings page, configure the required settings, and click Next.

   1. To manually enter the IP address, click User Entered IP .
   2. From the IP Source drop-down menu, select Manual Entry.
   3. Type IP address in the Static IP Address text box.
   • NOTE: You can manually enter the IP Address only for Static network.
   • NOTE: Select the  Retry On Failure option to ensure that ASM selects another server from the server pool for deployment if any server fails.
   • NOTE: Each server may be retried up to five times.

5. Click View All Settings to view the details of the components that are part of the service.

6. On the Schedule Deployment page, perform one of the following tasks:

   • Deploy Now — Select this option to deploy the service immediately.
   • Schedule Later — Select this option to enter the date and time to deploy the service at a later date.