IBM i Deployment System Development Cycle Example
Following is a simple example of a typical development cycle using a Visual LANSA System and a Deployment System on IBM i:
- Developers code and test their application on a Visual LANSA installation on Windows.
- LANSA is installed on IBM i as described in the Installing LANSA on IBM i Guide.
- Partition is defined on IBM i matching the partition definition on the Visual LANSA installation.
- The Remote Deployment System is defined in Visual LANSA with a corresponding entry in the LANSA Communications Administrator (refer to 5.3.1 Define a Deployment System).
- The Refresh menu option, available in the Remote System right click menu, is used get workstation names from the Deployment System, that is the LANSA on iSeries installation.
- Deliver To is used to deliver application objects to the Deployment System. "Create an IBM i export list" can be selected on the Deliver To dialog to automatically create an export list on the deployment system including the delivered objects.