Overview

This course trains:

• The skills that are needed to deploy FileNet workflow applications from one environment to another.

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Audience

• Workflow System Administrator responsible for deploying the workflow application into other environments, for example Quality Assurance testing or Production.
• Workflow Author responsible for developing FileNet workflow applications who needs to package the application in preparation for deployment to other environments.
• Anyone who needs to deploy FileNet workflow applications from one environment to another.

Prerequisites

Prior knowledge that is required:

• Basic knowledge of organization’s business process applications.
• Basic knowledge of database technology.
• PCs, networks, and their organization’s server operating systems at the expert level
• Prerequisite courses:
  • F115G IBM FileNet Content Manager 5.2: Implementation and Administration
  • F230G IBM Case Foundation 5.2.1: Introduction
  • F231G IBM Case Foundation 5.2.1: Configure the workflow system
  • F232G IBM Case Foundation 5.2.1: Workflow security

Objective

Upon completion of this course, participants are able to:

• Understand the process of moving FileNet Workflow applications.
• Prepare for workflow application deployment.
• Export the application assets or extract the application assets from an application package.
• Analyze the impact of the deployment on the destination environment.
• Import the application assets and complete the application deployment.
• Use the FileNet Deployment Manager command line interface.

Course Outline

How to move FileNet workflow applications

• Elements of a FileNet workflow application
• Understand the migration and deployment process
• What are the deployment phases?
• What tools are used for application deployment?

Prepare for application deployment

• Assemble deployment instructions.
• Identify the FileNet application artifacts and assets.
• Verify source and destination environment compatibility.

Export the application assets

• Export FileNet P8 domain assets
  • Create or update export manifest
  • Export assets to a deployment dataset
  • Extract the source environment half maps
  • Create a deployment package
• Export other IBM and external assets
  • Export user interface assets

Convert and analyze the FileNet P8 assets

• Prepare the destination environment
  • Extract the destination environment half maps
• Create a source-destination pair definition
  • Create the conversion data maps
• Converting assets for import
• Perform a change impact analysis

Import the application assets

• Import pre-requisite assets
• Import FileNet P8 assets
• Import non-FileNet P8 assets

Use the FDM command line interface

• Introduction to the command line interface
• Deployment operations

Appendix

• Solutions to Exercises.
• Start and Stop System Components.