Deploying Applications 

The AS Java provides the following tools for deploying applications:

Software Deployment Manager

Software Deployment Manager (SDM) is a tool with which you can manage and deploy software packages (Software Deployment Archives and Software Component Archives).

It is intended in particular for:

·        Administrators to deploy SAP Support Packages. The SDM guarantees correct versioning.

·        Developers and administrators to deploy applications that they have not created themselves.

The SDM is connected to the SAP NetWeaver Developer Studio and is automatically used for deploying applications from the Studio.

Deploy Service

The Deploy Service is available inside the Visual Administrator. It manages the deployment of J2EE applications and the distribution of their modules to the corresponding containers across the cluster. It controls all actions that can be performed on applications during their life cycle, such as requesting containers for information about deployed applications and their modules, or initiating a demand to modify them. It also ensures that all deployed applications in the cluster are homogeneous and up-to-date.

It is intended in particular for

·        Deploying applications at runtime (with no versioning)

·        Starting, stopping, and updating applications

·        Updating individual files