Planning for deployment

Planning your Control Desk installation is critical to ensure that your deployment is successful. Read all planning information and consult the performance the guidelines before you begin installing Control Desk.

Review the deployment information and prepare your environment to suit your business needs. Use the planning worksheets that are provided to record the values you use during the installation process. Recording this information is useful for future installations of Control Desk.

When you have reviewed the deployment information, and when your deployment plan is complete, refer to the Control Desk installation information to begin your installation.

System architecture and components
To prepare for installation, you must set up the required components of a Control Desk deployment.
Prerequisite hardware and software
As you plan your deployment, review the list of prerequisite hardware and software
Downloading files
IBM Control Desk is available for electronic download.
Project Start guide
You can use the Project Start work book to plan your deployment.
Supported languages
This section describes the languages supported by Control Desk.
Deployment topologies
Determine the most suitable deployment option for your environment and business needs.
Planning for security
You must choose a security option and decide which system users work with applications in Control Desk. Optionally, you can configure which system users can work with which configuration items.
Planning for serviceability
Serviceability refers to problem analysis from a central point, using data collected from a wide range of sources.
Planning language support
Control Desk includes language support for languages that are supported by UTF-8 and UCS-2.
Deployment scenarios
Deployment scenarios are summaries of product deployment tasks.
Performing multiple product installations on one administrative workstation
You can use a single computer to deploy multiple installations, such as a test environment, a development environment, and a training environment.
Planning for system performance
When you plan your deployment, you need to understand the architecture and how implementation choices affect system performance. For more complete information about performance settings, refer to the Best Practices for System Performance guide.
Planning for silent installation
When you plan your deployment, evaluate the option to install and configure Control Desk silently.
Content packages for development systems
IBM Control Desk provides an easy way to supplement your base installation with additional content packages. Content packages consist of additional artifacts and configurations that can be installed with Control Desk.
Middleware object naming conventions
When installing and configuring middleware with the Control Desk installation and configuration programs, observe the conventions for object names that are described in this topic.
Reference
Planning worksheets help you to plan your Control Desk installation.