User`s guide

VMware Stage Manager User’s Guide
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 RegulatoryorITprocessesrequiredifferentlevelsofaccesscontrolsatdifferent
stagesoftheapplicationlifecycle.
 Bestpractices,includingtheInformationTechnologyInfrastructureLibrary(ITIL)
framework,adviseyoutouseastagedprocesswhenbringingnewservicesor
changestoexistingservicestoproduction.
StageManageralsoprovidesanarchivetostoreservices.Ifanauditrequiresyouto
showtheexactstateofyoursoftwareyears
ago,youcanturntotheservicearchive.
View of the Lifecycle Stages
Stage Managerdisplaysstagestoorganizetheservicepathtoproduction,asshownin
Figure 1‐1.
Figure 1-1. Sample Stages
Eachstagecancontaincopiesofconfigurationsthatreflecttheprogressionofthe
applicationtowardITproduction.Stage Managerprovidesoperations,suchas
promotingordemotingaconfiguration,thatmoveconfigurationsthroughthevarious
stages.
You
cancustomizestagesorusedefaultstagestoenhancetheproductionprocess.For
example,theuseracceptancetestinggroupmightlocateabuginapre‐production
stageandmovethevirtualsoftwareconfigurationbacktoanintegrationstage.
promote archive
clone
demote
Stage 3:
Staging
Stage 1:
Development
Service
Stage 2:
Testing
Stage 4:
Production
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