Case Study: HMS Delivers Sleek Application Deployments via CA Release Automation
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HMS faced challenges with their manual deployment process that was time-intensive and error-prone, especially for Informatica objects. They worked with CA to create custom actions for CA Release Automation to automate their deployments of Java, DB2, and Informatica. This improved efficiency by reducing deployment times by over 50% on average and increased quality by automating approvals and providing full logs.
Case Study: HMS Delivers Sleek Application Deployments via CA Release Automation
- 1. World® ’16 HMS Delivers Sleek Deployments via CA Release Automation Tim Gaston - Director, Change Management - HMS Lionel Bailey - Lead Release Engineer - HMS D05X14S DEVOPS
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- 11. 11 © 2016 CA. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.@CAWORLD #CAWORLD Informatica-Specific Deployment Challenges Three Conventional Approaches and Inherent Risks Informatica CLI § Supply commands and credentials manually or via pre-defined script § Not ideal for credential security § Increased error risk due to: § Repeat all steps for each deployment group/component § Manual intervention § No visual representation of scripts obfuscates process Informatica GUI § Manual execution increases risk of error § Unpredictable, lengthy deployment time § Advisable to create exclusive lock on repository to prevent repository conflicts (Undesirable since it prevents other services and processes from updating non-related objects) XML Export/Import § Prone to errors since all inputs explicitly provided at time of deployment § Required input: § ID export location § Import § Choose export folder § Resolve conflicts § Indicate workflow reusability § Assign integration services
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