How to delete a stage from an Environment in an Endevor life cycle

Products

• Endevor

Issue/Introduction

Endevor is configured with three Environments and uses the following map: 

DEV stage 1  => DEV stage 2  => TEST stage 1  => TEST stage 2  => PROD stage 2 

 

 

Currently not using TEST stage 2  and would like to delete it. 

 

 

 

 

Resolution

Things to consider about Endevor life cycle mapping:

• The entry point into an Environment can be either Stage 1 or Stage 2. 
• The exit stage for an Environment must always be Stage 2.

This means that if a stage is eliminated from an Endevor life cycle map, it must be Stage 1 of the Environment.

1. First move all the elements out of the stage to be deleted.     
2. ⇒  In this example, move all elements out of TEST stage 1. 
3. After the stage is empty, change the C1DEFLTS table to:

• • In the ENVRNMNT macro of the Environment before the Environment the stage is being deleted from, update the NEXTENV keyword to point to stage 2.     
  • ⇒  In this example, change the NEXTENV keyword in the DEV ENVRNMNT to (TEST,2).
  • In the ENVRNMNT macro of the Environment the stage is being deleted from, update the ENTRYSTG# keyword changing it from 1 to 2    
  • The Stage 1 keywords: STG1ID= , STG1NME= , STG1TTL= , and STG1VSM= ,  even though not used, must be defined in the ENVRNMNT macro of the Environment the stage is being deleted from. They can be dummy entries.

NOTE:  The MCF data set specified in STG1VSM must be allocated. It can be defined as a one track file.  

• • If necessary, change the STG2NME and STG2ID keywords in the ENVRNMNT macro of the Environment the stage is being deleted from so any Processor logic depending on &C1STAGE or &C1STGID does not have to be updated.       

3.  Assemble and link the updated C1DEFLTS table