Overview of Key Sections in Deployment ReportsÂ
Generating a deployment report creates two versions: an HTML version and an XML version. The HTML version provides a human-readable format, and the XML version can be used in your deployment process, for example, to write deployment scripts. For more information, see How to: Generate Deployment Reports. This topic explains how to interpret the XML version to deploy your applications. For more information about deployment reports, see Overview of Deployment Reports and Overview of Deployment Using Deployment Reports.
Parent Elements in Deployment Reports
The XML deployment report consists of five parent elements that appear in the following order:
<Import><Applications><Binding><LogicalServers><Errors>
The following table contains brief descriptions of these elements.
| Element name | Description |
|---|---|
<Import> |
Used to import System Definition Model (SDM) settings for referenced types in the deployment report. (Not required for deployment) |
<Applications> |
Contains information about the applications to be deployed. This element also contains information about settings, resources, and endpoints for each application. (Required for deployment) For more information, see Application Information in Deployment Reports. |
<Binding> |
Contains information about the hosting or binding relationships between applications and logical servers. (Required for deployment) For more information, see Binding Information in Deployment Reports. |
<LogicalServers> |
Contains information about those logical servers that have at least one application bound to them. This element also contains information about the settings, resources, and endpoints for each bound logical server. If these logical servers exist within zones, this element also contains information about those zones. (Required for deployment) For more information, see Logical Server Information in Deployment Reports. |
<Errors> |
Contains unresolved errors generated from system validation. Otherwise, this element is empty. Note Make sure that this element is empty as errors indicate the system is not ready for deployment. |
Tip
You can view the deployment report schema at the following location: "…\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\Common7\Packages\SDM\Schema\DeploymentReport.xsd". The schema contains definition information for the elements in the deployment report. For more information, see DeploymentReport Schema Elements.
See Also
Concepts
Overview of Deployment Using Deployment Reports