System Life Cycle

The "system life cycle" takes administrators through the process of planning and installing Unwired Platform Runtime, and integrating it with your enterprise environment; determining software deployment requirements; and setting up the Unwired Platform production environment. Understanding the system lifecycle helps establish best practices for managing and monitoring Sybase Unwired Platform.

In addition to learning about the system lifecycle, administrators should also understand the development life cycle. The knowledge about the interaction between the two lifecycles helps establish best practices for managing and monitoring Sybase Unwired Platform.

1. Planning
   The planning phase includes analyzing system requirements, and creating a high-level design for your system topology and production systems.
2. Installing
   The installation phase of the system life cycle includes installing and configuring both Sybase Unwired Platform and the system topology.
3. Deploying Software on the Network
   Deploying new or updated software—including new or updated mobile applications and mobile workflow packages, and software upgrades and patches—is an ongoing part of the system lifecycle.
4. Ongoing Operations
   An ongoing part of the system lifecycle is to develop operations, administration, and maintenance (OAM) processes that keeps Sybase Unwired Platform running smoothly.
5. Upgrades and Patches
   Ongoing maintenance of Sybase Unwired Platform includes upgrading the software, and applying patches.