Is it possible to schedule periodic clones?

[dschaefer]

We'd like to schedule periodic clones to copy our production down to our test instance every weekend. We've been doing this manually, but I'd like to set up a schedule to do this periodically. Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Dan

[Michael Fry1]

I'm all for automation but if you forget to backup your update sets - ugh! We try for month clones, as long as everyone can backup their update sets.

[dschaefer]

Good point. It does require a bit of discipline. We have multiple test instances; our plan is to designate one of the instances to be as close as possible to the production instance. We'll use it to do a final test before moving anything to production. It should therefore never be the main repository for update sets.

[sachin_namjoshi · Accepted solution]

Hi Dan,

Yes, you can Create clone and run schedule job for recurring clone.

Refer to this Schedule Clone for more info.

Regards,

Sachin

[Edward Rosario]

Not sure if you've upgraded or will upgrade to NY, But I thought this is pretty interesting.
https://docs.servicenow.com/bundle/newyork-platform-administration/page/administer/managing-data/tas...

docs.servicenow.com

Schedule cloning

You can use System Clone to schedule automatic clonings, which is the easiest way to keep your cloned instances up to date.