What is the best way to sync our instances ?

[Abhishek Raj3]

Hello Everyone,

>> What is the best way to synchronize our instance.

>> we have to sync our dev instance Like Test Instance.

>> In dev instance lot of customization is going on so we can not clone it.

>> Please suggest some appropriate way to achieve this.

Thanks in Advance.

Appreciate your Help  

[Abhishek Raj3]

Hi Roberto ,

Thanks for reply.

I wanted to know how we can store update sets locally ?You mean to say download the devlopment xml and after cloning again export it right ?

please correct me i have taken in a another direction.

Could you mind to elaborate more on this ?

Thanks,

Abhishek

[rob_pastore]

Yes, exactly.

If you have a lot of development done by multiple developers I would recommend merging the update sets together.

Either way the steps would be to

1) make a list of the update sets you wish to preserve.

2) mark them all closed.

3) optional - merge them into a single update set.

The benefit of merging is it will put all the updates in chronological order, so things will be committed in the order they happened.   If you don't merge things will be committed in the order you commit them - which may lead to some strange behavior.

4) Once an update set is complete you will have a related link to 'Export to xml'.   This will allow you to save the update set locally.

5) After the clone you can go to retrieved update sets and choose the 'import update set from xml' option.

Note - If you didn't merge the update sets, you will have to do them one at a time.

[Chuck Tomasi]

If you're looking for periodic syncing, then cloning, as others suggest, is a great way to do it.

If you are looking for real-time or near-real-time synchronization, I invite you to take a look at our friends at Perspectium. They have a wonderful product.

[Michael Ritchie]

Agree with ctomasi and the Perspectium solution if you need a robust syncing across your instance including data and code.

You could try this utility in Share:

Instance Remote Sync 2

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