How to preserve local user roles while cloning from another instance?

[stevedag]

We often clone from our Prod instance to our Dev instance so our data is updated and we're sure the DEV instance is well synchronized with our production.   However, in our DEV instance we gaved higher roles to some user to allow them to test their module.   For example, most of them have the personalization role to allow them to personify in DEV, but are allowed to personify in production.

When we clone the DEV instance from PROD, those extra roles are lost and we have to give them back after the clone process.   What's the best way to preserve those extra roles although we clone the instance?

Thank you!

Steve

[Goran WitchDoc]

Yes, just putting it in the preserve table makes it end up empty. If you want to save the data in the target you also need to put it in the preserve data.

I wrote a blog post about this in cloning here. Perhaps that will make it clearer: Request Clone... What do I get for my 10 cents?

//Göran