Schedule recurring clones to keep your cloned instances up to date.
Before you begin
Role required: clone_admin
About this task
Instead of manually cloning instances, you can schedule cloning that happens automatically. You create a cloning schedule in the same interface that you use to create a clone. This topic assumes that you created a clone but not a cloning schedule for it.
Procedure
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Select .
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Note: (Optional) if the Options panel isn’t already displayed.
Select the Options arrowhead so it turns downward.
The Options panel appears.
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Note: A target instance must be selected or an error message appears.
Select the Conflict calendar to view a calendar with the current clone time and potential conflicts if you want to schedule for a different time.
The conflict calendar appears in a new tab.
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Enter values in the following fields to schedule automatic clones.
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Clone frequency
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Defines how often this target automatically receives clone
data and the maximum number of occurrences.
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No. of occurrences
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Specify the number of automatic clonings. The maximum
value you can enter depends on the value selected for the clone request in the
Clone Frequency field.
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Select Submit.
The system displays the Authenticate Target modal.
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Enter the Username and Password for an administrator account on the target instance and select Authenticate.
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To see the cloning schedule for this target, select the Recurring Clones tab.
Each line in the list shows a separate, scheduled cloning session.
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To see log messages for past clones on this target, select the Clone Log tab.
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To see cloning schedules for all the clones in the system, select .
The Instance Clones page lists all the cloning instances in the system along with their scheduled clones.