Clone a Deployment

Cloning an existing Deployment provides a convenient easy way to create a new deployment definition from a previously defined deployment. The deployment being cloned can be Under Construction, in progress (Snapshot Complete), or completed (Deployed or Configurable).

Follow these steps:

Click the Deployments tab, and in the right panel, select a deployment that you want to clone.
Details about this deployment appear.
Click the Actions drop-down list and select Clone.
The Clone Deployment dialog appears.
Define a unique name for the deployment being cloned from the existing deployment.
(Optional) Enter a description.
Do one of the following:
- Click Clone to create a deployment definition.
  The dialog closes. The new deployment is added to deployments that are under construction. You can edit or deploy the cloned deployment. For example, you can add products and systems to the newly created deployment.
- Click Deploy to create a deployment definition and initiate processing of the cloned deployment (taking a snapshot of the deployment and transmitting the deployment).
  The dialog closes. If you do not have remote credentials for the systems where you want to deploy the product, or you do not have default remote credentials defined on the User Settings, Remote Credentials page, the Remote Credentials Properties dialog appears. Define remote credentials for the systems, and click OK to apply your changes and close the dialog.
  
  A dialog that shows the progress of the task opens. When the task completes, you can click Show Results on the Progress tab to close this dialog. The task output browser opens and you can view the action details. Click Close to close the task output browser.
  
  Note: While a task is in progress, you can perform other work. You can click Hide to exit the dialog and view the task status later on the Tasks tab.
  
  If the cloned deployment contains at least one configurable product, the cloned deployment is added to Configurable deployments in the tree on the left, otherwise it is added to Deployed deployments.
  
  Note: If the methodology associated with the deployment being cloned indicates a deployment style of Create, the cloned deployment is processed as if the style Replace was selected.