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Clone a Deployment

You can clone a deployment. For example, if maintenance has been applied to the SMP/E environment, you can use this action to create a deployment that is modeled after a previously-created completed deployment.

If you select a deployment that is being used in CA CSM by another user, an error message appears. You are prevented from performing any actions on the deployment. Close the error message, and select another deployment.

Follow these steps:

1. Click the Deployments tab, and in the right panel, select a deployment that you want to clone.

   Details about this deployment appear.

2. Click the Actions drop-down list and select Clone.

   The Clone Deployment dialog appears, where you can enter a new name and description for this deployment.

3. Complete the fields on this dialog and click Clone to create an under construction deployment that you can deploy at a later time, or click Deploy to deploy the cloned deployment now.

   Note: Clicking Deploy automatically takes a snapshot of the deployment and transmits the deployment. 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. This dialog prompts you to define remote credentials for the systems.