How to Start Project Replication

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You can manually start any project replication using the project's Action menu Start command that you access from the Commerce Server Staging (CSS) Microsoft Management Console (MMC). You start project replication by starting the project defined for the source staging server.

When you start a replication, you can monitor its progress from MMC. Before you start the replication, make sure that you have completed the following:

  • You have created a project for the replication on all endpoint servers.

  • You have permission to manage the project. You have permission if you are a member of the CSS Operators or CSS Administrators group or if you have project-level permission.

Select from the following two procedures based on the replication project you want to start.

Note

You can also issue a deploy command through the command line, and specify the project name and destination server.

To start project replication of a Web content or IIS Metabase project

  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 , and then click Commerce Server Staging.

  2. In the Commerce Server Staging console, in the left pane, expand Commerce Server Staging, expand the source staging server of the project that you want to replicate, and then click Projects.

  3. In the right pane, right-click the project that you want to start, and then click Start. The Start Replication Options dialog box is displayed.

  4. To review or modify the start options, click Advanced. The Start Options dialog box is displayed. The Start Options dialog box provides several file management options. Usually, the CSS administrator sets the settings they want when they create the project. You can change the settings for each replication as your circumstances require.

  5. Select the appropriate options, and then click OK. Use the Start Options dialog box to specify file management options to use for the project replication.

    Use this

    To do this

    Force deployment of all Content

    Select to force deployment of all the files even if the content has not changed from the last deployment.

    Check time stamp only

    Select to verify the time stamp only. A file will be deployed only if it has content that has changed since the last deployment.

    Preserve Content on destination when deleting from source

    Select to prevent deletion of files on the destination server. Content deployment will not delete a file on the destination server even though files may have been deleted on the source server.

    Deploy automatically as content changes

    Select to update content on the destination servers as you modify the content.

    Deploy manually

    Select to update the content manually.

  6. Click Start Replication.

To start project replication of a business data project

  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 , and then click Commerce Server Staging.

  2. In the Commerce Server Staging console, in the left pane, expand Commerce Server Staging, expand the source staging server of the project that you want to replicate, and then click Projects.

  3. In the right pane, right-click the project that you want to start, and then click Start. The Start Replication Options dialog box is displayed.

  4. Click Start Replication.

See Also

Other Resources

How to Stop Project Replication

How to Initiate Timed Release of a Web Content Project

How to Rollback a Web Content Project

Web Content Staging Options

Business Data Staging Options

IIS Metabase Staging Options

Managing Staging Projects