Staging System

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The Commerce Server 2009 Staging System (CSS) lets you deploy or "stage" your business data and Web site content from your development environment to your production environment. CSS offers the following benefits:

  • One tool for all staging in Commerce Server 2009.

  • Support for full or incremental data deployment.

  • Better error reporting and logging.

You can access CSS functions through a scripting language, the command line, and the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Commerce Server 2009 Staging application.

Staging Content and Data

CSS can stage the following:

  • Web site content and ASP.NET code.

  • Business data:

    • Site terms with full data transfer that is non-transactional.

    • Catalogs with full and incremental data transfer that is transactional or non-transactional.

    • Marketing data, such as advertisements, discounts, and promotion codes, with full data transfer that is non-transactional.

  • Promotion codes with full and incremental data transfer that is transactional.

  • Orders System business data with full data transfer that is transactional.

  • Internet Information Services (IIS) metabase.

Staging System Features Overview

The following table summarizes the tasks that you can accomplish by using the Staging System.

Feature

Description

Manage connections

  • Set the default authentication for the CSS service.

Manage staging projects

  • Create or modify projects that you use to stage Web content, business data, or IIS metabase.

  • Create and configure routes and destination points that determine where and how to stage content and data.

  • Assign routes to projects.

  • Specify filters, security, scripts, and other project settings.

  • Specify what and how to stage business data.

  • Configure e-mail notifications, log settings, and transaction and rollback settings for all Web content projects.

  • Define the schedules for staging.

Manage staging services

  • Add or remove Web servers from the staging console.

  • Start and stop the CSS service.

  • Pause and continue the CSS service.

View

  • Expand, collapse, and view staging objects such as projects, routes, and event reports.

  • View local event staging reports.

Export

  • Export a list of objects that are contained in a node to a text file.

See Also

Other Resources

What is Commerce Server Staging?

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