Hi All,
What are the exact steps to clone a DB in cloud/remote installation?
(Ex: From PROD to MIG)
Hi All,
What are the exact steps to clone a DB in cloud/remote installation?
(Ex: From PROD to MIG)
Hi
you have to create an IFS case to do this because you aren’t able.
So in IFS Cloud if we want to copy our LIVE/PROD environment to our TEST use-place environment we can not do so - and have to get IFS to do this?
This doesn’t seem right - how can we have a realistic TEST environment? Is it only IFS that can do this - or could a Partner.
To confirm, are you cloning cloud to cloud? Or cloud to on prem? Cloud to cloud is a ticket and it is very easy. Takes them about 4-5 days to complete. Cloud to on prem...that is much, much more difficult. I can explain what we went through but as far as I’ve been advised, there is no official procedure.
So in IFS Cloud if we want to copy our LIVE/PROD environment to our TEST use-place environment we can not do so - and have to get IFS to do this?
This doesn’t seem right - how can we have a realistic TEST environment? Is it only IFS that can do this - or could a Partner.
All our environments are in cloud. If we want to create a copy we have to create an IFS case. This is the process I know. Maybe they have other process but I don’t think so.
Hi,
We have our environment IFS Cloud on prem. Do you have any idea about the procedure on prem to on prem?
Thanks,
Hi,
We have our environment IFS Cloud on prem. Do you have any idea about the procedure on prem to on prem?
Thanks,
Hi
If it is on prem then you have do it by yourself. Because IFS doesn’t access to your (local) server and make the copy.
For prem to prem - you should be able to do this in house with a good DBA and an IFS admin per your normal cloning / refreshing procedures.
For cloud to on prem refresh you’ll need to:
FYI, there are a series of tables that you will not want to clone between your PROD and non-PROD environments in order to keep your non-PRODs from connecting with third-party production systems (“Refresh Exclusion Tables”). Below is a list of the these for Cloud 21R2 that I got from IFS. We have used this through several refreshes already. Procedurally, you have to export these before you clone the DB and then import them back after the clone. Re-Quest, our DBA services provider handles all of this for our on-premise install of Cloud. They have also automated this process for our Apps 9 install and are working on this for Cloud.
Refresh Exclusion Tables
Refresh Exclusion Tables for Security
Excluding these additional tables will leave your security ‘as is’ in your cloned environment instead of overwriting it from the source.
Hi Darshana,
If you have a IFS Cloud services contract, i.e. everything fully managed by IFS (so, not on premise), you do not have any access to the Oracle database in the Use Place at it is in their private cloud.
If you want for instance PRD envt to be cloned to UAT, at the moment you have to open a “classical” case for that in the customer portal.
Be careful because the time slots IFS provides for those kind of jobs are limited and you have to book your cloning activity I would say at least 2 weeks in advance. I regularly struggle with them to respect the schedule I need.
A dedicated page to ask for that kind of job should be available soon in the Cloud Services tab of the customer portal.
One more schema!
FYI, we have found that it works best to ALWAYS export IFSIAMSYS before cloning and import this back afterwards. In other words, would suggest treating the IFSIAMSYS schema as a “refresh exclusion table” and not as a “refresh exclusion table for security” (above).
Here are a few more tables that I would add to the Refresh Exclusion List
Refresh Exclusion Tables Additions...
What about systems using a PSO Workbench connection? Where are the PSO connection details located in the database?
What about systems using a PSO Workbench connection? Where are the PSO connection details located in the database?
It’s stored in 32. scheduling_config_tab above.
Specific settings for the Scheduling Configuration used by Service Management are stored in 33. svcsch_configuration_tab above.
We are on IFS managed Cloud and are using the automated cloning options via SNOW.
Has anyone experienced that when taking a clone of PRD, it affects the performance of the source system, in this case PRD?
The Cloning is set to take 10 hours, so for a global company with 24/7 operations, there is never a good time to have something disturb PRD,
Br Hans
I don’t have the details of managed cloud cloning options, but for remote deployment (‘on-prem’) installations run in the Azure cloud it is possible to take an Azure snapshot of the database VM disk, and spin up a completely separate clone VM using this disk.
Azure snapshots seem to be instantaneous so we experienced no performance effect for the source system. The clone VM could then be used to perform heavy database operations such as exporting or cloning without an effect to the source system. Running a remote deployment misses out on much of the automation though, and makes the customer responsible for much of the technical management.
If the DB in managed cloud is not run as a separate VM this may not be possible there technically - nor it is a managed cloud offering on a commercial level as more resources are needed for an extra VM, even if temporary.
It seems that
41. SCHEDULING_DATASET_TAB
should be added in systems with PSO usage, in order to preserve the datasets configured.
The whole list then becomes:
Refresh Exclusion Tables
Refresh Exclusion Tables for Security
Excluding these additional tables will leave your security ‘as is’ in your cloned environment instead of overwriting it from the source. (nowadays overwriting means all of the local passwords will get corrupted due to different cipher salts - not a problem with SSO, but an issue when using local accounts)
I am not aware of any official documentation or R&D input to this list, it has been found working in practice.
For any persons referring this post, following post will be also helpful.
Has any documentation been created for cloning databases on premise? I’m not sure if the list has been updated recently.
So far Useful,
Schemas:
Tables :
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