Replication Process

The replication process in Site Studio includes a source server, a target server, an export archive, an import archive, and the transfer.

Replication Process

Description of Replication Process

Export: Native files, web-viewable files, content types, and user attributes are copied out of the source content server into an export archive.
Import: Files and content server information are copied from an import archive to the target content server.
Transfer: Content is transferred from one content server to another. This function can be used to copy content across a firewall or between two servers that do not have access to the same file system. You can also transfer archives between two content servers that have access to the same file system.
Replicate: Automates the export, import, and transfer steps. You can use replication to automatically export from one content server, transfer the archive to another computer, and then import to another content server.

When you replicate your site from one content server to another, the Site Studio replication feature exports the contents of your site into an export archive. The contents of this export archive is subsequently copied into an import archive which resides on the target server. The import archive is then extracted to that server so that your site can be viewed and used again on the server.

You create the export archive on the source server and an import archive on the target server. You must create the import archive on the target server first, however, so that you can point the export archive to that location when you set one up.

The replication process consists of several steps: