The database Copy and Switch features assist you in moving your product catalog and price lists data from one environment to another, for example, from a staging environment to a production environment. The database Copy feature enables you to copy product catalog and price lists data from one database to another. The database Switch feature enables you to switch the product catalogs and price lists on your Web sites to use a different data source.

Both database Copy and database Switch are features that can be used with any database. However, Core Commerce provides a user interface for performing a database copy or switch. This user interface requires configuration before you perform each type of update for the first time, as described in these sections:

Note: For additional information about setting up your database servers, see the Platform Installation and Configuration Guide.