Deploying data in a sharded environment using the CDT

In a sharded environment, data can be compared and deployed by organization or by colony. You must deploy the Metadata Configuration Group, Organization Data Configuration Group, and Master Data Configuration Group separately against the corresponding schemas.

About this task

The instructions provided are applicable only for running the CDT in the GUI mode. If you want to run the CDT in the text mode, ensure that you use the TTMode argument in the cdtshell.sh command. For more information, see Running the CDT in text mode.

Procedure

  1. Deploy the Metadata Configuration Group. This step is necessary only when moving from a test environment to a production environment.
  2. Deploy the Configuration Data Configuration Group for the DEFAULT organization and the DEFAULT organization's participating organizations.
  3. Deploy the Configuration Data Configuration Group for organizations with configuration data that is referenced by other organizations, such as configuration inheritance, carriers, catalog/pricing organizations, etc.
  4. Deploy the Configuration Data Configuration Group for other colonies or organizations belonging to other colonies.
  5. Deploy the Master Data Configuration Group.
  6. After deploying all data, run the Colony Map Synchronizer agent that is provided for time-triggered transactions.