Release governance for replication and code activation
How B2C Commerce code and data replication behave (transfer, activation, publishing, undo, task scope, exclusions, cache and notifications), what each instance type proves, and the release checks a multi-product launch needs for Personalization and the service org.
Given a scenario, articulate dev-ops lifecycle and governance required in a multi-product environment to achieve change management goals.
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What the exam expects
- Plan B2C Commerce code replication and predict transfer, activation and undo outcomes in a coordinated release.
- Scope data replication: process types, the first replication to a new target, task selection and what replication never carries.
- Set cache invalidation and notification options that give the release board real evidence.
- Explain what each B2C Commerce instance type can prove, and add Personalization and service-org release checks to a multi-product gate.
Key terms: code version (a named set of cartridges on an instance); replication process (a staging-run job that transfers or publishes code or data to Development or Production); replication task (a selectable data type, global or site-specific); page cache invalidation strategy (how a process refreshes the target's cache); campaign testing mode (Personalization preview that applies live rules).
Key facts
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- Timestamp and index appended to the transferred version
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- Does nothing if the version to revert is no longer active
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- On staging, including activation and undo
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- Must match the Transfer tasks exactly
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- Full global replication first; no task selection on the first run
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- Inventory data, job schedules, customers, users and more
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- As of run time, not definition time
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- Configure per instance
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- Through the CDN without caching
Sources for this section (6)
- Code Replication Processeshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Data Replication Processeshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Data Replication Taskshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Create a Data Replication Processhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Administration Data Replicationhelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Instanceshelp.salesforce.com (opens in a new tab)
- Why aren't availability indexes included when search indexes are replicated?
- When you replicate the Campaigns task, what else should go with it?
- Which permission does a tester need to use Personalization campaign testing mode?
- When does a data replication process with Automatic activation run by default?
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