Copy an Existing Node to a New Node

About this task

The Sterling Warehouse Management System provides a Rapid Deployment Tool (RDT) feature to copy the configuration of one WMS node to another new WMS node. For more information about RDT features see the Configuring integrations with other systems.

The Copy Node feature is useful in implementations having multiple nodes with similar, if not identical, configurations. If there are many thousands of locations, rollback errors may be thrown, in which case the rollback segment needs to be increased.

Important: When you copy a node, the system automatically copies the Fill Code data from the source node to the newly copied node, irrespective of the inventory status.

It is recommended that the Copy Node be used at a time of the day when there are no competing updates to the Configuration.

To copy an existing node to a new node:

Procedure

  1. From the application rules side panel, choose . The Copy Node pop-up window displays.
  2. Enter the ID for the new node being created by copying the existing node. You can enter the ID of a node you want to create or the ID of an existing node that is not configured.
    Note: Do not enter the ID of any existing, configured node. When the system copies the source node configuration, there may be conflicts with the existing configuration which may result in an exception.
  3. Choose OK. The new node is created with all configuration data of the existing node, including all the participating enterprises.
    Note: You can copy a WMS node to an existing DOM node.