The VMware Blockchain Orchestrator deployment schema file includes definitions of available properties to clone your deployment environment.
Clone Replica and Client Node Parameters
To troubleshoot a node failure without introducing any errors in the production environment, you can clone a deployment environment. Within the cloned environment, you can perform the following operations:
Test whether the fix is working correctly before applying the fix to your production environment.
Deploy the same version of VMware Blockchain with a different topology.
For cloning implementation details, see the Getting Started with VMware Blockchain guide. To clone a deployment, back up the existing blockchain state, and restore the backup data in the cloned deployment, see VMware Blockchain Back Up and Restore.
Parameter |
Description |
populatedReplicas |
Add the Replica nodes to clone from the Replica Network. This parameter is optional. |
populatedClients |
Add the Client nodes to clone from the Client group. You can obtain, for example, the clientGroupId or blockchainId information from the output of a previously provisioned deployment. This parameter is optional. |
populatedFullCopyClients |
Add the Full Copy Client nodes to clone for a clone-based upgrade. This parameter is optional. |