Refresh a Development system from a Production system

[#1]

Hi

Our developers want to refresh the Dev system by doing a copy back of the Live system. We have done this for the QA system before (database restore, change SID, post steps etc) but never for the DEV system.

I have seen thread which talks about preserving the versions history (as per SAP note 130906); are there any other additional steps that need to be taken / any documentation for doing this? The R/3 system copy documentation only says: "If you have made modifications in your development system, do not copy your quality

assurance or production system onto the development system. Otherwise, all versions of

the modifications will be lost." I can't find any useful information about copying back to DEV.

Thanks

Ross

[Former Member]

Ross

We had same requirement couple of years ago, refresh dev with a production system. We used note 130906 and preserved version history before copy. If I remember correctly we were able to retrieve and activate old versions besides just version history.. I don't have full details as it was done too long ago.

Before taking chances, I would create new Dev instance and export version history. Then refresh new dev instance with prod and import version history for testing.

Warm Regards

Raghu G

[Former Member]

Many thanks for everyone's reply... think I will need to put this information to the business and see what they think of the risks etc.

Cheers

Ross