How to clone whole instance ServiceNow

Question

Can I copy/clone the whole instance from one to different? How can I do that? Is there any widget?

If anyone can help me, that would be great.

Answer 1

Yes you can, with a few caveats:

• Only users with an Admin role can request a clone
• by default the clone target instance must be non-prod (this can be changed in the system properties though)
• personal developer instances cannot be a target instance

Instructions:

1. As an Admin (user with admin role), in the navigation menu of the source instance, go to "clone targets" and click "new". It will ask for the target URl, user name and password.
2. Now you have a clone target, in the navigation menu of the source instance, go to "request clone". You need to select the newly created target instance, a scheduled time for the clone (usually has to be a few hours in the future), and fillout your email address so you get updates on progress.

Once the clone is completed, you can log into the target instance which will be freshly cloned.