Knowledge Management

Question:
I want to refresh our DEV system with PRD system.
Our PRD size at the moment is 1 TB and we cant afford another 1Tb for our DEV in the long run:
So my plan to do the DEV refresh is:
1. Copy PRD DB to DEV (rename DB, etc)
2. in the new DEV system: Client copy from the old PRD client to a new DEV client
3. Delete the old PRD client in DEV system
4. Repopulate Data (Master Data, ect) to the new DEV client.
My question is: Is there any shortcut to this process?
Thaks
Answer:
You want to copy a large production client.(This note replaces note 67205 as of WAS 6.10.)
Answer:
If you copy your PRD to DEV, wouldn't that mean you already have 1TB spare?
Why not do the restore, then run a bunch of strict archive sessions to get rid of the data you don't want?
The downsize of that is that you'd still have to do a reorg to truely reclaim the tablespace.
Edit: Typos.
Answer:
we do have another 1TB for temporary, but can't affor 1TB for DEV system in long run.
Answer:
if you make a client copy without user data then
why don't you make client copy at first step from PROD to DEV?
You dont need to take a full copy.
And I wonder how do you repopulate the data?
Answer:
Client copy WILL NOT copy repository objects (ABAP, ect).
We repopulate data using ALE/IDOC