Manage B2C Commerce Instances in Control Center

In Control Center, you can view the status of instances in your organization, and perform actions against those instances, provided you have sufficient permissions. When you log in to Control Center, you can see your organization, your realms, and your instances:

Instance types include:

  • First Party Instance
    • Primary Instance Group (PIG)–Production, Staging, and Development
    • Secondary Instance Group (SIG)–Sandbox
  • On-Demand Sandbox (ODS)–Sandbox

When you view a realm, you see the aggregated statuses of the instances contained in the realm.

You can search for a specific instance by entering an instance name in the search field.

The following table describes the PIG and SIG statuses shown in Control Center:

StatusDescriptionAvailable actions in Control Center
System up and runningThe instance is running normally.PIG–restart the instance; SIG–restart, stop, or reset the instance
System downThe instance is down due to a technical problem, not because a user intentionally stopped the instance.PIG–restart the instance; SIG–start or reset the instance
Administratively downThe instance is down because it was manually stopped by an administrator or by a user with permission to stop the instance. (You can check the audit log to see who stopped an instance.)PIG–you can start the instance; SIG–start or initialize the instance
StartingThe instance is currently starting.PIG–no actions available; SIG–no actions available
System running ResetThe instance is in the process of being initialized.PIG–no actions available; SIG–no actions available
System running resetThe instance is in the process of restarting.PIG–no actions available; SIG–no actions available
MaintenanceThe label "Maintenance" appears in addition to the instance status when Commerce Cloud performs maintenance. No action can be performed by the user during this time.PIG–no actions available; SIG–no actions available

The following table describes the ODS statuses shown in Control Center:

StatusDescriptionAvailable actions in Control Center
Is being deletedThe instance is being deleted. This status is only used with ODS instances.ODS–no actions available
CreatingThe ODS instance is being created. This status is only used with SIG ODS instances.ODS–no actions available
StoppingThe ODS instance is being stopped. This status is only used with SIG ODS instances.ODS–no actions available
DeletingThe ODS instance is being Deleted. This status is only used with SIG ODS instances.ODS–no actions available
RestartingThe ODS instance is being Restarted. This status is only used with SIG ODS instances.ODS–no actions available
NewThe ODS instance is Newly created. This status is only used with SIG ODS instances.ODS–start or reset a new instance
DeletedThe ODS instance is deleted. This status is only used with ODS instances.ODS–no actions available
FailedThe ODS instance failed. This status is only used with ODS instances.ODS–no actions available
UpgradingThe ODS instance is upgrading. This status is only used with ODS instances.ODS–no actions available