Method and system for cloning enterprise content management systems

A cloning system comprising:

• a communications interface;
• a computer readable medium;
• a processor coupled to the communications interface and the computer readable medium, the computer readable medium storing computer-readable program code executable by the processor to:
• communicate over a network with a source server that comprises a source enterprise content management system configured to manage source content associated with the source enterprise content management system, the source enterprise content management system comprising a source database having a source database management system, a source object type, and a source metadata table associated with the source object type;
• communicate over the network with a target server to create a target enterprise content management system that comprises a target database having a target database management system;
• execute a first remote procedure call to the source database management system to directly interact with the source database at a level of the source database to retrieve the source object type from the source enterprise content management system;
• execute a second remote procedure call to the target database management system to directly interact with the target database at a level of the target database to create a target object type in the target enterprise content management system, wherein the target object type is based on the source object type;
• communicate over the network with the source server to retrieve the source metadata table from the source enterprise content management system;
• and
• communicate over the network with the target server to store the source metadata table in the target enterprise content management system as a target metadata table associated with the target object type.