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  • 1.  test enviornment - general query

    Posted Mar 03, 2014 03:09 AM

    Is it possible that we can create the test enviornment of Altiris Server as like SEPM Server for testing?



  • 2.  RE: test enviornment - general query
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    Posted Mar 03, 2014 03:12 AM

    Does this help you ?

    How do I create a test environment?

     

    Article:HOWTO3225 | Created: 2006-04-18 | Updated: 2010-08-02 | Article URL http://www.symantec.com/docs/HOWTO3225

    See this thread

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/setting-test-server



  • 3.  RE: test enviornment - general query
    Best Answer

    Posted Mar 03, 2014 03:40 PM

    If you want to ensure that your test SMP mimicks your oproduction SMP's state, you should do the folloiwng:

    1.  Shutdown the production SMP server.

    2.  Take a server backup of it.

    3.  Take a database backup.

    4.  Start the production SMP server again.

    5.  Create a VM from the server bacdkup.

    6.  Place the VM into an isolated test lab along with the database backup.

    This will allow you to test your product installs and upgrades against an exact copy of production.  If the SMP is a VM already then this makes it easier as you can simply shut it down and take a copy of the VM along with a database backup.

    Normally customers can only take a database backup, which means that they do not know have the install/upgrade will effect the actual server at the OS and application level.  The closest you can get to that then is to consult your ITIL doucmentation and build the test SMP from the very first version that went into production, and run through all hotfix installs and product upgrades that were done in production.



  • 4.  RE: test enviornment - general query

    Posted Mar 07, 2014 01:42 AM

    Thanks both of you are provide such a helpful detail



  • 5.  RE: test enviornment - general query

    Posted Mar 07, 2014 02:09 AM
    Happy to help.