Best Practices and Methodology for Electronic Software Distribution and Operating System Provisioning in an On Demand Business

92 Best Practices & Methodology for Electronic Software Distribution & Operating System Provisioning

Output from the analyze ESD production site plan and Change Order activity of

the ESD production site process will produce:

򐂰 Approval to proceed

򐂰 Confirmed plan

򐂰 Resource confirmation completion

4.3.2 Configuring and setting up the required Test Site

The purpose of the Configure and Setup Required Test Site activity of the ESD

Test Site process is to physically configure all aspects of the Test Site so that it

can be utilized in the future by the Test Site staff to test the required package or

media.

Tasks

The following tasks are performed while configuring and setting up the required

Test Site:

򐂰 Acquiring the source code for package or media testing

The Technical Test Specialist performs this task, assisted by the Team

Leader.

The purpose of this task is to physically transfer the approved source code

files, which are required to test the package or media, to a system, where

version control and integrity of these files can be maintained, as these files

are utilized in the future by the Test Site staff to test the required package or

media. The source code files are also scanned using an antivirus software to

ensure that they are not infected by a virus.

򐂰 Setting up the package or media test environment

The Technical Test Specialist performs this task, assisted by the Team

Leader.

The purpose of this task is to prepare a systems environment, which can be

used to test the package or media. Each package and media has a target

environment defined for which it must be developed and tested. This target

environment constitutes of:

– Hardware endpoints or clients on which the package or media is to be

tested

– Hardware endpoints or clients on which the package or media is to be

deployed

– Software images that may reside on the target endpoint or client