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򐂰 Verify Network setup of OS image or media Staging Server complete

This is not a work product, but a task outcome to verify that the setup of the

package or media staging server for the production environment is complete.

򐂰 Verify OS image or media Staging Server Hardware Setup complete

This is not a work product, but a task outcome to verify that the OS image or

media staging server hardware setup is complete.

7.3.3 Confirming production environment readiness

The purpose of the Confirm Production Environment Readiness activity of the

OSP Production Site process is to confirm that all components of the OSP

production environment are ready to accept the OS image or media distribution

or provisioning.

Tasks

The Confirm Production Environment is Ready for OS image or media task is

performed during the Confirm Production Environment Readiness activity. It is

performed by the Installation Coordinator, assisted by the Project Manager.

The purpose of this task is to validate that all production resources, which will be

impacted by the OS image or media distribution or provisioning are in a condition

of readiness to accept the change without any negative impact on the production

environment. This readiness review includes validation of all production

resources, including the target architecture environment, and all subsystems in

the systems context environment. This task also validates that all target

endpoints, which are recipients of the specific OS image or media, have been

identified and defined as such to the distribution or provisioning tool.

In addition, this task validates that the hardware environment using stand-alone

servers or logical partitions, or both, are set up appropriately. This task also

validates the OS customizations and security hardening on the OS image. It also

further validates the inclusion of any standard tools or applications in the OS

image. Validation that any application in the OS image will work in a virtualization

environment will also be confirmed.