File/Print Server Test Plan

bdseymour · 01-06-2009, 08:12 AM

I am looking for some advice on creating a test plan. We are moving our Windows 2003 File/Print Servers over to a new location and I need to create a test plan for the migration over to the new location.

Any suggestions on things I should test and how to test them would be great. I want to make sure that I cover every base.

**bilbus** · 01-06-2009, 10:26 PM

what is changing at the new location? Just the ip addresses? if so not much you need to do.

**djaburg** · 01-07-2009, 09:30 AM

If your servers are the only thing getting moved then you have more to think about then if all of the IT assets were being moved. Under the assumption that everything is being moved, then you should look at the following:

Power Available for all servers/computers
Network Cabling for all servers/computers
Internet Connectivity for all servers/computers
IP Addresses for all public facing interfaces

The test plan should include cable testing for every location a workstation or server will reside. Take a laptop and configure it for the internet connection you'll be using and make sure it all works. Document all current topology of the network so you can replicate it at the new site.

Basically you need to make sure that you know the network you have and that the new facility can handle it. Coming from a military background, I tend to start creating checklists of the things I know need to be accounted for this way during the inevitable chaos of a move, I don't forget anything.

01-06-2009, 08:12 AM	#1 (permalink)
bdseymour Registered User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1 OS: MAC OS X	File/Print Server Test Plan I am looking for some advice on creating a test plan. We are moving our Windows 2003 File/Print Servers over to a new location and I need to create a test plan for the migration over to the new location. Any suggestions on things I should test and how to test them would be great. I want to make sure that I cover every base.

01-06-2009, 10:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
bilbus TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 958 OS: OS2 Warp	Re: File/Print Server Test Plan what is changing at the new location? Just the ip addresses? if so not much you need to do.

01-07-2009, 09:30 AM	#3 (permalink)
djaburg TSF Enthusiast Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 1,323 OS: XP SP3/Vista/7 Server 2K/2K3/2K8	Re: File/Print Server Test Plan If your servers are the only thing getting moved then you have more to think about then if all of the IT assets were being moved. Under the assumption that everything is being moved, then you should look at the following: Power Available for all servers/computers Network Cabling for all servers/computers Internet Connectivity for all servers/computers IP Addresses for all public facing interfaces The test plan should include cable testing for every location a workstation or server will reside. Take a laptop and configure it for the internet connection you'll be using and make sure it all works. Document all current topology of the network so you can replicate it at the new site. Basically you need to make sure that you know the network you have and that the new facility can handle it. Coming from a military background, I tend to start creating checklists of the things I know need to be accounted for this way during the inevitable chaos of a move, I don't forget anything. __________________ Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done. The inherent vice of capitalism is the uneven division of blessings, while the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal division of misery.