Re: t's best to try them on a test machine before allowing them anywhere near production
Useless advice - are we now supposed to keep parallel, identical computers running?
I do. They're not identical in terms of content or scale but they are identical in installed software and general configuration. They're close enough to be a canary in the coal mine, for my software development QA as well as for vendor patches and upgrades. I accept it might not be achievable in everyone's environment, and certainly not even in all of mine all of the time, but I always aim to get such an arrangement agreed in the original project plans and budgeted for. If the project manager or the beancounters turn it down and something subsequently goes wrong, my arse is covered.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
