Understanding and Deploying LDAP Directory Services > 15. Going Production |
Chapter 15. Going ProductionPutting your directory service into production is a big step. It is what you have been working toward as you have developed an understanding of directory services and your own needs, created a detailed design, and performed a directory service pilot. Because you get only one chance to make a good first impression , it is important to execute well at this stage. In conducting your pilot, you learned a lot about what is involved in rolling out and running a directory service. Following are the ways production directory services are different from a pilot directory service:
Throughout this chapter, we assume that your directory service deployment is fairly large and complex. Therefore, we place a lot of emphasis on written plans and communication among the people participating in the production rollout. If your deployment is small, you can safely use less-formal methods of communication. Whether it is large or small, you can win many supporters for your service simply by providing a useful, reliable service right from the start and telling people about it. The best way to achieve a successful production rollout is to start with a comprehensive plan. The first section of this chapter helps you create such a plan. After that, we present some advice to help you succeed with your production deployment. We finish up with a discussion on how to execute your plan successfully.
|
Index terms contained in this sectionaudiencesproduction vs. pilot directories directories production expanded scope and scale high expectations large audiences trouleshooting expectations production vs. pilot directories monitoring directories production vs. pilot production directories vs. pilot directories expaned scope and scale higher expectations large audiences troubleshooting scalability scope production vs. pilot directories troubleshooting directories production vs. pilot |
2002, O'Reilly & Associates, Inc. |