Re: Supporting a production environment

Would someone please help me find PM's documentation on "how to support a network production environment while doing code changes to multiple custom packages used in common across several scripts"?

Your question isn't a Perl specific one. It's a general one. The typical production environment is separated from the production environment. And usually, there is a testing environment, completely separate from both development and production as well. The testing environment should be identical to the production environment.

The situation you describe sounds like a big mess to me. Phrases like I'm not a sysadmin suggest that people don't really cooperate in your company (either your sysadmin department isn't working to fullfil the developers needs, or you are working against policy).

Your post gives me too little detail to give a useful direct answer. My suggestion is to reorganize the environment, or abandon all hope.

Abigail

Comment on Re: Supporting a production environment

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: Re: Supporting a production environment by jeb6kids (Initiate) on May 04, 2004 at 16:23 UTC
Thanks for taking the time to reply to my misguided questions! Sadly, I feel my poor communication skills have wasted your efforts to help me improve... so if you don't mind, would you please take a look at my question again in the light of the possibility that I may not have such an unsalvageable mess as you imagine, I do have cooperation from my sysadmin department, the people in my company do cooperate, and my Perl tool development efforts are fully supported by policy? How would your answer change? In a more perfect world than I communicated, what technique in Perl would you use to help administer a live production environment where changes may have to be quickly developed, tested and brought on-line while other parts of the whole may be in use. What in your wisom is the perfect organized environment for doing what you suggest? Nearly everyone who sacrificed to give me help also worshipped your opinion... I would feel horrible if I had to live knowing I had missed the mark so far in your eyes. The fact that no one pointed me to an already existing node which duplicates this querry gives me hope that perhaps this question is worthy of discussion. Most likely your attention to this lack will help many future initiates like myself cross the span over a safer bridge. Forgive me for not again providing the details you require to give a useful answer- just say so and I'll provide you more. (If this thread is still too general don't bother yourself over my inquiry). Thanks again in advance	[reply]

Replies are listed 'Best First'.

Re: Re: Supporting a production environment
by jeb6kids (Initiate) on May 04, 2004 at 16:23 UTC

Thanks for taking the time to reply to my misguided questions!

Sadly, I feel my poor communication skills have wasted your efforts to help me improve... so if you don't mind, would you please take a look at my question again in the light of the possibility that

I may not have such an unsalvageable mess as you imagine,
I do have cooperation from my sysadmin department,
the people in my company do cooperate, and
my Perl tool development efforts are fully supported by policy?

How would your answer change? In a more perfect world than I communicated, what technique in Perl would you use to help administer a live production environment where changes may have to be quickly developed, tested and brought on-line while other parts of the whole may be in use. What in your wisom is the perfect organized environment for doing what you suggest?

Nearly everyone who sacrificed to give me help also worshipped your opinion... I would feel horrible if I had to live knowing I had missed the mark so far in your eyes.

The fact that no one pointed me to an already existing node which duplicates this querry gives me hope that perhaps this question is worthy of discussion. Most likely your attention to this lack will help many future initiates like myself cross the span over a safer bridge.

Forgive me for not again providing the details you require to give a useful answer- just say so and I'll provide you more.

(If this thread is still too general don't bother yourself over my inquiry).

Thanks again in advance

[reply]