Configuring the test system

Considerations:

• Documentation of live system.
• Verification.
• Debug information.
• Platform separation.
• Rollback.

The ideal QA environment

• Virtualized.
• Deployed or verified by project team.
• Rollback
• Root privileges.

Operating the test system

• Who is using the test system? (Names of testers,ensure only QA team has access)
• Load test scheduling (When will the system be put under load). 
• Destructive testing (Destructive to break it).

Destructive testing

• Destructive software is a type of software testing which attempts to cause a piece of software to fail in an uncontrolled manner,in order to test its also known as Fail-over and Recover testing

Observing the test system

• Monitoring hardware.
• Fault free running time.
• System monitoring tools.

Evaluating the test results

• Test result A matched expected result A.
• escalating results even through criteria has been met.
• Caveats.