For mission critical deployments of the Vocera Voice Server,
Vocera recommends setting up a staging server to test software and database changes to
validate whether they work in your environment before updating your production server.
If you purchase a Vocera Enterprise License, Vocera includes an additional 6-seat
Enterprise License that can be used to test the server.
A Vocera staging server is excellent for:
- Testing a software upgrade or update
- Learning how to use new features
- Developing a training plan for new features
- Testing badge property network changes
- Testing major database changes to your system
- Testing call flows and forwarding conditions
- Estimating the downtime needed to perform the upgrade on your production system
A Vocera staging server is NOT appropriate for:
- Infrastructure testing
- Stress testing
- Testing telephony integration
- Testing roaming (unless the staging server connects to the same VLAN as the production
server)
- Testing cluster failover
- Moving data back and forth between the staging and production server