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TIGERS

By Samuel and Valentin

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Some facts about Tigers
• Scientific name for a Tiger is ”Panthera Tigris”

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Successful ServiceNow Upgrades with - Prepare, Plan and Execute
Day Day Day Day
0 1 2 3

Prepare and Plan! Upgrade Dev Instance Upgrade UAT Instance Upgrade Production Instance

Deploy the changes that are ready for Clone completed from “prod” instance Clone completed from “prod” instance
production and apply production to “dev” instance to “UAT” instance
freeze Prod instance Upgrade completed.
(Review your prod instance ServiceNow (consider ServiceNow backup schedule
(latest changes deployed then will be cloned backup schedule to include latest
(Planned and Scheduled on Day 0)
for your prod instance to include latest
to lower instances as well) deployments) deployments)
Inform developers to backup their
remaining development work in dev Lock users automatically using post Lock users automatically using post 1. Check skipped records count
instance (if required) clone scripts. Remember to check mid clone scripts. Remember to check mid 2. Retrieve the captured skipped
server status after clone server status after clone record updatesets from UAT after
Decide on latest patch release and go successful upgrade.
through upgrade release notes Schedule upgrade in dev instance Schedule upgrade in UAT instance 3. Review remaining skipped records,
(ServiceNow recommends upgrade version (In hi portal) (In hi portal) if any
during upgrade scheduling) (Count of skipped records mostly match)
Review skipped records (due to
Schedule production upgrade planned Retrieve the captured skipped record
platform customizations) after
on Day 3. updatesets from dev to UAT after Test your platform and portal.
upgrade
(In Hi Portal ServiceNow) (Remember to capture the skipped record upgrade. Review remaining skipped Remember to check midservers status
updates in update set) records, if any after upgrade.
(Count of skipped records mostly match due
Send communication to change
to same clone)
managers/stakeholders on production Test your platform and open for
upgrade schedule development activities
Test your platform and portal. Open
Upgrade completed successfully!
Schedule clone from prod to dev Schedule clone from prod to UAT platform for users
instance (For next day - Day 1) instance (For next day - Day 2)

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