Standard

Windows Servers will follow the naming convention outlined below:

• Fifteen (15) characters or less
• Lowercase
• Name is made up of the following sections:
  • [Abbreviated Department][Abbreviated Description][Iteration #][Cluster Letter][-[Environment]]

Definitions

Abbreviated Department

The IT Team's departments name but shorted to 2-4 characters.

Abbreviated Description

A shortened description based on what software the server is running or the server's purpose.
(Examples: oam, rundeck, web, print)

Iteration Number

This denotes the iteration of that application. If you migrate an existing application to a new server you would increment the number up.
(Examples: atoam01a to atoam02a, both run OAM application but are different iterations)

Cluster Letter

This is only added if the server is part of a cluster. Mulitple servers that are generally hosting the same application, working together.
(Example: atoama  atoamb atoamc)

Environment

There are currently three types of environment available - Production, Test, Development. Here is it represented in the server name as -d for DEV, -t for TEST, ommitted for PROD.
(Examples: atoam02a-d, atoam02a-t, atoam02b)

Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)

A server's fully qualified domain name will have .ilstu.edu appended to the hostname.

Additional Information

Updates

This section will record summary notes of any changes.

• 02/23/23 - Initial Publishing