Preparing staging environment instructions are outdated

Thanks for answering. Just to be clear.

If we can also copy LDAP, then we should move it to an isolated network.
If we can't also copy LDAP, we should do a server rename.

The procedure for this task does not indicate what option 1/2/3 that was chosen. Can we get by without a server rename and just follow the procedure if we don't have a copy of LDAP?

thanks for any assistance..

SFII

You can not run a copy of the same server in the same environment. You can isolate some servers in the same environment if you use the hosts files on several machines to make sure the environments don't see each other. This is an option that is a scenario for 3. Complex and error prone. You have to isolate all machines, client, servers and DB servers. This would not require a duplicate LDAP server, as that could be shared.

Another would be a physically isolated network. This would require to duplicate LDAP.

If you do 1 or 2 in your network you have to make sure to rename the servers.

To do a server rename, you need a special key. You need to contact support to obtain the key.

Just to be sure.  Options 1 and 2 in this document http://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSYMRC_5.0.2/com.ibm.jazz.install.doc/topics/t_prepare_staging_env.html
refer to editing the hosts file, so these are the complex and error prone example Ralph alludes to. However, these do not need server rename. There is a clear advantage if you do as being on the same network, there are chances users may not use the local hosts file and access the wrong server. You can implement Themes https://jazz.net/wiki/bin/view/Main/WebUITheming#Image_References to help differentiate them.

However you should have access to the LDAP unless as Ralph states you totally isolate the machine from the original network.
The two issues though are not related in my mind. 

I hope that helps