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1) Thank you, thank you for thinking of best practices before taking serious action.
2) ITIL is your friend. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_Technology_Infrastructure_Library
When implemented deliberately and properly, ITIL makes an IT admin darn near *comfy*. Just remember that ITIL != bureaucracy, ITIL == Best Practices.
