diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/weblogic/kubernetes/ItServerStartPolicy.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/weblogic/kubernetes/ItServerStartPolicy.java
index 7632b17e1ed..81ba859ea4d 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/weblogic/kubernetes/ItServerStartPolicy.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/weblogic/kubernetes/ItServerStartPolicy.java
@@ -20,11 +20,8 @@
 
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.MINUTES;
 import static java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit.SECONDS;
-import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.TestConstants.OPERATOR_RELEASE_NAME;
-import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.actions.TestActions.getOperatorPodName;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.assertions.TestAssertions.isPodRestarted;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.CommonTestUtils.checkPodReadyAndServiceExists;
-import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.LoggingUtil.checkPodLogContainsString;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.OKDUtils.createRouteForOKD;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.PatchDomainUtils.patchServerStartPolicy;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.PodUtils.checkPodDeleted;
@@ -491,22 +488,6 @@ void testRestartNonExistingComponent() {
     assertTrue(verifyExecuteResult(result, regex),"The script shouldn't start a domain that doesn't exist");
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Verify Operator infrastructure log warning message, when the sample script
-   * tries to start a server that exceeds the max cluster size.
-   */
-  @Order(7)
-  @Test
-  @DisplayName("verify the operator logs warning message when starting a server that exceeds max cluster size")
-  void testOperatorLogWarningMsg() {
-    String operatorPodName =
-        assertDoesNotThrow(() -> getOperatorPodName(OPERATOR_RELEASE_NAME, opNamespace));
-    logger.info("operator pod name: {0}", operatorPodName);
-    checkPodLogContainsString(opNamespace, operatorPodName, "WARNING");
-    checkPodLogContainsString(opNamespace, operatorPodName,
-        "management/weblogic/latest/serverRuntime/search failed with exception java.net.ConnectException");
-  }
-
   /**
    * Once the admin server is stopped, operator can not start a new managed
    * server from scratch if it has never been started earlier with
diff --git a/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/weblogic/kubernetes/ItServerStartPolicyDynamicCluster.java b/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/weblogic/kubernetes/ItServerStartPolicyDynamicCluster.java
index 6049ac069f1..6216ea13451 100644
--- a/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/weblogic/kubernetes/ItServerStartPolicyDynamicCluster.java
+++ b/integration-tests/src/test/java/oracle/weblogic/kubernetes/ItServerStartPolicyDynamicCluster.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.ServerStartPolicyUtils.CONFIG_CLUSTER;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.ServerStartPolicyUtils.DYNAMIC_CLUSTER;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.ServerStartPolicyUtils.ROLLING_CLUSTER_SCRIPT;
+import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.ServerStartPolicyUtils.SCALE_CLUSTER_SCRIPT;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.ServerStartPolicyUtils.SERVER_LIFECYCLE;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.ServerStartPolicyUtils.START_CLUSTER_SCRIPT;
 import static oracle.weblogic.kubernetes.utils.ServerStartPolicyUtils.START_SERVER_SCRIPT;
@@ -556,4 +557,25 @@ void testDynamicClusterScale() {
     scalingClusters(domainUid, domainNamespace,DYNAMIC_CLUSTER, dynamicServerPodName,
         replicaCount, regex, false, samplePath);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Verify the sample script reports proper error when a cluster is scaled beyond max cluster size.
+   */
+  @Order(10)
+  @Test
+  @DisplayName("verify the sample script fails when a cluster is scaled beyond max cluster size")
+  void testScaleBeyondMaxClusterSize() {
+    int newReplicaCount = 7;
+    String expectedResult = "Replicas value is not in the allowed range";
+    // use scaleCluster.sh to scale a given cluster
+    logger.info("Scale cluster {0} using the script scaleCluster.sh", DYNAMIC_CLUSTER);
+    String result =  assertDoesNotThrow(() ->
+            executeLifecycleScript(domainUid, domainNamespace, samplePath,
+                SCALE_CLUSTER_SCRIPT, CLUSTER_LIFECYCLE, DYNAMIC_CLUSTER, " -r " + newReplicaCount, false),
+        String.format("Failed to run %s", SCALE_CLUSTER_SCRIPT));
+    assertTrue(result.contains(expectedResult), "Expected result " + expectedResult + "not returned");
+    // verify the replica did not change
+    assertDoesNotThrow(() -> assertTrue(checkClusterReplicaCountMatches(DYNAMIC_CLUSTER,
+        domainUid, domainNamespace, replicaCount)));
+  }
 }