diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/PartitionAttributesFactoryBeanTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/PartitionAttributesFactoryBeanTest.java
index b562a588..d78ade57 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/PartitionAttributesFactoryBeanTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/PartitionAttributesFactoryBeanTest.java
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.gemfire;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 
@@ -71,4 +73,18 @@ public class PartitionAttributesFactoryBeanTest {
 		assertEquals(42, partitionAttributes.getTotalNumBuckets());
 	}
 
+	@Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+	public void testValidationOnRedundantCopiesWhenExceedsBound() throws Exception {
+		PartitionAttributesFactoryBean partitionAttributesFactoryBean = new PartitionAttributesFactoryBean();
+		partitionAttributesFactoryBean.setRedundantCopies(4);
+		partitionAttributesFactoryBean.getObject();
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+	public void testValidationOnRedundantCopiesWhenPrecedesBound() throws Exception {
+		PartitionAttributesFactoryBean partitionAttributesFactoryBean = new PartitionAttributesFactoryBean();
+		partitionAttributesFactoryBean.setRedundantCopies(-1);
+		partitionAttributesFactoryBean.getObject();
+	}
+
 }