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Overview
You've made a significant investment to virtualize your computing environment; let Lighthouse Virtualization Group help ensure that you are getting the most from your investment. Virtualization touches many aspects of your data center such as servers, networks and storage—as well as the organizations and processes that control them.
During a VMware Infrastructure Health Check, a VMware Certified Professional consultant will work with your team to understand your unique environment and provide guidance on the current leading practices for configuring and managing VMware systems. Working together with your team, they will review your VMware Infrastructure systems and provide concrete, actionable recommendations for any opportunities for optimization that are uncovered.
Target Audience
Architects and administrators currently using VMware ESX Server and VirtualCenter who have 3 or more months of experience with a VMware virtual environment.
Deliverables
- Conduct assessment of VMware virtual environment (up to 2 nodes) using VMware Virtual Infrastructure Methodology (VIM) to validate current environment
- Identify potential areas to optimize configuration and improve performance
- Present an interactive workshop to facilitate knowledge transfer on VMware best practices
Roles and Responsibilities
- VMware Certified Professional Consultant analyzes environment and processes, conducts workshop, transfers knowledge of best practices and makes recommendations for optimal performance
- Customer IT Manager coordinates access to IT processes involving VMware virtual environment
- Customer Systems Administrator is responsible for server hardware, storage and networking
- Customer Server Administrator is responsible for operating system and applications
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Key Activities
| Activity |
Participants |
| Kickoff call |
All |
| Architecture and operations review |
All |
| Technical audit and analysis |
Consultant |
| Operational analysis including consideration of business objectives |
Consultant |
| On-site wrap up |
All |
| Create assessment report |
Consultant |
| Review final assessment report |
All |
Key Benefits
- Optimize VMware virtual infrastructure performance
- Maximize resources through efficiencies and roadmap for future improvements
- Mitigate risk by leveraging experienced consultants and proven best practices
Scope and Pricing
- Up to 2 days on-site and 1 day off-site for creating assessment report
- Maximum of 5 participants
- VMware Infrastructure Health Check will be delivered by a Certified Professional Consultant
- Contact the Lighthouse Virtualization Group at 888-542- 8030 for pricing information
Requirements
- Existing VMware Infrastructure environment including VMware ESX Server
- Administrator (root) access to VMware installations
- Conference room with projector and networked desktops/laptops running MS Windows 2000 or higher
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For more information or to schedule a no-cost initial consultation, please contact info@lighthousecs.com or call 401-334-0799.