VMWARE VIRTUALISATION SOLUTION
VMware vCenter / ESXi Virtualisation Solutions
Build a centrally managed enterprise server virtualisation platform around VMware vSphere, ESXi and vCenter, with resource consolidation, availability and recoverability in mind.
PRODUCT SOLUTION
Solution components and platform capabilities
Estate and capacity assessment
Map hosts, virtual machines, storage, networks, versions, licensing boundaries, performance and application dependencies.
Architecture and deployment
Design ESXi hosts, vCenter, clusters, resource pools, management and workload networks, VLANs, shared storage and access controls.
Migration, upgrade and consolidation
Plan P2V and VM migrations, host refreshes and version upgrades with maintenance windows, validation and rollback.
Backup and recovery
Integrate Veeam jobs, retention, recovery verification and workload recovery priorities.
Monitoring and incident response
Track hosts, datastores, VMs, snapshots, capacity and alerts with practical escalation, change and inspection routines.
Documentation and managed operations
Deliver topology, configuration, access, standard procedures, recovery and incident documentation with ongoing support.
PRODUCT SOLUTION
Typical engagements
New or expanded virtualisation platform
Plan compute, shared storage, networking and management for new workloads or server consolidation, including a growth path.
Legacy estate migration and upgrade
Move workloads in controlled waves while validating applications, backup and monitoring across refreshed hosts and storage.
PRODUCT SOLUTION
Delivery principles
Delivery and managed operations
Assessment, architecture, deployment, migration, upgrades, backup integration and ongoing support are delivered through our infrastructure delivery and operations service.
Start with a clear view of the VMware estate
Share host and VM counts, versions, storage, networks, critical workloads and current pain points so we can shape the assessment and delivery scope.