V mware software defined storage accelerator service
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- 3. Agenda • Workshop Basics • Discovery Phase 3
- 5. Typical Requirements Workshops Delete this box after you read it. This is a list of typical workshops you might conduct to understand the customer’s environment. Customize this with the actual workshops you will use in a specific engagement. Workshop Duration Proposed Attendees Date Business Requirements 2 hours Architect, Business Owners, Representatives Network, Storage, Security, and Management 4 hours PM, Architect, Server, Networks, Security, Storage, Operations, Administrators
- 6. Workshop • This workshop is a gathering of project stakeholders who aim to – Agree on the project direction and scope – Identify and agree to business and/or system requirements – Examine possible solutions to the requirements – Review and approve the products under analysis Plan the Workshop Conduct the Workshop Follow Up
- 7. Plan the Workshop • Objectives – Key question is, “Why are we staging this workshop?” – Clearly state objectives in the agenda – Send the agenda to participants early enough for them to prepare and gather relevant information for the meeting • Attendees • Concerns • Structure • Techniques • Venues
- 8. Conduct the Workshop • Focus on Objectives – The facilitator is responsible for following the agenda • Encourage Participation • Stay on Track • Keep a Record • Summarize Key Points
- 9. Follow Up • Document, Communicate, and Validate – The workshop activities should be documented to track follow-up activities and for eventual sign-off by attendees • Issue Notes • Invite Feedback
- 10. Discovery Phase
- 11. Business Requirements – Questions Part 1 – Do you have an executive sponsor for the Software-Defined Storage implementation? – Do you currently document and manage business agreements or regulatory requirements that impact IT? – Do you have someone within IT who has been identified as leading initiatives for software defined storage? – Have you completed a business impact analysis (BIA) study that provides the list of systems to build out the software defined storage infrastructure, including priorities and dependencies? – Have you completed a risk assessment study that shows assets, vulnerabilities, likelihood of damage, and estimated cost of recovery? – Do you have a configuration management database (CMDB) that contains all relevant information about the information systems components and the relationships between the components?
- 12. Business Requirements – Questions Part 2 – Are changes to the IT infrastructure reviewed for impact on DR procedures? – Do you have Service Level Agreements (SLAs) in place for your Software Defined Storage solution? – Do you have a complete mapping of line of business/users that maps to the application services list detailed in the SLAs? – How often do new applications get added to the environment that would have a need for different storage characteristics? – How are decisions on storage policy currently made? – How is storage tiered currently in the environment? – Do you have a team dedicated to application level development including design, implementation and performance testing ?
- 13. Network, Storage, Security, and Management – Part 1 – What type of LUNs do you provision to support the virtual infrastructure? – What is the typical size of VMware VMFS volumes that you have provisioned to service your virtual infrastructure? – What is the typical number of virtual machines that you place on a VMFS volume? – What is the typical size of the vmdk file (or files, if you have a C and D drive configured) associated with your virtual machines? – On Windows-based virtual machines, do you configure a dedicated C drive for the Windows-based operating system and page file, as well as dedicated application and data drives (D drive)? – What type of workload is going to be managed and stored on the Virtual SAN datastore?
- 14. Network, Storage, Security, and Management – Part 2 – Do you use VLANs in your production environment? – Can Layer 2 Multicast (IGMP Snooping) be configured on a dedicated network for Virtual SAN Traffic? – Are 10GB/s networks available in the environment? – Are Jumbo Frames used in the environment? – Is LACP being used in the environment? – What teaming policies are currently used in the environment? – Is VMotion configured in the environment? – Is DRS used in the environment? If so, what mode is it configured to use? – Are tiered storage policies used in the environment?
- 15. Operations – Are all critical servers backed up at scheduled checkpoints? – Do you have established recovery point objectives (RPOs)? – Do you have established recovery time objectives (RTOs)? – Do you have a standardized set of high availability practices and technology? – How do you determine the characteristics of a virtual machine storage workload? – What team configures he aforementioned characteristic and ensures that virtual machines are in compliance with their expected policy? – How is monitoring and remediation of the environment’s current workloads performed?
- 17. Analyze and Prioritize • Must (M) • Should (S) • Could (C) • Won’t (W) Requirements MUST (M) SHOULD (S) COULD (C) WON’T (W) Requirement 1 Requirement 2
- 18. Questions?
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