PROCESS
VMware Performance Management - Overview

You’ve virtualized some or all of your physical environment with VMware, but there is a lack of understanding within your support/infrastructure department of how to manage and maintain the performance.

Our uniquely qualified and experienced consultants will come on site and perform the following tasks:

  • Review current monitoring strategy
  • Evaluate staff understanding of VMware performance management
  • Delivery of capacity and performance workshop
  • Discuss potential next steps
Benefits
  • Reduce the support time/costs by Increasing their understanding of VMware performance management and where to look for potential performance issues.
  • Ensure appropriate metric thresholds are set and that staff understands what a breach of those thresholds signifies.
  • Provide a summarized performance workbook for use as reference material after the engagement.
Deliverables
  • Recommendations for potential improvements to the current monitoring strategy
  • Capacity monitoring document detailing a complete list of metrics and associated thresholds
  • Delivery of the “VMware Capacity Management Awareness” workshop (1 day)
  • VMware Capacity Management Awareness workbook
Agenda
Time
Task
2 days (on-site)

Interviews/documentation review

2 days  (off-site)

Produce deliverables

1 day (on-site)

Workshop delivery

Scope and Pricing
Requirements
  • Access to relevant people and documentation
  • A conference room with a projector reserved for the length of the engagement (1 day)
  • A Whiteboard  and/or Flip Chart
  • Projector (if available)
Target Audience

The engagement provides a focus on managing and reporting on VMware performance so could potentially be used by the following groups:

  • VMware administration staff
  • Capacity management personnel
  • Support personnel
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