VMware Data Centre Modernization

INFRASTRUCTURE 2020 · Virtualization Engineer

Infrastructure · Virtualization

Overview

Virtualization, disaster recovery and capacity modernization for enterprise workloads — improving resilience and resource utilization.

The Challenge

Legacy virtualization estate with weak disaster recovery and capacity planning.

Constraints

Legacy virtualization estateEnterprise workloadsDisaster recovery gapsCapacity constraintsLimited maintenance windows

My Role

Virtualization Engineer — I owned the technical delivery, architecture decisions, implementation phases and operational handover for this engagement.

Measurable Outcome

Modernized virtualization, DR and capacity management.

A ARCHITECTURE

                            Internet
                ↓                            Firewall
                ↓                            vSphere Cluster
                ↓                            Storage & Backup
                ↓                            DR Site
                ↓                            Workloads
                                    

B SOLUTION

Virtualization, disaster recovery and capacity modernization for enterprise workloads — improving resilience and resource utilization.

Technology

VMwarevSphereLinuxBackup

Security Considerations

Role-based access
Network segmentation
Backup & DR
Patch management
Monitoring

C IMPLEMENTATION

Phase 1 — Estate audit & baseline Phase 2 — Cluster & storage design Phase 3 — Workload migration Phase 4 — DR & backup hardening Phase 5 — Runbooks & handover

D RESULTS

Modernized virtualization, DR and capacity management.

MEASURABLE OUTCOME

2020

DELIVERED

TECHNOLOGIES

E WHAT I LEARNED

Virtualization modernization is a migration project in disguise — recovery, capacity and documentation decide whether the estate is genuinely more resilient or just newer.

F GALLERY

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