Investigate the use cloud and virtualization technologies

Sheila Eiffert@Meadowbank Campus TAFE v3 13-3-2019

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Instructions for Students: Please read the following case study and base your responses to the subsequent tasks on this case study.

Client Case Study

These are being used as the infrastructure of their own internal TechNet IT network infrastructure and are also being used as dedicated hosts for the various client services.

Such as websites, backups and clients servers as such. They have separated each service onto a separate group of rack mounted servers. Their physical network environment consists of the following:

Because of this, your manager Mr John Douglas has asked you, to investigate the use of cloud and virtualization technologies. You will need to analyse the feasibility and extent that cloud and virtualisation could be implemented within the use of TechNet IT infrastructure to gain business benefits and offer a greater client support environment.

As this would be a substantial change in their physical IT environment, the organisational guidelines of TechNet IT solutions requires a Written Report to be provided to the TechNet IT management. In which you will explain the use of these new technologies within the IT Industry. You will determine how feasible it would be for TechNet IT to incorporate these new technologies offering your proposed preferred plan and description of any new resources that would be required.

virtualisation scenarios, so you can give a relative comparison of each

consideration including an outline of the purpose, benefits and risk analysis of

sequence of work which will be required in the planning to further develop their

Enterprize Virtualized IT Environment.

Task 1. Give an overview of who TechNet IT is as a company and their current request.

Task 2. Analyse and present a discussion of the current design of the network

• Discuss what hypervisor the current network environment is using

• Discuss what hypervisor you believe your company should be using and why.

Background information on the vendor

Include the technical specifications and system requirements for using these Vendors

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Task 5. Overview of the environment that each vendors S/W creates

Plus Edition oWindows Server, Hyper-V

Include a basic SWOT risk analysis of the benefits& disadvantages of using for this vendor.

• This task is about should they migrate to vSphere

• Can your company easily change it’s physical infrastructure and migrate to vSphere

•Discuss the effect of using Type 1 virtualization and replacement of multiple physical servers

oReducing staff and lowering of support requirements and costs

network virtualization infrastructure to be implemented at TechNet IT.

 Make sure your design diagram reflects the needs of TechNet IT.

 Determine the basic budget costs for the new vSphere technology, H/W resources,

S/W resources to suit the business requirements for the new vSphere environment

that will be created for TechNet IT .

 What would be involved to change physical infrastructure and migrate servers and virtua lmachines to vSphere

Task 9. Use an email application to create an email to get confirmation from your manager for the recommendations and design that you have proposed for the new TechNet IT network environment and infrastructure. Ensure you tell him you are changing to a vSphere virtualization environment, that all reports detailing the new network environment, plus a diagram of the new network design are attached.

( NOTE: You do not have to actually attach them)
• Include your final figure for your budgeting costs
• Include an area’s for your TechNet IT manager to sign off on your work.

Sheila Eiffert@Meadowbank Campus TAFE v3 13-3-2019
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