Chapter 3

The Project Plan

The most important part of any project is the plan. Without any organization, even a modest project is subject to greater risks. It's easy to fall into the trap of thinking that a hardware virtualization deployment project will be a quick and simple one. Even in a green-field site, there are a lot of components to consider. The virtualization engineers and administrators will need to consider servers, storage, networking, security, and future maintenance. Imagine an existing infrastructure being virtualized! There are existing servers to audit, assess, and plan for. Support contracts need to be checked, server and application owners need to be involved, and there may be further complexities with hardware integration. ...

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