☁️ Virtualization Solutions: VMware & Hyper-V

Maximize hardware investment and achieve unparalleled business agility with our integrated virtualization services.

Why Virtualize with Our Team?

**Virtualization Goal**
**Technology Used**
**Our Value**
Maximize ROI
**VMware ESXi / Hyper-V**
Consolidate multiple servers, slashing power and cooling costs.
Ensure Uptime
**High Availability (HA) & DRS**
Automatically recover servers from host failures and balance workloads.
Future-Proofing
**Live Migration (vMotion)**
Move running virtual machines between hosts with zero downtime for maintenance.

Our 5-Step Virtualization Delivery Procedure

1

Platform & Resource Planning

The Sizing Blueprint
  • **Platform Selection:** Choose the ideal solution (**VMware vSphere** or **Microsoft Hyper-V**) based on licensing and required features.
  • **Physical Host Sizing:** Calculate the exact physical server resources (CPU, RAM, I/O) needed for all target **VMs**, plus a redundancy buffer.
  • **Storage Mapping & Allocation:** Define how **SAN/NAS** volumes will be presented to the hypervisors as **Datastores**.
  • **Licensing Plan:** Determine the most cost-efficient licensing model for the hypervisor and guest operating systems.
2

Hypervisor Installation & Networking

The Foundation Build
  • **Host Preparation:** Install the bare-metal hypervisor (**ESXi** or **Hyper-V Server**) onto the physical hosts.
  • **Cluster Configuration:** Group the hosts into a high-availability cluster and install the central management server.
  • **Storage Connectivity:** Connect the hosts to the shared storage volumes using iSCSI or Fibre Channel.
  • **Virtual Networking Setup:** Configure **vSwitches** and port groups, aligning with the physical **LAN** for segmented traffic (management, **vMotion**/Live Migration, VM data).
3

Virtual Machine Deployment & Hardening

The VM Provisioning
  • **VM Creation & Allocation:** Provision new **VMs** by defining virtual hardware (vCPUs, vRAM, vDisks) from templates.
  • **Integration Tools:** Install **VMware Tools** or **Hyper-V Integration Services** on every VM for optimal performance.
  • **Resource Management:** Apply advanced controls (Reservations, Limits) to guarantee performance for critical applications.
  • **Security Baseline:** Apply security hardening guidelines to both the hypervisor hosts and the **VMs**.
4

Testing & Resiliency Validation

The Stress Test
  • **Performance Benchmarking:** Execute I/O tests to confirm that key applications meet the target **IOPS** and latency metrics.
  • **HA Simulation:** Simulate a host failure to verify the cluster automatically restarts all its running **VMs**.
  • **Migration Test:** Execute **vMotion** or **Live Migration** to confirm seamless movement of **VMs** across the cluster.
  • **Recovery Validation:** Test the recovery process by restoring a non-critical **VM** from backup to validate the **DR** strategy.
5

Handover, Monitoring, and Scaling

The Operation & Support
  • **Management Training:** Comprehensive training on the management console (**vCenter** or **SCVMM**) for daily operations.
  • **Monitoring Integration:** Deploy tools to provide real-time alerts for high utilization of physical resources.
  • **Patch and Lifecycle Plan:** Establish a process for regularly patching the hypervisor hosts and guest OSs.
  • **Long-Term Support:** Provide specialized support SLAs covering virtualization incidents, host failures, and capacity expansion.