RTO & RPO During the business continuity plan creation it is necessary to define the key metrics of recovery point objective (RPO) and recovery time… Read More »VDCD510 Objective 2.6 – Build Recoverability Requirements into the Logical Design
Identify Infrastructure Qualities We have already covered infrastructure qualities in objective 2.3. To recall them, here is a short overview: Availability is the ability of… Read More »VDCD510 Objective 2.5 – Build Performance Requirements into the Logical Design
Identify Infrastructure Qualities We have already covered infrastructure qualities in objective 2.3. To recall them, here is a short overview: Availability is the ability of a… Read More »VDCD510 Objective 2.4 – Build Manageability Requirements into the Logical Design
Identify Infrastructure Qualities VMware named five infrastructure qualities: Availability, Manageability, Performance, Recoverability and Security. If you are familiar with other design methodologies you might have… Read More »VDCD510 Objective 2.3 – Build Availability Requirements into the Logical Design
This objective talks about service dependencies in your design and how to document them. Services could be everything that matters the design, DNS, databases or… Read More »VDCD510 Objective 2.2 – Map Service Dependencies
The second objective talks about the logical design. When we talk about the logical design at this point in the project phase we are talking… Read More »VDCD510 Objective 2.1 – Map Business Requirements to the Logical Design
This are very common project parts which are not related to VMware or virtualisation. If you are familar with project management this terms should be… Read More »VDCD510 Objective 1.3 – Determine Risks, Constraints, and Assumptions
This section is really much about best practices and use cases. VMware offers a bunch of documents which are a little bit overkill for the… Read More »VDCD510 Objective 1.2 – Gather and analyze application requirements
Five-Step design process Initial design meeting Current-state analysis Stakeholder and SME training Design sessions Design deliverables Project participants (SMEs / Key Stakeholders) A design project… Read More »VDCD510 Objective 1.1 – Gather and analyze business requirements
The new VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 Datacenter Design (VCAP5-DCD / VDCD510) Certification is now live. There is much new stuff with vSphere 5, but… Read More »VCAP5-DCD - What's new?