Server Consolidationwith VMware Infrastructure

Agenda

• Introduction

• Conversion demo

• Background

• Lessons learned

• Hands on with vSphere 4

• Wrap up

Current State

• 5 ESX hosts (2 more planned)

• 30 production virtual machines

• 7 test virtual machines

• 18 physical servers retired

Lessons

• Cost• Covert or Migrate• Hardware specs• Use what is paid for• Physical vs. Virtual

• Disk space• Comfort with free

versions• Rapid deployment• Backups

Agenda

• Introduction

• Conversion demo

• Background

• Lessons learned

• Hands on with vSphere 4

• Wrap up

Thank you

David Gerstenecker

University of Illinois