IT BEST PRACTICES_LAB 4
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IT BEST PRACTICES
Planning a Transition: Move Data Centre to new location.
TEAMWORK
NAME
STUDENT ID
Somayeh Hosseini
101452514
Harshitha Katta
101448046
Hardi Maradia
101464185
Shivangi Bipinkumar Patel
101429061
SCENARIO
·
You need to move all the infrastructure i.e., print server, mail server, ISP connection and
4 users from Kendal Street to a new location across the road.
·
The funding has been approved and all the facilities i.e., flooring, power, Heating and
Air-conditioning have been sorted out.
·
Your team of 3 persons must get this done in 4 weeks from now.
·
You may purchase all new equipment for this move and are upgrading your ISP
connection from 10 Gbps to 40 Gbps.
DEVELOPMENT
Create a transition plan for this move. Come up with any contingency plan to meet
the deadline.
No disruption to service is allowed.
The plan to translate Data center to another location is the follow:
Week 1
a.
Estimate cost implicated to project.
b.
Purchase new infrastructure i.e. print server, mail server and ISP connection.
c.
Configure new equipment according to the actual operation.
Week 2
a.
Ability new building to install new equipment, i.e. energy, climatization, networking.
b.
Install wireless access point.
Week 3
a.
Installation ISP connection (40Gbps).
b.
Clone DB from older server to the new server.
c.
Test LAN and services and servers.
Week 4
a.
Translate and put in service an older router (2Gbps).
b.
Migrate users to new locations.
Week 5
a.
Install new router (40Gbps interface)
b.
Swap service from older router to new router.
Ø
Manage the risks involved.
Risk Identification
#
Risk description (What might happen / to who / where / when / causing what
1
New infrastructure not available to deliver from the vendor in week 1 causing delays in
configuration of the equipment.
2
Delay in installation of new infrastructure from IT Team at new building in week 2.
3
No internet connection available from ISP, provoking delay in test of service.
4
Migration of users not successful from IT Team provoking delays in pass to production of new
network.
5
Fail in configuration or put in service the new router from IT Team, provoking not utilization of new
link to max speed.
Likelihood of the risks occurring and Consequence of these risks
Treatments for risks that are a priority.
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RISKS
RISK
OCURRING
RISK CONTROL
MEASURES
RISK
CONSEQUENC
E
PERSON
RESPONSIBLE
TIME-
FRAME
1
2
Coordinate with service
provider companies on
time delivery for work..
2
IT team
<2 days
2
3
Monitor the IT Team as the
task advances.
3
IT team
<2 days
3
4
Monitor to ISP for in time
deliver and prepare other
activities in case that
3
IT team
<2 days
4
2
Program a test with only
one user to probe the
migration activity.
4
IT team
<1 days
5
2
Get support from the vendor
to prepare the configuration.
2
IT team
<1 days
Monitoring the Treatments
RISKS
Who will
monitor
When /
how
often
How do they monitor
How will they report
findings
Who will
they report
to
1
2
3
4
Project
Manager
Day by
day
Meeting every day with the
teams involved to know the
deviation of the advance of
the project compared with the
baseline.
Make a daily meeting
to take a decision to
mitigate the gaps.
CEO
5
IT Team
Manager
Day by
day
Monitoring when have an
incident where need to use
the spare parts
On demand if
necessary to trigger
the use the spare
parts.
IT Manager /
Operation
Manager
Be cost effective.
Item
Quantit
y
Cost
Email server
1
$2.500
Print server
1
$1.500
Router
1
$2.500
Switch
1
$1.500
Access Points
4
$1.000
Preparation of new building
installation
1
$5.000
Total
$
14.000