Virtualization Design and Implementation Guide for the SMB
The purpose of this paper is to serve as a generic design and implementation guide for the SMB in getting started with server virtualization. This can be vendor neutral or reference well known vendor products/solutions (ie – VMware, Microsoft, Citrix).
The key areas of focus should include:
-determining the scope of the project
-creating a list of the current server workloads and mission critical services/servers
-how to select virtual host design approach (ie – HA, FT, clustered)
-placement approach of summarized workloads on to hosts after P2V conversion
-how to design storage solution for virtualization project based summarized workloads
– how to design virtual network solution based
– how to design a backup solution

Additional problems being solved by the guide to include:
– lack of documentation server consolidation/virtualization
– how to plan and assess for server consolidation/virtualization
– training of key IT personnel in project process