KBSL modernized UCSC’s VMware private cloud by retaining VMware 8 on existing Dell infrastructure, ensuring supportability, operational continuity, enhanced lifecycle management and protection of infrastructure investments while enabling future modernization.
Modernize UCSC’s VMware private cloud while maintaining platform supportability and protecting existing workloads. By retaining VMware 8 on certified Dell infrastructure, KBSL ensured operational continuity, lifecycle optimization and investment protection.
Modernizing private cloud infrastructure while ensuring supportability, workload continuity and investment protection.
Five service areas taken directly from the current KBSL Data Centre & Cloud solution.
Review VMware, compute, storage and network infrastructure to establish the current platform baseline.
Assess hardware certification and compatibility against VMware 9 requirements and support policies.
Engage OEM partners to evaluate supportability constraints, risks and available options.
Analyze operational and support risks associated with upgrading to an unsupported platform.
Select VMware 8 as the optimal and supportable platform for the existing environment.
Validate firmware, vSAN health and infrastructure readiness to ensure platform stability.
Align Dell AMC and vendor support services with operational and lifecycle requirements.
Deliver documentation and operational knowledge transfer to support future modernization.
The key service areas form a connected path from infrastructure foundations through monitoring, automation, DevOps and resilience.
Review VMware, Dell compute, storage and networking infrastructure.
Assess VMware 9 certification and hardware support requirements.
Consult vendors on supportability, constraints and upgrade options.
Evaluate risks associated with unsupported platform upgrades.
Select the most practical and supportable VMware strategy.
Validate firmware, vSAN health and operational readiness.
Optimize AMC, vendor support and lifecycle management.
Deliver documentation, knowledge transfer and modernization roadmap.
