Language: Conducted in English by EPI Certified Instructors

The CDMS® is a 2-day course is designed to expose participants to a step-by-step methodology which will enable them to reduce the risks involved when undertaking a data centre migration. It will also give participants a lot of valuable practical hints and tips by trainers having extensive experience in moving and consolidating mission critical data centre.

CDMS® is a registered trademark of Enterprise Products Integration Pte Ltd (EPI).

After completion of the course the participant will be able to:

• Develop and review their data centre strategy
• Use different risk assessment methodologies together with practical tips specifically for data centre migrations to reduce the risk during a data centre migration
• Understand different migration strategies
• Understand the legal aspects when migrating a data centre
• Understand the importance of Business Service Reviews and Service Level Objectives
• Size and design the target data centre
• Understand the importance of detailed discovery and how dependencies influence migration waves
• Understand the safety requirements during migration
• Get lots of practical tips when moving to another data centre

Data Centre Strategy

• Data centre lifecycle
• Reasons to migrate a data centre
• Alternatives to data centre migration
• Consolidation
• Outsourcing
• Cloud computing
• Upgrade existing data centre or build new

Project Management

• Project management and methods
• Scope statement
• Statement Of Work (SOW)
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Allocate time to the project
• Cost and estimation methodology
• Project communication

Risk Management

• Risk management and methods
• Risk identification
• Risk assessment methodologies
• Qualitative approach
• Semi-quantitative approach
• Quantitative approach
• Risk evaluation
• Risk treatment
• Risk in data centre migrations

Migration Strategies

• Different data centre migration strategies
• Heterogeneous migration
• Homogeneous migration
• Physical migration
• Different IT transformations
• Pre-migration transformation
• Migration transformation
• Post-migration transformation

Legal Aspects

• Regulatory requirements
• Contractual considerations
• Legal aspects when decommissioning

High Level Discovery & Planning

• The importance of Business Service Reviews
• The concept of Availability
• The concept of Recoverability
• The importance of Service Level Objectives
• Requirements on designing the target IT architecture
• Information needed for high level planning

Design Target Data Centre

• Requirements for the target data centre
• Sizing the data centre
• Architectural requirements
• Cooling requirements
• Power requirements
• Security

Detailed Discovery and Planning

• The importance of discovery
• Automated discovery tools
• Asset management
• Network and system dependencies
• Detailed migration planning
• Migration waves
• Staffing
• Warranties and insurance

Safety

• Safety precautions
• Technical safety review
• Electrical safety
• Lifting
• Personal safety during migration
• Fire safety during migration

Security

• Controversy between access and security
• Access control
• Managing security during migration
• Security during migration
• Key management
• Practical hints and tips
• Continuous improvement

Implementation

• Rehearsal
• Route investigation
• Resourcing
• Logistics team
• Packing
• Transport
• Installing the equipment
• Post migration support

Data Centre Retirement

• Main points to consider
• Retiring ICT hardware
• Retiring data centre facility systems
• Retiring data centre building
• Consider environmental aspects
• Legal aspects

End of Project

• Project closure
• Lessons learned
• Phased completion of project
• Criteria for project closure
• The outcome of the project
• End of project

The primary audience is an IT, Facilities or Data Centre Operations professional working in and around the data Centre (representing both end-customers and/or service provider/ facilitators) and having to deal with Data Centre Migration Projects and/or Data Centre Strategies, such as: Project Managers, Data Centre managers, Operations/ Floor /Facility managers, IT managers, Network/System Engineers, Data Centre Sales/Consultants, Logistic Managers.

There is no specific prerequisite for the CDMS® course. However, participants who have actual experience in the data centre and/or IT infrastructures are best suited. Attendance of the CDCP® course is recommended but not a requirement.