Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-V™ Resource Kit

Chapter 20. Server Virtualization Project: Discovery Phase

• Collecting Baseline Information

• Collecting Inventory Information

• Performance Monitoring

• Environmental Information Chapter 20

• Automating the Discovery Process

• Discovery and Assessment Tools

• Summary

• Additional Resources

During the discovery phase of a server virtualization project, you are focused on collecting all the required information to define the remaining project phases. If you follow the recommendations discussed in Chapter 19, you will have an approved project scope that defines the geographic or business locations included in the project, the types of servers for which discovery data is required, and the types of servers excluded from consideration. Now the Architectural Design team or ...