Implementing Server Virtualisation for Sustainable ICT System Project

This project report details the implementation of server virtualization for a sustainable ICT system, focusing on the VICAT organization. It begins with an analysis of the existing infrastructure, highlighting issues related to physical servers and the need for virtualization to enhance portability, load distribution, and cost-effectiveness. An alternative virtualization scenario is proposed, emphasizing centralized and decentralized infrastructure options, security measures, and disaster recovery capabilities. The project outlines a comprehensive plan, including resource requirements, vendor selection, and technology identification within budget constraints. It presents a task list with logical stages, hardware and software reviews, and detailed server configuration steps. The report also covers testing methodologies, including the development of a test plan checklist, system testing procedures, and error reporting mechanisms, ensuring a robust and reliable virtualized server environment. This project demonstrates a practical approach to server virtualization, emphasizing sustainability and efficiency.

Running head: IMPLEMENT SERVER VIRTUALISATION FOR A SUSTAINABLE ICT
SYSTEM
Implement Server Virtualisation for a Sustainable ICT System
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Task 1.........................................................................................................................................2
Existing infrastructure of the server.......................................................................................2
Alternative Virtualization Scenario including risk analysis...................................................2
Proposed plan and required resources....................................................................................3
Approval of the recommendations.........................................................................................4
Confirmation of network resources........................................................................................4
Identification of vendor and product architecture..................................................................5
Identification of technology and resource within business requirement and budget.............5
Task 2.........................................................................................................................................6
Task list with breakdown of the logical stages......................................................................6
Reviewing hardware and software.........................................................................................8
List of hardware required for the server.................................................................................9
Installation of the required operating system.......................................................................10
Installation of additional tools or third party software.........................................................10
Patching operating system and application for ensuring maximum security and reliability10
Task 3.......................................................................................................................................11
Server Configuration............................................................................................................11
Scope....................................................................................................................................11
Application of testing against technical requirements.........................................................11
Development of the test plan checklist................................................................................14
System Testing.....................................................................................................................15

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Error reporting......................................................................................................................16
Bibliography.............................................................................................................................18

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Task 1
Existing infrastructure of the server
An analysis is made on the current infrastructure of VICAT for the development of the server
infrastructure and configuration of the centralized management system for the organization.
The current server infrastructure of the organization uses separate servers for storing the
backup, email and storage. There are different problems faced due to the use of the physical
server in the current business process and it is identified. The physical server is dependent on
the hardware and if there is a need to migrate the content of the server there is an issue that
the content of the server is dependent on the hardware platform of the physical server. There
is a need to virtualize the server platform for creating an independency of the hardware and
increase the portability of the data residing in the physical server. In the current server
architecture there are different problems such as distribution of the loads on the server is not
possible and this can be done by virtualizing the server and moving the resources to another
server for increasing the availability of the data and reduce the cost of implementation of a
new physical server in the network.
The server infrastructure is created for the organization for supporting the current framework
and it consists of a physical and virtual resources for supporting the storage and flowing of
the data packets in the network. The existing serevr
Alternative Virtualization Scenario including risk analysis
An alternative virtualization scenario can be created for the mitigation of the problem
currently faced in the physical server environment. A centralized infrastructure is created
within the data centre and it can be decentralized for distributing the resources in the different
data centre. The different subsystem are included in the servers such as the servers, storage
subsystem and the other network device. The infrastructure of the data centre should have the

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proper security measures proper authentication mechanism should be used for the
development of the data centre. For the development of the data centre a formalized process
of data centre should be analysed for the optimization and maintaining the infrastructure and
include the different components for the development of the data centre. A detailed expertise
is required for the configuration of the server and optimization of the system with the
integration of the system with the current business process of the organization. With the
implementation of the virtualization of the server the disaster recovery can be handled and the
servers can be uploaded to the cloud platform for backing up the data and management of the
different operation of the business. It can be used for performing different operation and
different services should be configured for the development of the network.
Proposed plan and required resources
For the development of the server infrastructure it is important to deal with the design the
server architecture after analysis of the goals and objectives of the organization. Different
factors should be considered such as selection of the various components, hardware, software
and thee technology used for the development of the server framework. The traditional
process of the development of the server requires lots of manual effort and optimization of
the storage and the other components of the server. Modular approach can be used for the
hardware and virtualization and making the management process easy. There are other
approaches such as use of hyper v for the virtualization of the resources. Determination of the
number of virtual machine that should run on the server and determination of the core speed
and the number of cores required for meeting the current demand of the users is important for
the development of the server.
The following resources are required for the virtualization of the server and given below:
 Task identification

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 Selection of the right software
 Selection of the virtualization expert.
Approval of the recommendations
Authorised personnel should be informed about the new strategy that is selected for the
implementation of the virtualization server for the VICAT ICT system. Stakeholder meetings
should be arranged for discussing the strategy for the development of the server
virtualization. The risk associated with centralized storage should be analysed for the
adoption of the server configuration and providing the service following the guidelines. There
are different alternative scenario that are analysed and different comparison should be used
for the development of the network environment and approval of the client. A checklist
should be added for the software and the hardware platform and analysing the reliability and
security of the server platform for the development of the server infrastructure.
Confirmation of network resources
 Operating system – Windows Server 2012 R2 is used as the operating system for the
development of the server.
 Server Applications – An application server should be used for the development of
the web server and service model should be used for the implementation of the
network service. The application server should be configured with the available server
application and balancing the loads on the servers.
 Server Design – For designing the server the terminology and the recommended host
server should be identified. The processor should have the basic computing function
and physical processing unit, socket and the motherboard should be defined for the
management of the memory modules.

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Identification of vendor and product architecture
Server oriented architecture should be used for the development of the application component
and using the communication protocol. There are different basic principle that should be
followed such as independent vendor, product and different technology. There are different
functionality that are used for accessing the remote resources and updating it independently
for retrieving the information. The service should have the four properties such as:
 Logical representation of the business activity and getting a specific outcome.
 It is self-contained
 It has a black box for the users
 There are different services that can be used for providing different functionality and
have a modularized program
The concept should defines according to the orientation of the service and coupling between
the services. The business goals, strategic goals, intrinsic inter-operability, shared service,
flexibility and evolutionary refinement should be defined for the coordination between the
activities.
Identification of technology and resource within business requirement and
budget
There are different technology that should be used for the needs and the resource should be
defined for development of the virtual framework. There are different networking principle
for the development of the service. The service provider should be identified for the
development of the web service and analysis of the price for offering different service. The
different category of service and the agreement should be created for analysis of the
requirement of the service. The service broker, service registry and the service repository
should be analysed for the identification of the activity. The entries in the registry should be

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defined and the needs of the consumer should be identified for the development of the server
infrastructure. The approaches for the implementation of the virtualization. The cost of the
processor, memory, hard disk should be analysed for the identification of the legacy and
enabling the service.
Task 2
Task list with breakdown of the logical stages
For the development of the server is important to create the logical steps and is given below:
Task Name
Server Virtualization for VICAT
Initiation phase
Development of business case
Cost-benefit analysis
Developing project charter
Appointing project team members
Milestone 1: Completion of project initiation phase
Planning phase
Developing plan for the project
Developing the project resource plan
Developing financial plan
Developing the risk management plan

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Developing the quality plan for the project
Procurement plan for the project
Developing proper communication plan for the project
Milestone 2:Completion of project planning phase
Analysing requirements of the projects
IP address scheme development
Proper subnetting
Identification of network device
Types of network cables
Identification of the software
Identification of the server
Milestone 3:Completion of requirement analysis
Designating phase
Designating the logical network for the project
Designating the physical network for the project
Milestone 4: Completion of designing phase of the project
Implementation phase of the project
Installation of the network device

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IP allocation
Deployment of the network cable plan
Connecting the device
Deploying server
Milestone 5: Completion of project implementation phase
Project testing phase
Testing the network speed
Testing congestion
Testing performance
Milestone 6: Completion of project testing phase
Project closure phase
Reviewing the project
Stakeholder sign off
Project documentation
Reviewing hardware and software
The current hardware configuration of the server should be analysed for reviewing the
hardware requirement that should be used for the development of the current server

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framework. The security characteristics of the server should be considered for the
development of the server. The updates that should be made on the hardware should be
identified for the development of the server and the current configuration of the server is
given below:
Hardware
Processor – 64 bit Dual core processor with 2.5 Ghz for a minimum core
RAM - 8 Gb for the use of evaluation and developer purpose
Hard Disk – Minimum 80 Gb for the installation and the more size is required for the use of
production and more disk space is required for the management of the day to day activity.
The current application software that are installed in the server for the management of the
daily activity of the user connected with the network are give below:
Software
Operating system - Windows Server 2012 R2
Antivirus – Quick heal antivirus
Database – Oracle 10g
Web server – Apache Tomcat
List of hardware required for the server
The hardware that are required for the server should be available and combined to develop
the server framework. The server is configured such that it can be virtualized for balancing
the load and serve the different needs of the user. The following list is created for the
development of the server framework and virtualization of the server to meet the growing
demands of the organization.

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Processor – 64 bit Quad core processor with 2.5 Ghz for a minimum core
RAM - 24 Gb for the use of evaluation and developer purpose
Hard Disk – Minimum 80 Gb for the installation and the more size is required for the use of
production and more disk space is required for the management of the day to day activity.
Installation of the required operating system
For the development of the network framework Windows Server 2012 r2 is used as the
operating system. The hyper v settings should be configured for the creation of the virtual
machine and it is used for abstracting is physical hardware and creating a multiple virtualized
environment. Multiple Virtual machines can be supported and can be managed as a
standalone computers. Different virtual architecture can be used for the creation of the virtual
disk and configured according to the business needs of the organization. A license should be
required for the installation of the windows server and it can support upto 2048 number of
PCs.
Installation of additional tools or third party software
Additional tools and third party software can be used for the configuration of the service that
are required for running different business operation. Additional tools such as active
directory, IIS, DHCP, File server, print server, etc. can be used depending upon the
requirement. There are additional third party software such as antivirus, apache, etc. can be
used for the management of the security of the server. There are other network policy and
active directory certificate service that are used for the management of the multiple roles and
service.