All-in-One Guides:Data center systems management
Data center systems management
Whether you are implementing virtualization for a data center consolidation, migrating off the mainframe or completing user transaction services, data center managers need to understand systems management fundamentals. That's why we've put together this data center systems management All-in-one guide. This tutorial covers Information technology infrastructure library (ITIL), change and configuration management and capacity planning.
New in this guide
- Data center consolidation, virtualization: Ultra-dense server deployments (Data center consolidation)
- HP's data center consolidation provides management insights (Data center consolidation)
- Q&A: Data center consolidation expert, Clay Ryder (Data center consolidation)
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Chapter 1: ITIL in the data center
The information technology infrastructure library (ITIL) is the de facto best practices guide to data center operations and systems management. But what is ITIL? How is it used to improve business operations? How do you successfully implement ITIL? This tutorial covers these questions as well as what products are available to assist data center managers with their ITIL journey.
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Chapter 2: Change management
Change management as part of a systems management strategy is a hot topic in IT departments these days. This is because companies are looking for ROI on their data centers. By investing in change management policies and a CMDB as part of an ITIL implementation they can get closer to those goals. Find out more about what change management means, what a CMDB does and how to implement them in this chapter of our systems management All-in-one guide.
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Chapter 3: Data center capacity planning
Capacity planning in the data center is about making sure that you have the computing power and physical space to handle your businesses' present and future needs. Get news and information about capacity planning, including server virtualization and data center consolidation in this guide to data center capacity planning.