Client: Southern California Edison
Partnered with: Siemens Industries
Project: Network Video Recorders(NVR) platform deployment
Role: Setup and deployment of centralized infrastructure management tools
E.K. Associates partnered with Siemens to setup and deploy centralized infrastructure management tools and standard VM image for virtualized Network Video Recorders (NVRs). We then gradually deployed NVRs using standard VM image and tools for repeatable provisioning. Post deployment documentation and knowledge transfer were also provided.
Our services included:
- An up front setup phase which focused on delivery of centralized management capabilities including VMWare virtualized infrastructure management, VMWare virtual machine availability monitoring, Windows Operating System patching, Windows Anti-Virus patching, and centralized Active Directory security policy management
- Installation and configuration of VMWare ESXi and NetApp controller software on 2 HP DL380 G10 and 1 NetApp 2812 infrastructure at a centralized location
- Development of standard Windows 2016 server repeatable VM image
- Development of standard Windows 10 workstation repeatable VM image
- Provisioning up to 10 base Windows 2016 Server VMs for hosting various infrastructure management tools
- Installation and configuration of VMWare vCenter tool for management of VM environment
- Installation and configuration of VMWare vROPS tool for monitoring of VM environment
- Installation and configuration of NetApp Santricity tool for management of storage environment
- Installation and configuration of Windows Software Update Services (WSUS) for operating system patching of Windows 2016 and Windows 10 VMs
- Installation and configuration of Windows Active Directory Domain Controller for centralized Windows credential and security group policy management
- Installation and configuration of McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) for anti-virus patching of Windows VMs
- Development of standard procedures for deploying ESXi operating system to HP hosts
- Development of standard procedures for deploying standard VM template to ESXi operating systems
- Development of standard procedures for deploying base Santricity storage configuration on NetApp controllers
- Development of standard procedures for provisioning of VMs onto ESX and NetApp underlying platforms
- Development of standard procedures for configuration and integration of standard VMs to centralized management tools
- Post deployment phase focused on documentation and knowledge transfer to operational personnel
- Developed runbook documentation with basic level information for operation of all infrastructure management tools specifically for vCenter VM provisioning, vROPS health checks, ESXi patching, WSUS patching, McAfee patching, NetApp patching, and NetApp health checks
- Provided knowledge transfer to ongoing operational personnel