Course Overview:

Certified Data Centre Migration Specialist (CDMS) is a specialized training program designed for professionals responsible for planning and executing data center migration projects. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of migration strategies, methodologies, and best practices applicable to data center migration initiatives. The course covers key topics such as risk assessment, migration planning, resource allocation, and stakeholder management. Practical exercises and real-world case studies provide hands-on experience and reinforce learning. By the end of the course, participants will be well-prepared to pursue CDMS certification and lead successful data center migration projects.

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.

Course Benefits:

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

Course Syllabus:

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

End of Project

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