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How to tame the clouds: examples of practical use. Start ", published earlier.
So, for ourselves, we outlined what we need. What's next? Let us turn to the specifics.
Question : So I want my management to offer to run some of our servers as virtual machines with you. My actions? In the sense in which form it is necessary to make a request, find out the scale of the cost, etc.?
Answer : The action plan is simple. You must contact the sales department. The manager will agree on the conditions, you will be given access (free for the first two weeks) and you will start creating virtual machines. The cost calculation will be made upon setting the amount of resources for virtual machines.
Question : What should I provide as TK? I know that I need five virtual machines, with certain characteristics, a certain network configuration and certain OSs inside. How does this fit in with you?
Answer : And nothing in any.
1) You called us.
2) We sent you a link and an account to access your cloud interface with us.
3) You have created the virtual servers you need with the number of resources you need. We just fix it and invoice.
The following posts will demonstrate the interface. But right now you can familiarize yourself with how it looks in the
demo zone (username: demo, password: 12345678)
The advantage of this approach is the extreme simplicity of the organization of the process. However, if you do not know how or do not want to do it yourself, you can send a request to carry out this work and prepare the infrastructure for the work of the company's manager.
Now a little about the functionality. First of all, to increase the available resources of any virtual machine is elementary (Fig. 3).

Thus, the test infrastructure can smoothly grow into a pilot. And when, and if, the project grows to step 3, it is possible to migrate the existing infrastructure without problems into its server room (the minimum program for this is banal copying of virtual machines: the interface has a familiar Download button).
Well, it is impossible not to note the fact that step 3 - putting the virtual desktop infrastructure into commercial operation, can also take place without acquiring its server infrastructure - if you liked hosting in the cloud. For this there is every chance.
In addition, we will further discuss other options for how to use :
- Properly made infrastructure.
- Good iron.
- vSphere and all the wealth of its capabilities.
- vCloud Director.
- Specially trained staff.
- PROFIT !!!
To be continued…