Acquire Velocity Installation Service - Nutanix (12 nodes) (ACS-NTX-VEL-BASEINST12-030)

Fully integrated professional services for Nutanix customers

At Acquire,  our customers a comprehensive range of advanced professional services, aligning to the same high standards that are provided by the vendor. Acquire Professional Services for Nutanix gives our customers access to the  Professional Services at the highest level of support. 

The Nutanix Installation Service provides customers the services they need to stand up a new Nutanix infrastructure stack that is fully integrated into their environment. It provides all required components including server and switching installation, Hypervisor (AHV, vSphere or Hyper-V) and Prism Central installation as well as migration activities required to transfer test virtual machines to the new Nutanix infrastructure stack.

SERVICE DELIVERY 

In accordance with this Service Brief, the "Acquire" partner will:

• Conduct an online meeting with the customer covering the deliverables, roles and responsibilities

• Review and audit the customer’s current environment for compatibility/dependency issues

• Conduct a workshop with key personnel to discuss the business requirements and goals 

• Create and present a high-level design covering hardware, network and Nutanix components

• Provide an implementation plan covering the tasks, activities and any risks identified

• Attend site to install and configure hardware and network components

• Install and configure Nutanix AHV (or VMware vSphere or Windows Hyper-V) onto all hosts

• Install and configure Nutanix Prism Central Server appliance

• Conduct verification and resiliency testing on the new infrastructure

• Migrate and test up to five virtual machines as designated by the customer

• License the new infrastructure components

• If multiple Nutanix clusters are in use, configure: Async DR Protection Domains (up to 3), Protected VMs (up to 5) and Replication Schedules

• Monitor the new infrastructure and tune accordingly for 1 week

• Provide an as-built document for the new Nutanix infrastructure

• Conduct a 4 hour handover meeting with the customer.