Information Systems:Iptor DC1 In Production

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Hardware

uniPHARM purchased a pair of Lenovo x3650 M5 servers in March of 2018

Hardware - Network Port Map

This list shows the layout of the network

Hardware Purchase Details

The purchase order number for this project is 8226136

Hardware Support

uniPHARM has a hardware maintenance contract with Lenovo

IMM2

The Integrated Management Module II is an out of band service

vSphere Hypervisor

The vSphere (ESX) hypervisor is installed on the USB thumb drive

vCenter Server Appliance

During Stage 1 of the VCSA setup, the following settings were used

vCenter Management

vCenter Management - vNetwork

As mentioned above, each host has 4 gigabit network ports.

VUM VMware Update Manager

VUM has been configured with a dynamic baseline

vCenter Alarm Configuration

vCenter has been configured to use a small number of alarms

Content Library

Within vCenter, a content library called uniPHARM Content Library has been created.

Virtual Machines

A virtual machine is like a bucket.

VCSA

The vCenter appliance VM was created with all the default settings

XClarity

XClarity is a software based virtual appliance from Lenovo

Thermoprofile

This is the first physical server to be converted into a virtual machine:

Mail

This is the third physical server to be converted into a virtual machine:

SuperServer

This is the fourth physical server to be converted into a virtual machine:

WindowsXP JetDirect

DarrenF created this VM a long time ago

Lucy

This is the second physical server to be converted into a virtual machine:

Smithers

This is the fifth physical server to be converted into a virtual machine:

WDS

This is a new virtual machine created (not converted) with a fresh Windows Server 2012R2 OS install

UWDDC1

This is a new virtual machine created (not converted) with a fresh Windows Server 2012R2 OS install to act as an Active Directory Domain Controller.

UWDDC2

This is a new virtual machine created (not converted) with a fresh Windows Server 2012R2 OS install to act as an Active Directory Domain Controller.

XTGUI

This is a new virtual machine created (not converted) with a fresh Windows Server 2012R2 OS install to act as a server for the Iptor XT GUI.

Third Host Used For Testing

On Monday May 28, 2018 a third host server was added to the VMware cluster.

VMware Tools

VMware Tools is a package of tools and drivers that most virtual machines need

vCenter Standalone Converter

The vCenter Standalone Converter is a badly named application that converts real physical computers into virtual machines running on a host.

VMware Licensing And Support

uniPHARM has purchased a vSphere 6 Essentials Plus Kit that includes vCenter.

Backups

Veeam

As of May 2018, uniPHARM is evaluating Veeam Backup And Replication 9.5 as the platform used to do backups of VMware infrastructure and VM's. This section is mostly a placeholder but the sub sections are full of relevant documentation.

Hardware

On December 20, 2010, uniPHARM purchased an IBM x3650 M3 server from Anisoft

Veeam Software Installation

In May of 2018, Veeam Backup And Replication 9.5 was installed.

Veeam Licensing

We will probably get perpetual licensing with renewable annual support

What Is Veeam Backing Up?

Veeam will be able to backup the VM's and itself and whatever few remaining physical servers that are still in use.

Backup Strategy And Scheduled Jobs

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How Veeam Uses Tape Hardware

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Veeam Technical Support

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Change Log - Try And Record Any Major Configuration Or Software/Hardware Changes To The Infrastructure Here

  1. Both servers have their UEFI/BIOS set to only boot from the USB thumb drive
  2. Both servers have their UEFI/BIOS set to use maximum performance in the power settings as per this KB article https://www.ibm.com/support/home/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-5098137
  3. Initial ESX version installed on March 21, 2018 is 6.5.0 Build 7388607
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