Implementing the Solution Summary

This chapter focused on the implementation phase of virtualization projects. This phase of the project requires taking a design and translating it into a working infrastructure. A design blueprint is a critical prerequisite to this phase and provides for the greatest success of the implementation in terms of the quality. Even with a well-outlined design in terms of a design blueprint, issues do occur.

It is, then, those decisions about how to tackle those issues that are of utmost importance.

The responsibility of the implementer is not simply translating a design blueprint into a fully implemented virtualization solution. As the implementer, you should review the work of the design laid out and ensure all the pieces of the puzzle are still there and as they were when the design was scoped out. Don’t assume anything.