VMware Software Defined Data Center Initial Setup

CF
Manager at Vitesco

The initial setup is simple because they have a lot of knowledge, and it's intuitive when you're configuring the solution for VMware.

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Shahab Al Yamin Chawdhury - PeerSpot reviewer
CISO at Circle FinTech Ltd

Setting up VMware was not overly complicated, but it had its challenges. The process is generally straightforward, except for dealing with patches. When you download the app store package, it might not have all the patches, so you need to do a separate upgrade to the latest build. That part can be a bit tricky. On a scale of one to ten, I would give the easiness of the initial setup a seven. For smaller deployments, the deployment time typically takes around two to three days.

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MI
CEO at MCA Soluciones

The initial setup was complex. The complexity needs some understanding.

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AH
Category and Contract Lead - ICT at a outsourcing company with 10,001+ employees

The solution has a medium ease of deployment because it's an enterprise-wide deployment with a highly critical environment.

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AhmedGhani - PeerSpot reviewer
Iinfrastructure Architect at Ministry Of Justice

The product’s initial setup process is straightforward. We contact their technical team in case of any issues, as we have premium support for the software. The deployment time depends on application requirements. It takes approximately a few hours or a day.

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AANKITGUPTAA - PeerSpot reviewer
Consultant at Pi DATACENTERS

The initial setup is complex and it requires a tenure base and a lot of planning and implementation phases. 

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FF
IT manager at University of Milan

The deployment is easy. The deployment takes one day. The integration with third-party tools is easy.

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VR
Senior VMware Engineer at a healthcare company with 10,001+ employees

It's become more and more straightforward. It was never too complex, unless we were doing something crazy. It's gotten very simple. From what used to take maybe a couple of days, is down to an hour. That's a huge improvement.

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Erez Batish - PeerSpot reviewer
Advisory Specialist SE - HCI, CI and Cloud Platforms for Central and Eastern Europe at Dell EMC

It really depends on the size of the project, but it is of moderate complexity. It is not that easy, and it is not that difficult.

The number of people needed for its implementation depends on the size of the project. Usually, very few people are needed. You just need one or two people.

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it_user730299 - PeerSpot reviewer
Architect at Farmers insurance

I was not involved in the setup at this company. But, I was at a previous one.

There's a lot to it. vSAN is not as straightforward as it could be. But, partnering with Dell EMC, they put together an appliance called VxRail which is extremely easy to use. They solved all the problems.

Anybody could do setup for VxRail. It asks you 15 minutes of questions and you walk away and it's done.

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ES
IT Architect at Poste Italiane

For the software-defined storage it is very easy because there is not very much to do. The product is quite automated.

For the NSM design, it takes a lot of time because you have to configure the integration for third-party products like Cisco ACI. 

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BS
IT Supervisor at APM Terminals, Inc.

The initial setup was straightforward.

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BA
IT Infrastructure Strategy, Tranformation, & DC Operations, Data Science at KFMC

It took less time to understand the architecture.

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SA
Techincal Sales Manager at ENTAP TECHNOLOGIES LTD

The initial setup of this solution is very straightforward. It is easy to install.

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AH
Pre-sales Consultant at Beta Information Technology

The initial setup of this solution is easy. All of the customers can go to VMware Hands-on Labs online and test this solution before buying it.

The time required for deployment depends on many things. It depends on whether they are migrating data, or if they are a disaster recovery site, and how many nodes there are. It also depends on the integration.

If we exclude the racking and stacking, physical network connectivity, and hardware configuration, and are only setting up SDDC for say ten nodes, then it can be done in three to five hours. It's up and running, albeit empty, without virtual machines or anything else.

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ES
Technical Administrator at a tech services company with 11-50 employees

The initial setup of this solution is complex.

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HA
System Administrator at IMC

The initial setup of this solution is not a problem.

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it_user730167 - PeerSpot reviewer
Analyst at a pharma/biotech company with 10,001+ employees

If you already know the basics of server virtualization, I would say that it's fairly easy. It's a central hub for integrating all these different products that they use, so for what it is, it's simple enough. As simple as it needs to be.

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DD
Senior System Engineer at Clinique Pasteur

The initial setup of this solution is not complex. It is very simple.

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it_user730332 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Solution Engineer at a tech services company with 5,001-10,000 employees

The setup was straightforward. Then, we brought them in to give us a blessing, make sure that the components are properly configured and do an assessment on it.

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it_user730176 - PeerSpot reviewer
VIP of Infrastructure Engineering at MindSHIFT

Depends on the product. vSphere was simple. ESXi is simple. vRealize Operations is simple to set up, but a little more difficult to make it do something that's useful.

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it_user730326 - PeerSpot reviewer
Solutions architect at a tech services company with 1,001-5,000 employees

The setup was neither easy nor too difficult, it is somewhere in the middle. There are pieces that are very easy to install. However, when you're talking about that bleeding edge of technology, there are pieces that are complex and sometimes, those pieces that are complex do require either support/professional services to get involved, as they have a deeper knowledge of that process.

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it_user730218 - PeerSpot reviewer
Project Architect at a tech services company with 201-500 employees

I've been involved in initial setups, design sessions, architecture.

I've found it to be absolutely straightforward. Ever since it became ESXi and it became a hypervisor itself, and not just an additional server product, it's beyond simple. You literally just load the ISO boot and you can start loading and creating services on top.

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it_user730248 - PeerSpot reviewer
Technical Analyst 2

The setup was pretty much straightforward. However, they did not send an in-house team.

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it_user730467 - PeerSpot reviewer
Security Engineer

I was involved from the start to the finish. I suppose it was complex because cause it's a different way of working to what we're used to, but now that we've migrated, we're happy with our choice.

We had some help from a solutions architect with them, but mostly it was off our own back.

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MZ
Datacenter TeamLeader at Crystal Neworks Egypt

Setting up this solution requires running a script and it configures the hardware.

It takes approximately one month to deploy to a private cloud.

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AR
IT Specialist at a tech services company with 51-200 employees

The setup was complex. You need to be knowledgeable in using a physical data center in order to implement this solution. 

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Buyer's Guide
VMware Software Defined Data Center
March 2024
Learn what your peers think about VMware Software Defined Data Center. Get advice and tips from experienced pros sharing their opinions. Updated: March 2024.
765,234 professionals have used our research since 2012.