Certified Data Centre Migration Specialist (CDMS) Course
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The two-day Certified Data Centre Migration Specialist (CDMS) course provides IT, facilities and data centre professionals with the knowledge and practical skills needed to plan and manage successful data centre migration projects. You will explore migration strategies, project management, risk assessment, legal and regulatory considerations, business service requirements and the design and sizing of the target data centre.
The course also covers detailed discovery and dependency mapping, migration waves, staffing, logistics, safety and security, equipment transportation and installation, and post-migration support. You will learn how to reduce disruption and manage risk throughout the migration lifecycle, from initial strategy and planning through to implementation, decommissioning and project closure. The course concludes with the Certified Data Centre Migration Specialist (CDMS) examination.
Course Schedule
Course Code: CDMS
Duration: 2 days
Audience
The primary audience is an IT, Facilities or Data Centre Operations professional working in and around the data Centre (representing both end-customers and/or service provider/ facilitators) and having to deal with Data Centre Migration Projects and/or Data Centre Strategies, such as: Project Managers, Data Centre managers, Operations/ Floor /Facility managers, IT managers, Network/System Engineers, Data Centre Sales/Consultants, Logistic Managers.
Prerequisites
There is no specific prerequisite for the CDMS® course. However, participants who have actual experience in the data centre and/or IT infrastructures are best suited. Attendance of the CDCP® course is recommended but not a requirement.
Course Objectives
After completion of the course the participant will be able to:
- Develop and review their data centre strategy
- Use different risk assessment methodologies together with practical tips specifically for data centre migrations to reduce the risk during a data centre migration
- Understand different migration strategies
- Understand the legal aspects when migrating a data centre
- Understand the importance of Business Service Reviews and Service Level Objectives
- Size and design the target data centre
- Understand the importance of detailed discovery and how dependencies influence migration waves
- Understand the safety requirements during migration
- Get lots of practical tips when moving to another data centre
Course Content
Data Centre Strategy
- Data centre lifecycle
- Reasons to migrate a data centre
- Alternatives to data centre migration
- Consolidation
- Outsourcing
- Cloud computing
- Upgrade existing data centre or build new
Project Management
- Project management and methods
- Scope statement
- Statement Of Work (SOW)
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Allocate time to the project
- Cost and estimation methodology
- Project communication
Risk Management
- Risk management and methods
- Risk identification
- Risk assessment methodologies
- Qualitative approach
- Semi-quantitative approach
- Quantitative approach
- Risk evaluation
- Risk treatment
- Risk in data centre migrations
Migration Strategies
- Different data centre migration strategies
- Heterogeneous migration
- Homogeneous migration
- Physical migration
- Different IT transformations
- Pre-migration transformation
- Migration transformation
- Post-migration transformation
Legal Aspects
- Regulatory requirements
- Contractual considerations
- Legal aspects when decommissioning
High Level Discovery & Planning
- The importance of Business Service Reviews
- The concept of Availability
- The concept of Recoverability
- The importance of Service Level Objectives
- Requirements on designing the target IT architecture
- Information needed for high level planning
Design Target Data Centre
- Requirements for the target data centre
- Sizing the data centre
- Architectural requirements
- Cooling requirements
- Power requirements
- Security
Detailed Discovery and Planning
- The importance of discovery
- Automated discovery tools
- Asset management
- Network and system dependencies
- Detailed migration planning
- Migration waves
- Staffing
- Warranties and insurance
Safety
- Safety precautions
- Technical safety review
- Electrical safety
- Lifting
- Personal safety during migration
- Fire safety during migration
Security
- Controversy between access and security
- Access control
- Managing security during migration
- Security during migration
- Key management
- Practical hints and tips
- Continuous improvement
Implementation
- Rehearsal
- Route investigation
- Resourcing
- Logistics team
- Packing
- Transport
- Installing the equipment
- Post migration support
Data Centre Retirement
- Main points to consider
- Retiring ICT hardware
- Retiring data centre facility systems
- Retiring data centre building
- Consider environmental aspects
- Legal aspects
End of Project
- Project closure
- Lessons learned
- Phased completion of project
- Criteria for project closure
- The outcome of the project
- End of project
Exam
Exam: Certified Data Centre Migration Specialist (CDMS®)
The CDMS® exam is a one hour, 40 questions, multiple choice and closed book exam. The attendee need to have 27 out of 40 questions correct in order to pass the exam.
The CDMS certificate is valid for 3 years, after which recertification is required. Please see the EPI Recertification Program for available options.
Certification & Accreditation
Attendees passing the exam will be awarded the internationally accredited and recognized 'Certified Data Migration Specialist' certificate (CDMS®).
CDMS® is globally accredited by EXIN, a fully independent exam and certification institute.
The CDMS® certificate is valid for 3 years, after which recertification is required. Please see the EPI Recertification Program for available options.
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