There are basically 3 projects of varying size and complexity, with differing priority and impact;
- Connectivity and infrastructure set up, including DHCP, DNS and RRAS settings, and getting our fibre link up and running properly
- Update and document our business continuity process. I need to look long and hard at this, and need to work out a strategy and test plan for this. We then need to test it and update the process as required. We also need to look at our security software. Last year we didn't give ourselves enough time to evaluate alternatives to our current software
- Virtualisation and consolidation of our existing hardware. We have a handful of physical servers at the moment, and a few more server instances. We need to look at the virtualisation method, software and hardware and work out how to back this up
At the moment I'm primarily working as a software engineer, and am struggling to find time to work on these fairly large projects. The most critical project is the business continuity project, but the highest priority is the connectivity project. (I also need to work out how we can keep ourselves covered in the event that we have to move office in a hurry as part of business continuity.)
The virtualisation project needs an evaluation of various hypervisors and how we can migrate from MS Virtual Server to whatever else we choose to use.
I guess there's a lot to be getting on with, and not a huge amount of time to do it in.
Hopefully I'll be handing over the infrastructure work at some point over the next few months, so would like to keep everything nice and documented, maybe with a strategy document and certainly with specific projects outlined and able to be planned going forward.
