{"id":5774,"date":"2022-01-05T08:55:33","date_gmt":"2022-01-05T08:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/?p=5774"},"modified":"2022-03-22T18:58:19","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T18:58:19","slug":"dcim-software-deployment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2nsystems.com\/dcim-software-deployment\/","title":{"rendered":"TIPS FROM A DATA CENTER MANAGER \u2013 DCIM Software Deployment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Three Tactics to Successfully Deploy Your DCIM Software<\/h3>\n

Written by Nate Josephs<\/h4>\n

Sr. Systems Engineer\/Data Center Manager<\/strong>
\nIn the previous Tips from a Data Center Manager blog, I discussed how to pick the right DCIM product<\/a> and how to compare costs.\u00a0 Once an organization overcomes the challenge of picking the right software, they face additional obstacles when deploying DCIM.\u00a0 The following is the third and last article in the series on DCIM where I discuss common reasons why DCIM implementations \u201close steam\u201d and fail.\u00a0 Also included are three tactics to make implementation successful.<\/p>\n

Focus Gets Lost \u2013 <\/strong>Data center teams perform routine operations and resolve emergencies.\u00a0 They do data center walkthroughs and perform facilities maintenance tasks regularly.\u00a0 They also respond to unexpected incidents, and complete multiple service tickets with tight deadlines.\u00a0 This mix of routine tasks, emergencies, and service tickets can easily pull a team away from deploying DCIM.<\/p>\n

Tactic #1 – <\/strong>To maintain focus on implementing DCIM, dedicate a staff member full time to the deployment and make this implementation their top priority.\u00a0 If this isn\u2019t possible, consider hiring a contractor to do the bulk of the data uploading, training and integration.\u00a0 DCIM vendors often have these resources readily available.<\/p>\n

Implementation is Overwhelming<\/strong> \u2013 Approval to purchase DCIM is often granted because of so many great things DCIM can do from facilities functions such as monitoring, capacity planning, trending ops data, and inventory to integrating with CMDB\u2019s, ticketing systems, IT asset management systems etc.\u00a0 DCIM can also help achieve an ROI by identifying underutilized servers, performing financial analysis, and supporting chargeback.\u00a0 With so many things DCIM can do, implementing it can be overwhelming.<\/p>\n

Tactic #2 –<\/strong> To make DCIM implementation more manageable, follow the advice \u201cHow do you eat an elephant?\u00a0 One bite at a time.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>Determine which one or two features are most important yet can be implemented quickly.\u00a0 Then, focus all efforts on deploying these features first before moving on to other features.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>DCIM Data is Unreliable – <\/strong>Multiple people may have access and allowed to install equipment within the data center.\u00a0 This causes the DCIM team to be unaware of all moves, additions, and changes (MACs) and their attempt at creating and maintaining accurate DCIM data becomes a losing battle.<\/p>\n

Tactic #3 – <\/strong>Ensure DCIM data accuracy by enforcing strict policy where only the data center team responsible for DCIM\u2019s accuracy is allowed to physically rack, un-rack, and cable equipment.\u00a0 They would also be the only ones allowed to update IT equipment physical rack or U locations and cable connections within DCIM.<\/p>\n

DCIM Deployment can be challenging.\u00a0 It is easy to lose focus with so many routine operations tasks, unexpected emergencies, and urgent service tickets to deal with.\u00a0 Implementing each feature can become overwhelming, and keeping DCIM\u2019s data accurate and up to date is difficult.\u00a0 These challenges can be overcome by dedicating one staff member to DCIM deployment, limiting deployment to just one or two features initially, and by enforcing a policy where only the data center team can make changes affecting the DCIM data.\u00a0 These three tactics will help you deploy your DCIM software successfully.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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