Server Service Component Consolidation. To prepare for the Server consolidation, the Service Provider will conduct a detailed assessment of the environment and create a specific migration plan and schedule for each DIR Customer. The assessment will include each Application’s technical details and each Server’s capacity requirements. The assessment will require input from DIR and DIR Customers during the first six months after the Effective Date. The assessment will utilize the information gathered during the Transition discovery, inventory and knowledge transfer activities. The assessment will utilize an auto-discovery tool which will gather Application information from each Server and map the dependencies between Servers. The assessment will also utilize information obtained during the planning for the stabilization. The assessment will enable the Service Provider to develop a high level plan assigning DIR Customers to specific waves or move groups. The Service Provider will determine if the Server should be consolidated based on the type of Server, network consumption, Application(s) running on the Server (COTS vs. custom development), Application dependencies and the business requirements of the Application or Server. The information from the assessment will also be utilized to create a design document for the initial server environment, known as Seed Equipment. The design document will include a demand forecast and Capacity Plan based on targeted solution requests, stabilization and consolidation requirements. Service Provider will install the initial equipment to provision for the new and backlog of Solution Requests and for Server Consolidation that will begin Implementation at Commencement + six (6) months. Once the Service Provider moves into detailed planning for each move group, the Service Provider will be able to identify the skill sets needed for each execution team. The detailed plan will also describe how and when the environment will migrate, the roles and responsibilities of those involved in the migration, and dependencies and milestones. Collaboration between the Service Provider, the MSI and each DIR Customer is critical to defining a consolidation plan that can be successfully implemented. Figure 4 below details the Service Provider’s approach to Server consolidation including some examples of the criteria the Service Provider will utilize in determining Server disposition. Information Repository • COTS vs. Customer Applications • High vs. Low Network Consumption • Target SL...
