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Figure 5.2
Example of a Center of Excellence team structure.
The meeting structure serves multiple purposes. One purpose is to ensure proper
communication of information between teams. The CoE should be looked at as a means
for teams to discuss upcoming technologies, patches, updates, upgrades, and so on that
may affect the infrastructure. This is key because virtualization has a symbiotic
relationship with multiple aspects of the IT landscape.
For example, say the storage team is looking to upgrade the firmware on their
controllers. By communicating this change during a CoE meeting, the respective teams
affected (vSphere administrators and infrastructure administrators) are responsible for
checking their systems for compatibility prior to the upgrade. The last thing someone
wants is an upgrade to occur and it generate problems with the infrastructure, especially
if we are talking mission-critical workloads.
Tip
Always double-check the hardware compatibility list between versions of
vSphere. Ensure that the hardware you are using is on the compatibility list. Also,
