Figure 16. Usage Scenario 2
Scenario 3 – managing multi-server blade infrastructure
•Blade-specific provisioning servers provide the ability to reallocate existing server resources to areas that are needed most. Perhaps an application server within a server farm has very little usage during a particular time when your web server farm is being stressed to a point where web requests are significantly delayed. Simply drag and drop an RDP job to re-provision and redeploy that application server to a web server to help offset the web traffic. When web request delays are no longer a problem, simply re-provision and redeploy the web server back to an application server.
•Manage server updates (Service Packs, Management Updates, Security Packs)
•Provide for the capture and storage of the newly deployed server’s configuration. Capture a snapshot of your current server configuration (saved as an image file) to rapidly deploy to new or existing servers. Redeploying an image can save you considerable amounts of time when server availability is crucial to your organization.
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