Organizations are constantly changing and modifying their SAN environment to support growth. The planning module enables organizations to create ITIL plans to implement any change in the environment. The change plan is then simulated to understand the impact of change on service-level policies. Future service-level violations are presented to enable storage teams to make informed decisions on whether or not to proceed with a plan.
With an approved plan in place, the planning module then monitors the storage environment as the changes are made to ensure compliance with the approved plan.
For organizations that have multiple groups or departments handling SAN provisioning tasks, the planning module provides both accountability and visibility into the change process.
For consolidations and upgrades or just simply day-to-day operations, it is not uncommon for Service Assurance to halve the man-hours of effort required to perform these tasks.
