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Stage Managerorganizessystemsintheenterprisesoftwarelifecycleintoservices.

TheseservicesrepresentthedeliverablesofITseparatedintostagesthatspan

developmentandtestingthroughproduction.Stage ManagerincreasesITservice

availability,acceleratesresponsetoconfigurationchanges,promotescompliancewith

regulatoryorworkflowprocesses,andpromotesefficientuseofstorage.

This

chapterincludesthesetopics:

 “VisualizingtheEnterpriseServiceLifecycle”onpage 15

 “UnderstandingStage ManagerintheVMware InfrastructureEnvironment”on

page 17

Visualizing the Enterprise Service Lifecycle

ITorganizationsuseStageManagertovisualizethecapabilitiesorservicesthey

providetothebusiness.AmodernITservice,deliveredbyanenterpriseapplication,

consistsofagroupofmachineswhichcooperatetodeliverafunction.InStage

Manager,eachserviceisorganizedintostagesthatcontainthevirtualmachines



(groupedintomultiplevirtualmachineunitscalledconfigurations)providingthat

service.ITbreaksservicesintostagesforseveralreasons:

 Asoftwarerevisionmighttakeanextendedperiodoftime,evenmonths,fora

singlechange.

 Anoperatingsystempatchisrequiredthatrisksbreakingaliveenterpriseservice.

Youmusttestthispatchbeforeapplyingittoproduction.

Stage Manager

Infrastructure and the

Service Lifecycle

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