A holistic approach to vSAN management can have a significantly positive impact on the infrastructure. It integrates with vRealize Operation and complements it by providing more in-depth information about resources. The following VMware recommendations view the business challenges from three different perspectives:

• Organizational recommendations: Develop a virtualization policy with a service-centered approach such as a menu of offerings and service levels.

• Operational recommendations: Focus on process definition and improvement, specifically in the areas of provisioning, systems monitoring, and problem management. Research and evaluate virtual infrastructure monitoring tools.
• Technical recommendations: Implement consistent configurations across similar systems, perform minor network adjustments to greatly improve network performance during contention and backup windows, and configure virtual machines to exploit the benefits of virtualization.