Hi,
I am planning to setup a 5 node cluster in my environment. I have 5 (3 Intel and 2 AMD) servers with 64 GB of ram in each server. Hardware configurations are same for 3 Intel and 2 AMD servers. All the VM's will be inside iSCSI SAN.
I will be having 25 to 30 VM's (combination windows and linux) each will have 4 GB of ram and CPU will not exceed 8. 2 or 3 server will have 12 gb of ram. I need to enable HA so that if any node goes down all my VM's are migrated to other nodes automatically. I also need to setup a vCenter in Windows VM within this 5 nodes and vCops. Currently all the 30+ VM's are running on ESXi free edition.
I have a separate physical server with veeam backup and planning to take regular backup and store it in a different storage.
Can someone help me on how and were to start and what are best practice guide i need to follow. I have bought vSphere Standard license with vCenter and vCops.
Thanks
Bala