Having a solid disaster recovery solutions for datacenters has been top of mind ever since the inception of IT. But IT has changed and evolved with the introduction of server virtualization and the cloud. Are the technologies we have been using over the past 2 decades still suitable for our ever changing and growing workloads, or do we need to look at a new more integrated virtual-aware and flexible solution?

This checklist provides an overview to help plan a datacenter migration project and ensure accountability throughout each step.  It takes into consideration application grouping, contingency plans, tracking virtual machine changes, communication plans and more.