{"id":3759,"date":"2015-07-15T15:08:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T07:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=3759"},"modified":"2015-07-15T15:08:12","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T23:08:12","slug":"the-prap-approach-to-the-automated-data-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vspherestorage.com\/?p=3759","title":{"rendered":"The PRAP approach to the automated data center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The PRAP approach to the automated data center<\/p>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1I3FEyL' target='_blank'><img src='https:\/\/d3utlhu53nfcwz.cloudfront.net\/171901\/cdnImage\/article\/066189f2-b3ff-44f6-8230-d34ff7d10beb\/?size=Box320'><\/a><\/p>\n<h4><a href='http:\/\/vmw.re\/1I3FEyL' style='text-decoration: none;' target='_blank'>The PRAP approach to the automated data center<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>Back during my time as Joe Virtualization and storage administrator, many of the daily tasks I performed were done by hand. Storage LUNs were created in an ad hoc fashion, virtual machines were built from scratch or deployed from simple base templates, the processes were tracked via paper forms, or email requests. The entire operation [\u2026] The post The PRAP approach to the automated data center appeared first on This is Hyper-Awesome.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href='http:\/\/advocacy.vmware.com' target='_blank'>VMware Advocacy<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The PRAP approach to the automated data center The PRAP approach to the automated data center Back during my time as Joe Virtualization and storage administrator, many of the daily tasks I performed were done by hand. 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