Relocation Coordination & Implementation

Relocation Services provide comprehensive site selection, planning, project management, and implementation services for clients in need of data center or computer room migration, whether due to business changes, growth, changes in IT needs or requirements, business relocation, or other strategic business reasons. Data Center relocations are expensive and require specific expertise and experience. Therefore, we recommend completing these programs using skilled personnel who are intimately familiar with IT migrations.

Pre-Move Consulting

Brickstone manages all aspects of the facility and IT infrastructure relocation so clients can concentrate on business-related move elements and maintaining corporate functions during the transition.

Defined Relocation Approach

By leveraging the Brickstone data center relocation approach, many typical pitfalls are anticipated, contingency plans are put into place, and possible problems are avoided.

Defined Roles & Responsibilities

All partner, vendor, subcontractor, and client personnel understand their roles and responsibilities related to the relocation; this clear understanding helps avoid problems and delays in the schedule.

Pre-move Assessment & Site Preparation

Brickstone prepares the current facility and IT equipment for the relocation, including labeling and/or asset tagging of all equipment. Labeling includes device specifications, relocation position, cabling requirements, and other device-specific requirements. Asset tagging refers to barcoding or RFID asset tags that will be associated to a CMDB database, ITAM toolset and/or DCIM tools to manage the capacity planning and optimize the environment for its relocated state. This process allows Brickstone to verify proper re-assembly and reduces the overall time to re-establish network devices.

Move Implementation Services

Efficient management of de-install, check-out, load, transport, unload, check-in, re-install, and re-cabling (if contracted to provide) shortens the actual network downtime and allows the business to effectively manage business operations during the migration with as few hours of business operational downtime as possible.

Re-Start of IT equipment

Connect relocated IT equipment to power, network and SAN connections.  Re-IP and reconfigure any devices that are changing status on the relocated network.  Troubleshoot any devices that aren’t communicating properly on the relocated or new network.

Recertification of Equipment

To maintain warranties and avoid downtime and possible capital expenditures, Brickstone performs a complete recertification of all relocated equipment per OEM requirements (optional services).

Post-Move Consulting

Project completion activities with punch list completion, documentation of all relocated elements, clean-up, and client acceptance allows the business to quickly and efficiently shift their focus back on operations.