Label
ESX Host Upgrades
Department of Information Technology
Anne Bennett (x1493)
Revised
Title
Authorizing the Mayor to enter into agreements for the upgrade of the existing VMWare and Dell ESX host servers for the City of Toledo; authorizing the expenditure of $149,336.50 from the Capital Improvement Fund; waiving the competitive bidding requirements of TMC Chapter 187; and declaring an emergency.
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SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
Authorized Dell partner, Glass City IT will supply and upgrade ESX hosts for the City of Toledo. As part of the project, VMWare will be upgraded to the latest compatible version. The first phase of this project is to install the latest compatible version of VMWare ESX in the existing environment. Phase two involves installing the new host hardware, installing VMWare, and adding the new hosts to the cluster. The next phase is to migrate the virtual machines to the new hosts. Finally, the existing Dell servers will be decommissioned.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to enter into necessary agreements to upgrade the existing VMWare and Dell ESX host servers, upon terms and conditions acceptable to the Director of Information Technology and the Director of Law.
SECTION 2. That an expenditure in the amount of $149,336.50 is authorized from the Capital Improvement Fund Account Code 5040-17500-8CP2411ITINFR for the purposes identified in Section 1.
SECTION 3. That this City Council finds it in the best interest of the city to waive the competitive bid requirements of TMC Chapter 187 for the reason that the selected product manufacturer Dell, meets the City's current computing standard and that authorized partner, Glass City IT has the most knowledge of the current environment, reducing overall risk. In addition, Glass City IT is serving as the primary network support partner as the City transitions managed service...
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