Training activity information
Details
Configure and deploy a virtual computer system
Type
Developmental training activity (DTA)
Evidence requirements
Evidence the activity has been undertaken by the trainee.
Reflection on the activity at one or more time points after the event including learning from the activity and/or areas of the trainees practice for development.
An action plan to implement learning and/or to address skills or knowledge gaps identified.
Considerations
- Containerisation technologies and techniques
- Quality systems and management
- Local guidance
- Licensing requirements
- Virtual resource/performance
- Configuration of hypervisors
- Management of virtualised infrastructure
- Benefits and limitations
Reflective practice guidance
The guidance below is provided to support reflection at different time points, providing you with questions to aid you to reflect for this training activity. They are provided for guidance and should not be considered as a mandatory checklist. Trainees should not be expected to provide answers to each of the guidance questions listed.
Before action
- What are the intended outcomes of configuring and deploying a virtual computer system? How does this activity relate to evaluating and managing virtualised computing infrastructure and managing data storage?
- What do you need to know about virtualisation technologies, configuration settings, and deployment processes?
- What do you anticipate learning about the benefits and challenges of virtualisation, resource allocation, and system deployment in a virtual environment?
- How will you prepare for this activity?
- Will you research specific virtualisation platforms or practice the deployment process?
- What potential issues might you face during configuration or deployment?
- How do you feel about working with virtual systems?
In action
- What virtualisation platform are you using, and why?
- What resources (CPU, memory, storage) are you allocating to the virtual machine?
- What configuration choices are you making during deployment?
- Are you documenting the steps you are taking?
- Is the virtual machine deploying successfully?
- Are you encountering any resource limitations or configuration conflicts?
- What are you noticing about the process of setting up a virtual system compared to a physical one?
- How does this relate to your understanding of virtualised infrastructure and data storage?
- Are you needing to adjust resource allocations or configuration settings based on the deployment process?
- Are you looking for alternative methods if the initial deployment fails?
- Are you considering the security implications of your configuration choices as you proceed?
On action
- What were the key steps in configuring and deploying the virtual computer system?
- What specific settings and resources did you need to allocate?
- What aspects of the virtualisation platform were most relevant to this task?
- What skills or knowledge did you develop or improve in configuring and deploying virtual systems?
- What did you learn about the advantages and considerations of virtualisation?
- Were there any challenges encountered during the configuration or deployment?
- What did you learn from resolving them? How does this experience relate to the management of clinical computing systems?
- What areas for continued development in virtual system management have been identified?
- How can you apply the learning from this activity to future virtualisation tasks?
- What ‘next steps’ will you take to deepen your understanding of virtual computer systems?
Beyond action
- Think about how this DTA has contributed to your understanding of virtualisation technologies.
- Have you been involved in managing or using virtual systems since this activity? How did this experience prepare you?
- How does your understanding of virtualisation gained from this DTA relate to concepts discussed in other learning or academic content?
- What are the broader implications of virtualisation in a clinical computing environment that you now appreciate more fully?
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 |
Outcome
Appraise, deploy and manage server operating systems. |
| # 2 |
Outcome
Evaluate, provision and manage virtualised computing infrastructure. |
| # 4 |
Outcome
Review and manage data storage, backup and archiving for clinical computer systems. |