Migrate VMware to Kubernetes
Solution for Migration and Upgrade
KAOPS migrates VMware instances to Kubernetes
Traditional Migration Approach
Companies have been migrating VMware to public clouds for over a decade.
The first migrations were described as "Lift and Shift", where VMware VMs were relocated from a private datacenter to a public cloud provider.
Many were disappointed with this approach as it didn't change or improve operations. It ended up costing more over time because of the recurring cloud consumption model.
Modernization Needs
Recent events have re-ignited the efforts to migrate VMware to cloud.
Customers are looking to do more than just relocate; they also want to modernize, and improve operations and cost at the same time.
Traditional Modernization Challenges
Historically, reaping all these benefits required hiring a lot of software developers to re-write (refactor) application code.
Leveraging Open Source Innovation
Recent cloud-native open source innovation allows VMWare (or any other virtualization) migration to cloud and modern container infrastructure without hiring and re-writing code.
Kubernetes Standardization
This allows your IT to standardize on Kubernetes 'virtual data center' approach. It improves your operations, resilience and scale.
Flexible Modernization
While these apps remain unchanged, you can refactor them at your convenience, over time.
With KAOPS' cloud native migration approach, you can:
Reduce or eliminate VMWare license costs
Reduce datacenter footprint
Migrate workloads to cloud or hybrid cloud
Improve VM resilence/reliability
Control cloud spend by autoscaling/bursting
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Migration Details
Auto-scaling is possible with KAOPS because Kubernetes is aware of all the resources (computers, storage, network) in use and can scale them up and down based on need and performance.
This allows you to eliminate waste in the cloud, pay for only what you need, and reduce cloud costs.
The migration is quick, because you don’t need to change the application code in all your apps at once.
You can then focus on refactoring your most business critical apps, and refactor your older apps at your convenience, meanwhile enjoying the reduced cost and improved operations
Solution requirements:
To enable simultaneous VMware migration to cloud and modernization requires the following:
Kubernetes environment
Kubernetes operations excellence (like a cloud-native management platform).
VM to container migration tool (like open source KubeVirt)
VM analysis of database requirements
VM analysis of network requirements
Migration automation process
KAOPS enables you to:
Reduce or eliminate VMWare license costs
Reduce datacenter footprint
Migrate workloads to cloud or hybrid cloud
Improve VM resilence/reliability
Control cloud spend by autoscaling/bursting
How KAOPS does it
Nethopper KAOPS:
Is a cloud-native management platform (CMP) that works with any cloud or kubernetes, private or public.
Uses GitOps blueprints to simplify cloud operations and deploy container workloads and cloud native tools.
Has a blueprint for configuring and installing KubeVirt in any cluster, with the push of a few buttons, integrated into one dashboard.
Can then point to any existing VM (VMware including) and run, or migrate, that VM to any cloud or Kubernetes of your choice. Once migrated, you can cancel your VMware license subscription and power down the old environment.
Has also integrated many other open source tools to secure, upgrade, alert, and monitor your cloud-native landscape.