As organisations seek to reduce vendor lock-in and regain control over their infrastructure, migrating from VMware to open-source platforms such as Apache CloudStack with KVM is becoming an increasingly relevant option. However, such migrations require careful planning to ensure reliability, continuity, and minimal disruption to workloads.
This talk presents a structured, practical approach to migrating virtualised environments from VMware to CloudStack/KVM. It covers the full migration lifecycle, starting with environment discovery and detailed documentation, followed by planning and technical preparation. Attendees will learn how to validate the migration process by running controlled test migrations before executing large-scale migrations.
A key focus of the session is achieving migrations with minimal downtime. The presentation will explore techniques such as warm migration, performing an initial bulk data transfer in advance, and executing a short cutover window using delta synchronisation to transfer only the final changes.
Watch the full session from the CloudStack European User Group.
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About ShapeBlue:
ShapeBlue is the largest independent integrator of CloudStack technologies globally and is a specialist in designing and implementing IaaS cloud infrastructures for both private and public cloud implementations.
The company’s services include consulting, integration, training and infrastructure support.
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