ShapeBlue is pleased to announce the first general availability release of ShapeBlue Migrate – an automated migration tool designed to help organisations move large-scale VMware environments to Apache CloudStack quickly, securely and with minimal disruption.
ShapeBlue Migrate v0.4.0 is now available to all ShapeBlue customers. It brings the essential stages of a VMware migration into one place, giving cloud operators greater control and visibility throughout the process.
The platform automatically discovers and inventories VMware environments, helps organise workloads into manageable migration waves, orchestrates migrations using multiple supported mechanisms and enables planned cutovers aligned with each organisation’s technical and operational requirements.
Built from real-world VMware migration experience
Since the early stages of Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, ShapeBlue has worked with organisations evaluating and implementing alternatives to VMware-based infrastructure.
These projects have given our teams direct insight into the practical challenges of large-scale migration. Cloud operators need to understand complex VMware estates, identify workload dependencies, select the right migration approach and carefully coordinate cutovers – all while maintaining service availability and controlling operational risk.
ShapeBlue developed ShapeBlue Migrate in response to these requirements. Migrate applies intelligent automation to the migration process, helping organisations move from VMware to open-source cloud infrastructure through a more structured, repeatable and visible workflow.
A structured approach to VMware migration
ShapeBlue Migrate supports the major stages of the migration lifecycle:
- Automated discovery and inventory: Build a clear view of the existing VMware estate and the workloads that need to be migrated.
- Migration-wave planning: Group workloads into logical waves based on technical and operational requirements.
- Migration orchestration: Coordinate workload migrations through multiple migration mechanisms from a central platform.
- Planned cutovers: Schedule and execute cutovers in line with maintenance windows, service priorities and business requirements.
- Centralised visibility: Track migration activity and progress from one place, improving coordination across technical teams.
This approach helps cloud operators replace fragmented, highly manual migration processes with a consistent framework that can support complex and large-scale environments.
Reducing risk through intelligent automation
Migration projects involve more than transferring virtual machines between platforms. They require careful planning, accurate infrastructure data and coordinated execution.
ShapeBlue Migrate uses automation to reduce repetitive manual work and create a more predictable migration process. By improving visibility across the VMware estate and structuring workloads into controlled migration waves, the platform helps organisations:
- Minimise service downtime
- Reduce the risk of migration failures
- Improve planning and operational visibility
- Apply consistent processes across migration waves
- Identify and manage migration risks earlier
Increasing migration efficiency
Manual discovery, workload classification and migration coordination can require significant time and specialist resources. ShapeBlue Migrate automates these activities wherever possible, allowing technical teams to focus on validation, architecture and operational decision-making.
The platform helps organisations:
- Automate infrastructure discovery and migration execution
- Reduce manual effort and repetitive tasks
- Coordinate migrations across large VMware estates
- Accelerate migration timelines
- Manage the migration lifecycle through a single platform
Enabling long-term strategic change
For many organisations, migrating from VMware is part of a broader strategy to regain control over infrastructure costs, technology choices and future cloud development. By simplifying the transition to Apache CloudStack, ShapeBlue Migrate helps organisations:
- Accelerate their journey towards vendor independence
- Reduce reliance on proprietary virtualisation platforms
- Control virtualisation and cloud infrastructure costs
- Adopt a proven open-source infrastructure platform
- Build a more flexible foundation for future cloud services
ShapeBlue Migrate v0.4.0 is now available
ShapeBlue Migrate v0.4.0 is available to ShapeBlue customers as the first general availability release of the platform.
Combined with ShapeBlue’s Apache CloudStack expertise and hands-on VMware migration experience, ShapeBlue Migrate provides organisations with the technology, automation and specialist support needed to approach complex migration projects with confidence.
Contact ShapeBlue to learn more about ShapeBlue Migrate or to discuss your VMware-to-Apache CloudStack migration requirements at info@shapeblue.com!
Ivet Petrova is the Chief Revenue Officer at ShapeBlue. She is responsible for strengthening ShapeBlue’s global brand and market awareness of ShapeBlue’s services. Specifically, Ivet’s team is responsible for brand, advertising, content and digital marketing, social media, and media relations.
Ivet is also an active member of the CloudStack community, working on increasing the awareness of the technology and showing its benefits to a wider market.
Ivet has 13+ years of experience in marketing for IT service providers including a number of cloud and hosting providers, storage companies, SaaS providers and software development companies. She holds a Masters degree in Marketing.
Away from work, Ivet is passionate about travelling around the world and exploring new cultures.
