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Apache CloudStack Migration Guide
This guide is designed for VMware users who want to migrate their existing vSphere environment to a robust IaaS cloud environment based on Apache CloudStack and the KVM Hypervisor, ensuring a smooth, low-friction migration journey. Migration from VMware ESXi hosts on vCenter to a KVM hypervisor environment in Apache CloudStak is a key step towards eliminating vendor lock-in and decreasing licensing costs.
Upon completing this guide, users will emerge with a comprehensive understanding and practical know-how, ready to manage a versatile cloud infrastructure with CloudStack and able to seamlessly handle an environment fully managed by CloudStack’s unified UI or API.
Migrate your existing vSphere environment to a robust IaaS cloud environment based on Apache CloudStack and the KVM with ease, following the detailed guides in the document!
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What’s Inside?
Topics covered:
- Introduction to Apache CloudStack
- Benefits of Migrating to Apache CloudStack
- The Impact of VMware Acquisition by Broadcom
- Apache CloudStack and VMware Side-by-Side Comparison
In this section, we delve into a practical migration scenario to illustrate the transition process from VMware to Apache CloudStack. Our example will focus on a vSphere cluster configuration that includes 2 ESXi hosts.
This design will illustrate the placement and interaction of key components in the network, ensuring that everything happens as expected during migration. The main components to consider in this architecture are vCenter, CloudStack Management Server, and KVM hosts.
Planning your migration from VMware to Apache CloudStack is a process that involves several steps to ensure a smooth transition:
- Planning your Migration Journey
- Profile the VMware Instances to Migrate
- Migration Timeline
- Migration Automation
Topics covered:
- Deploying Apache CloudStack
- Configuring KVM Hosts
- Preparing the CloudStack Environment
Topics covered:
- How CloudStack Migration Tools Works
- Starting Migrating Instances
- Managing Converted Instances
- Critical Migration Points
Meet the Author
Marco Sinhoreli, Technical Marketing Manager at ShapeBlue
Marco Sinhoreli works as a Technical Marketing Manager at ShapeBlue. Marco has a depth of experience in helping big organisations implement CloudStack. He has been consulting major companies in Brazil for their CloudStack environments. In addition, he has a strong understanding of the struggle that cloud builders and IaaS providers can experience and how open-source technologies and ACS can help them. Away from work, Marco is a lover of music (playing a mean guitar) and politics.
