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VMware to Apache CloudStack Migration Webinar

Many organisations are currently evaluating alternatives to VMware as they rethink their infrastructure strategy. Vendor independence, predictable costs, and predictable operations are becoming key drivers for change.

This webinar, available by filling in the form, shows you why Apache CloudStack is a proven, production-ready alternative to VMware (including vSphere, NSX, and vSAN) and walks you through a real-world migration framework that enables a fast and low-risk transition to open source.

You’ll learn how to move from VMware to CloudStack in weeks, not years, using a methodology already proven in production environments.

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What You'll Learn

In this session, we break down how organisations are moving from VMware to Apache CloudStack in real production environments.

You’ll see a migration approach that has already been tested and deployed, with practical insight into architecture decisions, timelines and what actually works in the real world.

This isn’t a theory or roadmap discussion. It’s a proven migration framework used by service providers and enterprises today.

You’ll gain insight into:

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Reducing licensing costs and vendor lock-in

Moving toward predictable, open-source cloud operations

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Common migration challenges and how to avoid them based on hands-on experience

What is Covered

How every migration starts with a structured assessment of the existing VMware environment, including:

  • Hardware inventory and validation
  • Scale and footprint of virtual machine instances
  • Workload documentation and classification
  • VM volumes, variations, and dependencies

How assessment results are tunned into a concrete and realistic migration plan including:

  • Defining the migration strategy
  • Evaluating technical readiness and risks
  • Establishing clear timelines and execution approaches

An overview of how the CloudStack platform is prepared:

  • Storage and network integration
  • Automation and operational tooling
  • Performance and scalability considerations

The role of a pilot phase in a successful migration:

  • Selecting representative workloads
  • Performing user acceptance testing (UAT)
  • Validating performance and functionality before scaling

What happens after a successful pilot:

  • Transition to operations and support teams
  • Executing large-scale migrations
  • Integrating with backup, monitoring, and CMDB systems
  • Ongoing migration and CloudStack support

How the VMware environment is safely and methodically retired, including controlled shutdown, final validation, and the handover to steady-state operations.

Real-World Migration Scenarios
We also reference real-world migration scenarios (abstracted) to illustrate how the migration journey is applied in practice.

Practical Demos &
Live Q&A Session

To complement the high-level journey, we will include a few short live demonstrations, such as:

  • Apache CloudStack managing a multi-hypervisor environment

  • The migration tools available in the CloudStack UI

  • An example of running a bulk migration script

We’ll close the webinar with an interactive Q&A session where you can ask questions about your specific environment and migration challenges.

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Meet the Presenters

Marco Sinhoreli

Technical Marketing Manager, ShapeBlue

Marco is a seasoned Technical Marketing Manager at ShapeBlue, with over 25 years of IT experience. As an Apache CloudStack expert and committer, he specializes in creating and delivering technical marketing content that bridges the gap between technology and business.

Jithiin Raju

Cloud Architect, ShapeBlue

Jithin is a Cloud Architect by profession. He has helped organisations around the globe use commercial distributions of Apache CloudStack over the past 10 years. These organisations include private, public, and government cloud service providers.

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Learn how to move from VMware to CloudStack in weeks, using a methodology already proven in production environments.