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Migration of VMware tools

As an IT consulting and expertise firm, we offer a turnkey risk assessment to analyze alternatives to VMware virtualization solutions following its acquisition by Broadcom.

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The impact of VMware’s acquisition: is it time to migrate?

The acquisition of VMware by Broadcom has raised major concerns among CIOs about the future of a virtualization solution that remains critical to most IT infrastructures. This significant transaction could lead to major changes in pricing policies and product strategies, directly affecting operational costs and the efficiency of virtualized environments.

It is now essential for CIOs to understand the potential implications of this acquisition on their infrastructure management and to carefully assess the risks, opportunities, and available alternatives.

Synapsys offers a dedicated feasibility study to evaluate the short- and long-term impacts of migrating to a private cloud (Nutanix, Hyper-V, Proxmox, OpenStack), a public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, Alicloud), or a third-party partner (license transfer to OVH, managed service providers, etc.).

How do we successfully conduct your risk assessment for a VMware migration?

We rely on the experience of our cloud and virtualization experts to conduct a comprehensive risk and opportunity assessment, identifying the potential impact of migrating from VMware to a public or private cloud environment.

Step 1: Analysis and audit of the existing VMware environment

Assess the current infrastructure and usage of VMware solutions, evaluate organizational maturity, and review contractual conditions.

Step 2: Recommendations for VMware alternatives

Identify the risks and opportunities of migrating from VMware, analyze potential organizational impacts, and estimate the associated project costs.

Step 3: Initiating the VMware migration plan

Define a phased migration roadmap and establish a dedicated project team to prepare the transition toward a private cloud (Nutanix, Hyper-V, Proxmox, OpenStack) or a public cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, Alicloud).

Step 4: Industrializing the migration

Implement the chosen alternative solution, develop automation workflows, deliver training programs, and execute the VMware decommissioning plan.

We are experts in cloud and virtualization

With over 12 years of experience in cloud and virtualization technologies, Synapsys has developed deep expertise in solutions such as VMware, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Nutanix. Our virtualization consultants hold multiple certifications across the industry’s leading platforms.

Your IT needs have evolved, and we understand that

We offer a pool of expert profiles ready to meet your specific project requirements: Cloud Architects, Virtualization Engineers, and Specialists in AWS, Azure, VMware, Nutanix, and Proxmox solutions.

With over 12 years of experience, we support enterprise clients in their cloud migration and virtualization initiatives, drawing on our strong expertise in VMware.

We tailor our cloud migration strategies to each client, ensuring solutions that meet specific security, compliance, and operational efficiency needs.

Our consultants are experts in leading cloud and virtualization technologies such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP, Nutanix, Proxmox, and VMware, delivering cutting-edge virtualized environments.

Our experts have developed a turnkey assessment to identify the impacts, risks, and opportunities of migrating from VMware, helping organizations evaluate the most effective and cost-efficient alternatives.

Assess the risks of VMware migration

If you’re looking to take your virtualization strategy to the next level with our cloud architects and virtualization experts, or if you have any questions, feel free to contact us. We look forward to working with you.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the advantages and disadvantages of migrating a VMware infrastructure to the public cloud?

Migrating a VMware infrastructure to the public cloud offers several major advantages: technological continuity through VMware Cloud on AWS, Azure, or GCP; reduced physical infrastructure costs; increased flexibility; and access to advanced native cloud services.

However, there are also some drawbacks, such as network connectivity challenges, potential changes in licensing models, data transfer costs between environments, and the need to adapt operational procedures.

This type of migration also provides on-demand scalability while maintaining compatibility with existing VMware tools, enabling a smooth and gradual transition.

How can you effectively plan a VMware migration while minimizing downtime for critical applications?

Efficiently planning a VMware migration with minimal impact on critical applications relies on several key steps: conducting a detailed analysis of application dependencies, categorizing workloads by level of criticality, setting up representative test environments, and developing a phased migration plan.

Recommended migration techniques include asynchronous replication, live migration solutions (vMotion, HCX), and the implementation of automated failover strategies.

Creating a detailed runbook with checkpoints and rollback procedures is essential to ensure a controlled, secure, and low-risk transition.

What VMware solutions are available across major public clouds, and how do they differ?

The main VMware solutions offered by public cloud providers include:

VMware Cloud on AWS: Native integration, full VMware support, and access to AWS services.
Azure VMware Solution (AVS): VMware infrastructure managed by Microsoft with seamless Azure integration.
Google Cloud VMware Engine: Dedicated hardware deployment with high-speed interconnectivity to GCP services.
Oracle Cloud VMware Solution: Customizable environment with dedicated storage and compute resources.

The right choice depends on your organization’s existing ecosystem, compliance needs, and workload performance requirements.

How can you optimize costs when migrating a VMware infrastructure to the cloud?

Key strategies for cost optimization during a VMware-to-cloud migration include:

Conducting a thorough resource audit and right-sizing
Leveraging elasticity to scale capacity on demand
Using reserved instances for predictable workloads
Optimizing licensing models based on consumption
Automating the shutdown of non-production environments
Implementing FinOps monitoring and governance
Refactoring workloads into more cost-efficient native cloud services

What are the best practices for managing hybrid environments between on-premise and cloud-based VMware?

Effective hybrid VMware management relies on:

Unified management via vCenter or vRealize Operations
Secure, low-latency connectivity between environments
Consistent security and compliance policies across clouds
Cross-cloud automation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and unified workflows
Disaster recovery (DR) strategies with mutual backups
Workload mobility through VMware HCX
Centralized monitoring and proactive alerting

This approach helps maximize VMware investments while smoothly preparing the organization for a transition toward cloud-native architectures.