Get off VMware before the next renewal.
Independent consulting for virtualization migrations: VMware to Proxmox, Hyper‑V, Nutanix, or cloud. Every step assessed, rehearsed, reversible.
The renewal math changed
Broadcom closed its acquisition of VMware in late 2023, ended perpetual licensing, and moved the product line into per‑core subscription bundles. Many organizations opened their next renewal quote to find a number several times the last one.
The alternatives are mature. KVM‑based platforms, Hyper‑V, and hyperconverged systems now run production workloads that once required vSphere. The hard part is not choosing a destination. It is moving live systems without breaking them.
Where teams are landing
Proxmox VE
Open-source KVM and containers. No per‑core hypervisor licensing; paid support is optional.
Hyper‑V and Azure Local
Often already covered by Windows Server licensing. The shortest hop for Windows‑heavy estates.
Nutanix AHV
Hyperconverged platform with its own hypervisor and first‑party tooling for VMware exits.
XCP‑ng
Xen‑based and open source, managed through Xen Orchestra, with a familiar feel for vSphere admins.
Public cloud
AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud for workloads that fit consumption pricing better than owned hardware.
What we do
One engagement can cover the whole move, or just the part your team does not have capacity for.
Hypervisor migration (V2V)
The core of the practice. We move virtual machines off vSphere and ESXi onto the platform you choose: conversion, drivers, storage, networking, and the cutover plan. Pilots run first on non‑critical workloads; production moves in waves sized to your maintenance windows.
Physical to virtual (P2V)
Aging physical servers converted into virtual machines on the new platform, so the migration and the hardware refresh happen once instead of twice.
Cloud migration (V2C)
On-premises VMs converted directly to cloud instances where consumption pricing wins. Sizing, networking, and cost modeling included.
VDI migration
Virtual desktop estates moved between Citrix, VMware Horizon, and Azure Virtual Desktop with user profiles and application compatibility intact.
Backup, replication, and DR
Backup and replication on Veeam, Rubrik, or Commvault, designed alongside the migration with documented runbooks and scheduled recovery tests. Three copies of your data through every cutover.
Your backups have to move too
Backup jobs do not survive a hypervisor switch. We rebuild data protection as part of the move and test restores before the old environment is retired. Want it managed for you afterward? That is our sister service, Ohio BDR.
How an engagement runs
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Assess
Inventory every VM, dependency, and license. Map workloads to candidate platforms and put real numbers on staying versus moving.
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Pilot
Stand up the target platform and move a handful of non‑critical workloads. Prove the tooling and the rollback path before production is touched.
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Migrate in waves
Production moves in scheduled windows sized to what your team and your users can absorb. Every wave has a tested rollback.
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Validate and cut over
Performance, backups, and monitoring confirmed on the new platform before the old one is switched off.
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Hand over
Documentation, runbooks, and training for your team. You should not need us to operate what we leave behind.
Who you're working with
v2v.tech is run by an engineer with more than 20 years in enterprise virtualization and datacenter work: building environments, consolidating them, and moving workloads between them. That includes VMware at scale, and the platforms most teams are moving to now.
We are a Veeam partner and operate our own datacenter presence in Westlake, Ohio. The advice comes from running infrastructure, not just writing reports about it.
Start the conversation
Tell us where your environment stands and when your renewal lands. We will lay out the realistic options, including the ones that do not involve us.