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35 articles tagged Migration, newest first.
Broadcom VDDK Access Now Complicates VMware Exits
Public VDDK access changed in August 2026, breaking documented VMware migration paths and forcing teams to plan alternatives before an exit project.
Veeam V13 Upgrade: Why Migration Gets Complicated
Veeam V13 is upgradeable for existing customers as of August 2026, but the path to that point explains why administrators found the transition confusing.
The VMware Exit Problem: Backups, Downtime, and All the Stuff Nobody Put on the Slide Deck
Leaving VMware is not just a VM conversion project. The hard part is backups, snapshots, appliances, maintenance windows, vendor support, and all the quiet assumptions VMware made invisible.
50,000 VMs and One Bitter Goodbye: The Quiet Chaos Behind a VMware Exit No One Wanted
A closer look at the operational, emotional, and technical tradeoffs behind a forced VMware exit at enterprise scale, where migration tools promise simplicity but reality stays messy.
The VMware Exit Door Is Crowded, and That’s Making Every Renewal Look Even Uglier
A March discussion about reducing VMware usage by 2028 captured a new reality: many customers want out, but a lot of them still feel painfully stuck on the way there.
We Finally Shut It Down: The Quiet, Messy, and Emotional Breakup Between Enterprises and VMware
Why more enterprises are quietly planning their VMware exit, from rising costs and contract fatigue to the messy reality of migrations and risk tradeoffs.
Two Days Left on VMware, and Suddenly Every Bad Option Looks Real
A March panic thread about expiring vSphere licenses shows what VMware’s new economics do to small teams: they turn routine planning into last-minute survival math.
The Hidden Performance Trap in Proxmox: How a "Recommended" CPU Setting Quietly Slowed an Entire Windows Server
The most unsettling performance issues are the ones that don't show up in metrics. CPU usage looks fine. Memory isn't under pressure. Monitoring dashboards stay calm. Yet users...
The Hidden Problem Waiting for Teams That Replace VMware Automation
When companies start planning their exit from VMware, the conversation usually revolves around hypervisors, storage clusters, and networking.
The VMware Exit Door Is Getting Crowded: Why So Many Companies Are Suddenly Looking at Proxmox
Sometimes the biggest industry shifts show up in small, almost casual announcements.
"Where's vMotion?" — The Question That Reveals the Real Learning Curve When Moving From VMware to Proxmox
When VMware administrators first begin exploring Proxmox, the conversation almost always starts with the same question: what replaces the familiar VMware features?
From PVE 5 to 9: What Happens When Legacy Infrastructure Refuses to Let Go
A real-world look at moving fragile, business-critical workloads from Proxmox VE 5 to 9, including NAS bottlenecks, i440FX-to-Q35 risk, and practical migration tactics that prioritize survival over speed.
Two-Node Clusters, Fibre Channel, and a Leap of Faith: Inside a VMware-to-Proxmox Migration
An IT team managing 10 clusters and 21 hosts across global sites is migrating its entire VMware infrastructure to Proxmox, navigating architectural constraints and storage complexities that don't appear in vendor documentation.
When Broadcom Controls the Exit: How Partial VMware Renewals Became a Trap
Broadcom's refusal to allow partial VMware renewals is forcing customers into all-or-nothing decisions—renew everything for years upfront, or accelerate risky migrations. The exit is no longer yours to control.
From ESXi to AHV: What It's Like to Rebuild a Homelab on Nutanix CE
A real-world homelab migration from aging VMware 6.7 to Nutanix Community Edition—covering the surprisingly smooth install, AHV's mindset shift, and why walking away from ESXi felt less like loss and more like relief.
Escaping VMware Isn't the Hard Part — Making Windows Boot on Proxmox VE Is
VMware licensing chaos made leaving easy. But Windows VMs don't migrate quietly — they blue screen. Here's what actually fixes the INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE nightmare.
What It's Really Like to Jump from VMware to Nutanix: Lessons from the Field
Real-world experiences from IT pros who've migrated from VMware to Nutanix—covering Move tool performance, licensing costs, support quality, and the cultural shift between platforms.
Why Your Proxmox Migration Failed (Hint: It Wasn't Proxmox)
Most failed Proxmox migrations aren't Proxmox failures at all. They're the result of assumptions VMware spent 15 years teaching us to make — and infrastructure that stopped hiding its complexity.
From $3K to $21K Overnight: How Broadcom Turned VMware Into a Breaking Point for Small IT Teams
VMware renewals are hitting small IT teams with 7x price increases. For many, the math no longer works — and the exodus to Proxmox and Hyper-V is accelerating.
Proxmox Clusters and SANs: The VMware Exit Problem Nobody Warned You About
Leaving VMware for Proxmox? Your SAN-backed cluster won't behave the same way—and that gap in expectations catches many teams flat-footed.
Migrating 200+ VMs to Proxmox Isn't a Compute Problem — It's a Networking One
Why large-scale VMware to Proxmox migrations succeed or fail based on networking archaeology, not hypervisor mechanics.
Moving a Midsize Business to Proxmox: The Good, the Rough Edges, and the Savings
A real-world account of migrating a 500-employee business from VMware to Proxmox—six months in, the results are mostly positive, occasionally frustrating, and financially hard to ignore.
Why Many VMware Professionals Are Migrating in 2025
2025 is shaping up as a major VMware migration year, with many long-time operators evaluating alternatives for cost and control.
From Citrix to Proxmox: One Engineer's Accidental Upgrade That Just Worked
What started as an unplanned escape from internal politics became a deep dive into a hypervisor he now swears by. One engineer's story about accidentally switching from Citrix to Proxmox—and never looking back.
From $3K to $47K: How VMware Licensing Changes Are Reshaping Infrastructure Choices
A VMware Essentials customer went from $3K to $47K overnight. This article explores how licensing changes are pushing teams to evaluate Proxmox, Hyper-V, and other alternatives.
From 16 to 72 to 96 Cores: Inside the Licensing Maze VMware Shops Are Trying to Navigate
VMware's core minimums have become a puzzle: 16 cores per socket in the docs, 72 cores minimum in practice, and now 96 for vSphere 8. Here's how IT teams are navigating the confusion.
Proxmox in the Enterprise: The Gotchas VMware Admins Don't See Coming
VMware admins migrating to Proxmox face unexpected challenges that go beyond technical specs. From storage design to NUMA tuning and Windows licensing, here are the real-world gotchas experienced engineers wish they'd known before starting their migration.
Oracle Linux vs. VMware: What Enterprises Discover When They Actually Test the Switch
When a major enterprise tested Oracle Linux as a VMware replacement after Broadcom's 300% price increase, they discovered the truth isn't about features—it's about everything VMware built around them over two decades.
Cloud First, Regret Later: IT Pros Share What Really Happens After Migration
It always starts with a PowerPoint.
Goodbye VMware: How Kubernetes and KubeVirt Became the New Virtualization Power Duo
After Broadcom's aggressive licensing changes, enterprises are saying goodbye to VMware and embracing Kubernetes with KubeVirt—a migration story about freedom, control, and the future of virtualization.
The Proxmox DC Migration Saga: How Proxmox Community Untangled One Company's Active Directory Mess
When a company migrated their domain controllers from VMware to Proxmox, the NIC vanished and chaos ensued. Here's how the community debugged the restore nightmare and why you should never restore a DC.
P2V for AHV Without Move? Here's What IT Pros Are Doing in 2025
Nutanix Move doesn't handle physical-to-virtual conversions for AHV. Here's the community-tested playbook IT pros are using in 2025 to migrate physical servers to AHV—VirtIO drivers, Veeam, and a little improvisation.
Broadcom Just Killed vSphere Standard. Here's What SMBs Are Doing Instead
Broadcom discontinued vSphere Standard, leaving SMBs scrambling. Real IT pros share their migration stories and why Proxmox and Hyper-V are winning the day.
Why Kubernetes Still Doesn't Natively Support Live Container Migration (And Why It Should)
Kubernetes has mastered orchestration, but still lacks native live container migration. Explore why this feature is missing, how CAST AI is changing the game with CRIU, and why it's time for K8s to catch up.
VMware vs Hyper-V: The Unexpected Nuances of Making the Leap
Switching from VMware to Hyper-V isn't just about installing a new hypervisor—it's a complete mindset shift. Explore the real-world nuances of making the leap.