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36 articles tagged Migration, newest first.
VMware Migration Cut Tottenham Hotspur Licensing Costs by 85%
Tottenham Hotspur says its VMware replacement cut licensing fees by more than 85%, showing why renewal economics now trigger migration projects.
VMware VDDK Download Restricted: What It Means for Migration
Public VMware VDDK download paths broke or became restricted in August 2026. See which migrations depend on VDDK, the alternatives, and what to archive.
Veeam V13 Upgrade: Migration Problems and Patch Traps
Veeam V13 upgrade guide: why the staged rollout, build specific patch packages and feature timing confused admins, plus what to check before you migrate.
VMware Exit Problems: Backups, Downtime and Hidden Dependencies
Why leaving VMware is harder than converting VMs: backups, snapshots, vendor appliances, maintenance windows and support gaps that migration plans skip.
50,000 VMs and a Forced VMware Exit: Inside the Goodbye
Moving 50,000 VMs from VMware to Hyper-V: conversion tools, cleanup scripts, Veeam restores, costs and the tradeoffs that pile up at enterprise scale.
The VMware Exit Is Crowded, and Renewals Look Uglier
A March discussion on VMware customers cutting usage by 2028: many want out, but migration pain keeps them paying and sharpens every renewal.
We Finally Shut Down VMware: A Messy Enterprise Breakup
Why enterprises are planning a VMware exit: a 50% price increase, contract fatigue, messy weekend migrations, Proxmox tests and security trade-offs.
Two Days Left on VMware, and Suddenly Every Bad Option Looks Real
A March panic thread about expiring vSphere licenses shows how VMware's new economics turn routine planning at small teams into last-minute survival math.
Proxmox Host CPU Mode Slowed a Windows RDS Server
A Proxmox Windows RDS server felt slow while metrics looked fine. Host CPU mode triggered speculation mitigations; x86-64-v3 fixed memory latency.
The Automation Gap When Replacing VMware With Proxmox
Moving from VMware to Proxmox leaves no Aria Automation portal. How teams replace self-service VM provisioning with Ansible, AWX, CloudBolt or scripts.
The VMware Exit Is Crowded as Companies Eye Proxmox
A VMware on SAN to Proxmox and Ceph migration talk in Belgium, and why Broadcom's licensing changes have so many companies weighing VMware alternatives.
Where's vMotion? The VMware to Proxmox Learning Curve
What VMware admins find when moving to Proxmox: live migration without DRS, SDN VNets vs Open vSwitch, Linux bridges, PCIe passthrough and Ceph.
From PVE 5 to 9: Migrating Legacy Proxmox Workloads Safely
Moving fragile, business-critical workloads from Proxmox VE 5 to 9, covering NAS backup bottlenecks, i440FX to Q35 risk and safe migration tactics.
VMware to Proxmox: Two-Node Clusters and Fibre Channel
A team moving 10 VMware clusters and 21 hosts to Proxmox works through quorum, Fibre Channel LVM, MPIO, thin provisioning and VM conversion steps.
Broadcom's No Partial VMware Renewals Policy Is a Trap
Broadcom's refusal to allow partial VMware renewals forces all-or-nothing choices: renew everything upfront for years, or rush a risky migration.
From ESXi to AHV: What It's Like to Rebuild a Homelab on Nutanix CE
A homelab move from aging VMware 6.7 to Nutanix Community Edition: the smooth install, AHV's different feel, and a painless Nutanix Move migration.
Why Windows VMs Won't Boot After Moving From VMware to Proxmox VE
Windows VMs moved from VMware to Proxmox VE often hit INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. How a VirtIO dummy disk fixes it, plus Corosync and big disk traps.
VMware to Nutanix Migration: Lessons From Real Moves
Lessons from real VMware to Nutanix migrations: how Nutanix Move handles cutover, CVM performance, licensing costs, support and daily AHV management.
Why Your Proxmox Migration Failed (Hint: It Wasn't Proxmox)
Failed Proxmox migrations usually trace back to VMware era habits: uncapped ZFS ARC, Ceph on 1GbE and misaligned disks, not to Proxmox itself.
From $3K to $21K: Broadcom's VMware Pricing Hits Small IT Teams
VMware renewals are hitting small IT teams with 7x price increases. For many the math no longer works, and the move to Proxmox and Hyper-V is speeding up.
Proxmox Clusters and SANs: A Storage Surprise When Leaving VMware
Leaving VMware for Proxmox? A SAN-backed cluster won't behave the same way, and that gap in expectations catches many teams flat-footed.
Migrating 200+ VMs to Proxmox Is Really a Networking Problem
Why large VMware to Proxmox migrations succeed or fail on networking: hardcoded IPs, traffic flows, VLANs, MAC-bound licenses and careful batching.
Moving a Midsize Business to Proxmox: Rough Edges and Savings
A 500-employee business moved from VMware to Proxmox. Six months in: mostly positive, sometimes frustrating, and about 25% of what VMware and Dell quoted.
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.
Citrix to Proxmox: One Engineer's Accidental Upgrade That Worked
After company politics upended his XenServer work, one Citrix engineer moved to Proxmox VE and found the CLI, GPU passthrough and clustering just worked.
From $3K to $47K: VMware Licensing Changes Push Teams to Migrate
A VMware Essentials renewal jumped from $3K to $47K. Why Broadcom's pricing is pushing teams toward Proxmox, Hyper-V, XCP-NG and Nutanix AHV.
VMware Core Minimums Under Broadcom: 16, 72 or 96 Cores?
Broadcom docs say 16 cores per socket, reps quote a 72-core minimum, and some report 96 for vSphere 8. What admins are seeing, including the EEA exception.
Proxmox in the Enterprise: Gotchas for VMware Admins
What VMware admins run into when moving to Proxmox: storage design, Ceph hardware, AMD Epyc NUMA, Windows licensing, networking, HA and Oracle.
Oracle Linux vs VMware: What Enterprises Find When They Test OLVM
After Broadcom's 300% VMware price hike, an enterprise tested Oracle's OLVM as a replacement and hit missing features, licensing risk and ecosystem gaps.
Cloud First, Regret Later: IT Pros on What Happens After Migration
IT pros explain why cloud migrations often cost more: lift and shift, hidden fees, OPEX accounting, when cloud pays off, and de-cloudification.
Goodbye VMware: Why Teams Are Moving to Kubernetes and KubeVirt
After Broadcom's licensing changes, engineers share why they left VMware for Kubernetes with KubeVirt, what it cost, and what they gained in control.
Proxmox DC Migration Saga: Untangling an Active Directory Mess
Domain controllers restored from VMware into Proxmox lost their NIC. How admins got back in with VirtIO and E1000, and why rebuilding a DC beats restoring.
P2V for AHV Without Move? Here's What IT Pros Are Doing in 2025
Nutanix Move can't convert physical servers to AHV. The community playbook: VirtIO drivers first, then Veeam or Clonezilla, VMDK imports and partner tools.
vSphere Standard Is Gone: What SMBs Are Doing Instead
Broadcom discontinued vSphere Standard, and SMB admins are moving to Proxmox and Hyper-V, with Nutanix AHV as a pricier option. Here is what they report.
Why Kubernetes Still Lacks Native Live Container Migration
Why Kubernetes still can't live migrate containers, what CAST AI's CRIU-based migration for EKS does, and the case for making it a native feature.
VMware vs Hyper-V: The Unexpected Nuances of Making the Leap
What changes when you move from VMware to Hyper-V: Windows failover clustering, SET networking, VM conversion, DR without SRM, and a steep learning curve.