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In this session, Marco explores the potential of migrating from VMware vCloud to Apache CloudStack with KVM. VMware vCloud Suite is a robust cloud infrastructure and management solution that combines vSphere and vRealize Suite, providing automation and operations capabilities for traditional and modern infrastructure and apps. However, the transition to Apache CloudStack can offer enhanced profitability and competitiveness. Marco delves into the benefits of Apache CloudStack, including its cost-effectiveness and open-source nature, and discusses how a gradual migration from VMware vCloud can reduce ownership costs, increase profitability, and enhance competitiveness. He also covers the practical steps and considerations in planning and executing this transition effectively. ----------------------------------------- The CloudStack Collaboration Conference 2023 took place on 23-24th November. The conference, arranged by a group of volunteers from the Apache CloudStack Community, took place in the voco hotel, in Porte de Clichy, Paris. It hosted over 350 attendees, with 47 speakers holding technical talks, user stories, new features and integrations presentations and more.

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Transitioning from VMware to Apache CloudStack Marco Sinhoreli ShapeBlue marco.sinhoreli@shapeblue.com
About Me • Technical Marketing Manager at ShapeBlue • Previously: Consultant Manager at ShapeBlue Brazil • Working with Open Source from 1996 • Working with virtualisation from 2004 • Apache CloudStack Committer from 2015
Agenda: Transitioning from VMware to CloudStack • About VMware • Challenges & Concerns with VMware • Exit Ramps • CloudStack as VMware Alternative • CloudStack Features to Support the Transition • Personnel Skills • Transition Scenarios • Conclusions
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VMware vCloud Suite VMware vSphere VMware vSan VMware NSX VMware vRealize Automation VMware vRealize Operations VMware vRealize Log Insight VMware vRealize Business for Cloud VMware Site Recovery Manager VMware vRealize Network Insight VMware vCloud Foundation Other VMware Products
Challenges & Concerns with VMware “Following these purchases, CA and Symantec customers saw massive price hikes, worsening support, and stalled development. Symantec redirected its focus to its biggest resellers and customers. The company largely abandoned its customer base of 100,000 to prioritize its top 2,000.” Tracy Woo, Principal Analyst - Forrester Gartner recommends VMware users "Identify exit ramps for deployed products, including alternative solutions and migration activities." It’s hard to believe Broadcom’s reassurances, not because they are untrustworthy, but because it’s hard to see how Broadcom will make good on a $69bn price tag for VMware without drastic changes. As The Register readers may remember, VMware pushed through a double-digit price increase on its core perpetual licensing and support last year, effective from August 2022. This included a 10 percent hike on vSphere, vCloud, vSAN, NSX, vRNI, and VCF.
Challenges & Concerns with VMware UNCERTAINTY ABOUT PRICE POLICIES COMPROMISED INNOVATIONS VENDOR LOCK-IN AND DEPENDENCY PRIORITIZATION OF LARGER CUSTOMERS OVER SMALLER
What are the Exit Ramps? Negotiate a long-term contract before the VMware acquisition is complete. Find an alternative solutions and define migration activities. From our experience working with customers, 52% of new projects adopting Apache CloudStack, cited VMware migration as a key driver for their implementation. This is up from only 8% of 12 months earlier.
CloudStack as VMware Alternative • Open-source nature • CloudStack is a hypervisor abstraction layer • Mature IaaS Platform adopted from small organisations to enterprises • Constant development promoting innovations • Build-in features designed to enable smooth VMware migration • Vendor lock-in is not on the agenda • Supports a range of hypervisors including vSphere, KVM, Citrix Hypervisor and XCP-ng
CloudStack Features to Support the Transition
VMware Ingestion Connect to VMware vCenter and ingest the VMware Instances into CloudStack Useful to replace vCloud Director by Apache CloudStack It also allows to convert unmanaged vSphere environments into a rich CloudStack IaaS Cloud
VMware to KVM Migration (4.19) Converts VMware Instances, including disk and its characteristics into KVM Ideal for removing dependency from VMWare vSphere It uses virt-v2v to convert the Instance disks from VMWare to KVM.
Personnel Skills • CloudStack Expertise • Hypervisor Knowledge • Networking and Security • Automation and Orchestration • Troubleshooting and Support
Transition Scenarios
Scenario #1: From vCloud Director to Apache CloudStack VMware vCloud Director
Scenario #1: From vCloud Director to Apache CloudStack Apache CloudStack Value Proposition: Potential Reduction of 30% in VMware Licence Costs. It also reduces dependency on VMware. Source: https://www.shapeblue.com/69-licensing-and-support-savings-with-cloudstack-and-kvm-based-cloud-vs-vmware-vcloud
Scenario #2: Managed vSphere Infrastructure
Scenario #2: Managed vSphere Infrastructure Apache CloudStack Value Proposition: Make Traditional Virtualization as IaaS Cloud.
Scenario #3: Mixed vSphere and KVM hypervisor Environment Apache CloudStack Value Proposition: Potential Reduction of over 30% in VMware Licence Costs. It also reduces dependency on VMware vSphere. Source: https://www.shapeblue.com/69-licensing-and-support-savings-with-cloudstack-and-kvm-based-cloud-vs-vmware-vcloud
Scenario #4: Full Migration from vSphere to KVM Apache CloudStack Value Proposition: Potential Reduction of 69% in VMware Licence Costs It also removes all dependency on VMware. Source: https://www.shapeblue.com/69-licensing-and-support-savings-with-cloudstack-and-kvm-based-cloud-vs-vmware-vcloud
Conclusions
Conclusions For the vCloud Director transition only, major results in terms of licensing costs are expected. 30%
Conclusions Considering the complete transition of vSphere and vCloud Director, in addition to removing the lock-in dependency, the results in terms of licensing, the results will be very interesting. 69%
Questions?
Transitioning from VMware to Apache CloudStack Marco Sinhoreli ShapeBlue marco.sinhoreli@shapeblue.com

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Transitioning from VMware vCloud to Apache CloudStack: A Path to Profitability and Competitiveness - Marco Sinhoreli - ShapeBlue

  • 1. Transitioning from VMware to Apache CloudStack Marco Sinhoreli ShapeBlue marco.sinhoreli@shapeblue.com
  • 2. About Me • Technical Marketing Manager at ShapeBlue • Previously: Consultant Manager at ShapeBlue Brazil • Working with Open Source from 1996 • Working with virtualisation from 2004 • Apache CloudStack Committer from 2015
  • 3. Agenda: Transitioning from VMware to CloudStack • About VMware • Challenges & Concerns with VMware • Exit Ramps • CloudStack as VMware Alternative • CloudStack Features to Support the Transition • Personnel Skills • Transition Scenarios • Conclusions
  • 5. VMware vCloud Suite VMware vSphere VMware vSan VMware NSX VMware vRealize Automation VMware vRealize Operations VMware vRealize Log Insight VMware vRealize Business for Cloud VMware Site Recovery Manager VMware vRealize Network Insight VMware vCloud Foundation Other VMware Products
  • 6. Challenges & Concerns with VMware “Following these purchases, CA and Symantec customers saw massive price hikes, worsening support, and stalled development. Symantec redirected its focus to its biggest resellers and customers. The company largely abandoned its customer base of 100,000 to prioritize its top 2,000.” Tracy Woo, Principal Analyst - Forrester Gartner recommends VMware users "Identify exit ramps for deployed products, including alternative solutions and migration activities." It’s hard to believe Broadcom’s reassurances, not because they are untrustworthy, but because it’s hard to see how Broadcom will make good on a $69bn price tag for VMware without drastic changes. As The Register readers may remember, VMware pushed through a double-digit price increase on its core perpetual licensing and support last year, effective from August 2022. This included a 10 percent hike on vSphere, vCloud, vSAN, NSX, vRNI, and VCF.
  • 7. Challenges & Concerns with VMware UNCERTAINTY ABOUT PRICE POLICIES COMPROMISED INNOVATIONS VENDOR LOCK-IN AND DEPENDENCY PRIORITIZATION OF LARGER CUSTOMERS OVER SMALLER
  • 8. What are the Exit Ramps? Negotiate a long-term contract before the VMware acquisition is complete. Find an alternative solutions and define migration activities. From our experience working with customers, 52% of new projects adopting Apache CloudStack, cited VMware migration as a key driver for their implementation. This is up from only 8% of 12 months earlier.
  • 9. CloudStack as VMware Alternative • Open-source nature • CloudStack is a hypervisor abstraction layer • Mature IaaS Platform adopted from small organisations to enterprises • Constant development promoting innovations • Build-in features designed to enable smooth VMware migration • Vendor lock-in is not on the agenda • Supports a range of hypervisors including vSphere, KVM, Citrix Hypervisor and XCP-ng
  • 11. VMware Ingestion Connect to VMware vCenter and ingest the VMware Instances into CloudStack Useful to replace vCloud Director by Apache CloudStack It also allows to convert unmanaged vSphere environments into a rich CloudStack IaaS Cloud
  • 12. VMware to KVM Migration (4.19) Converts VMware Instances, including disk and its characteristics into KVM Ideal for removing dependency from VMWare vSphere It uses virt-v2v to convert the Instance disks from VMWare to KVM.
  • 13. Personnel Skills • CloudStack Expertise • Hypervisor Knowledge • Networking and Security • Automation and Orchestration • Troubleshooting and Support
  • 15. Scenario #1: From vCloud Director to Apache CloudStack VMware vCloud Director
  • 16. Scenario #1: From vCloud Director to Apache CloudStack Apache CloudStack Value Proposition: Potential Reduction of 30% in VMware Licence Costs. It also reduces dependency on VMware. Source: https://www.shapeblue.com/69-licensing-and-support-savings-with-cloudstack-and-kvm-based-cloud-vs-vmware-vcloud
  • 17. Scenario #2: Managed vSphere Infrastructure
  • 18. Scenario #2: Managed vSphere Infrastructure Apache CloudStack Value Proposition: Make Traditional Virtualization as IaaS Cloud.
  • 19. Scenario #3: Mixed vSphere and KVM hypervisor Environment Apache CloudStack Value Proposition: Potential Reduction of over 30% in VMware Licence Costs. It also reduces dependency on VMware vSphere. Source: https://www.shapeblue.com/69-licensing-and-support-savings-with-cloudstack-and-kvm-based-cloud-vs-vmware-vcloud
  • 20. Scenario #4: Full Migration from vSphere to KVM Apache CloudStack Value Proposition: Potential Reduction of 69% in VMware Licence Costs It also removes all dependency on VMware. Source: https://www.shapeblue.com/69-licensing-and-support-savings-with-cloudstack-and-kvm-based-cloud-vs-vmware-vcloud
  • 22. Conclusions For the vCloud Director transition only, major results in terms of licensing costs are expected. 30%
  • 23. Conclusions Considering the complete transition of vSphere and vCloud Director, in addition to removing the lock-in dependency, the results in terms of licensing, the results will be very interesting. 69%
  • 25. Transitioning from VMware to Apache CloudStack Marco Sinhoreli ShapeBlue marco.sinhoreli@shapeblue.com