VMware Migration to ccloud³
Rising VMware licence costs? Migrate your virtual machines in a planned manner and without any disruption to operations – with support from centron’s experts.
- Escaping the licensing trap – away from rising VMware costs
- Two target platforms – Hyper-V or ccloud³
- Supported migration by experienced experts
- Without any disruption to operations – a planned move rather than a Big Bang
Plan your migration rather than paying for an expensive extension
Following the changes to VMware’s licensing terms, many companies are facing drastically higher costs. The good news is that making the switch is easier than you might think.
Costs back under control
Instead of unpredictable licensing models: transparent centron pricing – ccloud³ VMs billed by the hour or Hyper-V environments with predictable terms.
Two tried-and-tested approaches
Choose ccloud³ for maximum flexibility and managed options – or opt for Hyper-V if you wish to retain a familiar virtualisation environment. We offer impartial advice on what best suits your workloads.
Experts will take care of the move
Assessment, phased migration plan, migration and functional testing: centron supports you every step of the way – extending to subsequent managed operations if required.
Safety during the changeover
Snapshots and backups safeguard every stage of the migration; critical systems are migrated within a minimal time window – rollback is possible at any time.
Typical scenarios for VMware migrations – and who they suit
Many companies have run VMware-based systems for years. But rising demands for scalability, cost control and compliance require the step into the cloud – a professionally planned VMware move minimises risks: uncoordinated moves often lead to outages, data loss or performance losses.
Data centre relocation
When moving from on-premises or colocation to the cloud, we replicate your VMware environment losslessly into the ccloud³. Test runs ensure validity.
Consolidation of distributed systems
VMware environments have often grown historically. With a migration you consolidate resources, reduce licence costs and simplify administration.
Scaling and hybrid models
As demand grows, you expand resources flexibly in the cloud. Hybrid scenarios connect existing VMware systems to your new environment via VPN.
Companies with legacy workloads
If your VMware environment has grown historically and become unwieldy, a migration brings clarity and structure.
Organisations with compliance requirements
GDPR, ISO 27001 and industry-specific guidelines are met in the centron environment. Audit trails ensure traceability – evidence in the Trust Center.
Start-ups and growing companies
Those who need flexibility can adapt resources flexibly with a VMware move to the cloud instead of depending on rigid systems.
Four steps to moving away from VMware
We map out your VMs, dependencies and requirements, draw up a phased migration plan, migrate the systems as planned and test each application before go-live. Afterwards, centron can take over operations on request – including monitoring, backups and updates. The result: consistent workloads, predictable costs and a German data centre.
- 1. Review of the current situation – VMs, dependencies, requirements
- 2. Migration Plan – Waves, time windows, rollback points
- 3. Relocation & Tests – without any disruption to operations
- 4. Operation – optionally managed by Centron
Where should you move your VMware workloads?
Both options result in predictable costs – we can help you choose.
- Billing by the hour
- Scaling as required
- Managed options
- Exclusive hardware
- Hyper-V-compatible
- Contractually agreed SLA
- Monitoring & Updates
- Backups & Recovery
- Personal contact
How much does VMware migration cost at centron?
VMware alternative: Migration to Hyper-V or ccloud³ without a licence cost shock – a supported migration by centron experts. The cornerstone of the solution is ccloud³ VMs from €3.12 per month – billed by the hour, with no minimum contract term. This is supplemented, as required, by dedicated servers and managed services. All data remains in Germany: in-house data centres in Hallstadt near Bamberg, certified to ISO 27001 on the basis of IT-Grundschutz and BSI C5:2020 Type 1. New accounts receive a €200 starting credit.
| Building block | Price |
|---|---|
| ccloud³ VMs | from €3.12 per month |
| Dedicated Server | from €29.99 per month |
| Managed Services | on request |
The advantages of a VMware move with centron
On-premise migration from VMware to Hyper-V: migrating your VMware environment to Microsoft Hyper-V opens up new opportunities to modernise your virtualisation strategy – directly on your existing infrastructure. Our partner Varilan deliberately relies on continuing to use your on-site server hardware. As part of a thorough inventory, the experts identify individual migration paths – without unnecessary downtime – and ensure a smooth Hyper-V migration, technical safeguards and seamless integration into your existing system landscape: Go to Varilan. After the migration, centron takes over operations on request with Premium Full Managing and managed services.
| Advantage | What is behind it |
|---|---|
| Structured analysis | Before the move we analyse your systems: dependencies, resource profiles, licences and networks. On this basis we design a target architecture that optimises scalability, performance and costs. |
| Replication and test cutover | We replicate your VMs into the target environment and test cutover scenarios. This validates integrity, performance and compatibility before the final move takes place. |
| Fallback and security | Should unexpected problems arise, documented fallback strategies take effect. Your data and systems remain protected at all times, and downtime is minimised. |
| €200 starting credit | Start the move without risk: with the automatic €200 starting credit you test migrations and proofs of concept before switching to production. |
| Focus | Implementation |
|---|---|
| Resource profiles for VMs | CPU, RAM, storage and network are dimensioned to your requirements. Storage profiles ensure fast I/O, while network segmentation ensures security. |
| Monitoring and observability | During and after the migration we monitor your systems with logs, metrics and traces. Dashboards and alerts support proactive troubleshooting. |
| Security concepts | Encrypted replication, access controls and audit trails protect sensitive systems. GDPR compliance is ensured as standard. |
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