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SanRadiance VMware Exit Practice

Leave VMware on your terms, before 11 October 2027.

A fixed-price VMware Exit Assessment in 10 working days: inventory, three-year cost model and migration plan. From US$3,000.

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  • Built for estates of 50–500 VMs
  • Proxmox VE or OpenShift Virtualization
  • Phased waves with a rollback path
The deadline

Every vSphere 8 estate has to decide by 11 October 2027

Broadcom ends general support for vSphere 8.0 on that date. A migration needs an inventory, a target platform, a pilot and several cutover waves, so the estates that start now are the ones that finish on time.

1

Upgrade

Move to the 9.x line under Broadcom's current subscription terms.

2

Stay put

Keep running vSphere 8 after general support has ended.

3

Exit

Move workloads to Proxmox VE or OpenShift Virtualization. This is the path we deliver.

Three fixed offers

Start small. Commit only when the numbers work.

Each offer stands alone. Most clients begin with the assessment and decide the rest from its findings.

VMware Exit Assessment: inventory, three-year cost model and migration plan
Offer 1

Exit Assessment

US$3–5k1–2 weeks · fixed price
  • Inventory of hosts, VMs, storage and networking
  • Three-year cost model: stay, Proxmox or OpenShift
  • Migration plan with waves, risks and timeline
Start with the assessment →
Pilot and migration, priced per VM and tiered by complexity
Offer 2

Pilot and migration

US$150–300per VM · tiered by complexity
  • Pilot of 10–20 VMs before any commitment
  • Old and new clusters run in parallel
  • Your sign-off after every migration wave
Plan a pilot →
Managed operations on a monthly retainer per host
Offer 3

Managed operations

Monthly retainerper host · priced to your environment
  • Monitoring, patching and upgrades
  • Backup checks and capacity reviews
  • Admin training for your own team
Ask about a retainer →

Prices are indicative starting ranges in US dollars. You get a written fixed quote before any work begins.

How it works

From first call to a running platform

  1. 01

    20-minute call

    We check VM count, renewal date and fit. No charge, no slides.

  2. 02

    Assessment

    You send an RVTools export. We return the inventory, cost model and plan.

  3. 03

    Pilot

    10–20 representative VMs move first, so problems surface early and cheaply.

  4. 04

    Migration waves

    Workloads move in phases, each with a rollback path and your sign-off.

  5. 05

    Run and hand over

    We operate the platform on a retainer, or train your admins to take it over.

Where you land

Two target platforms, chosen by workload

Primary

Proxmox VE with Ceph

Open-source virtualization for teams that want VMs to stay VMs, with clustered storage in place of vSAN.

Premium

OpenShift Virtualization

VMs and containers on one platform, moved with Red Hat's Migration Toolkit for Virtualization.

Best fit: 50–500 VMs with a VMware renewal or the vSphere 8 deadline inside the next 12 months.

The hard cases the plan covers

Cheap migrations skip these. They are where a cutover fails, so they are planned first.

  • Windows VMsVirtIO drivers installed before cutover
  • vTPM and encryptionKeys and attestation re-established on the target
  • NSX rulesSegments and firewall policy mapped to the new network
  • vSAN to CephStorage policy, sizing and performance checked up front
  • BackupJobs re-platformed and restores tested
  • HA and DRSEquivalent failover and placement behaviour configured

Not sure you will leave? The assessment still earns its fee.

It gives you a costed alternative and a dated migration plan to take into your Broadcom renewal. Whether you move everything, move part or stay, you decide with real numbers.

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Questions

What buyers ask first

Do we have to leave VMware completely?
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No. The cost model compares staying on VMware with Proxmox and OpenShift Virtualization side by side. Moving only part of the estate is a valid outcome.
How do you limit downtime and risk?
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The new cluster runs alongside the old one. Workloads move in waves, each with a rollback path, and nothing is decommissioned until you sign off that wave.
How long does a migration take?
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It depends on VM count and complexity. The assessment gives you a wave plan with dates, and the pilot of 10–20 VMs confirms the pace before you commit.
How is the per-VM price decided?
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Standard Linux and Windows VMs sit at the lower end. VMs with vTPM, multiple database disks, raw device mappings or NSX dependencies sit at the upper end. The assessment assigns every VM a tier.
Which platforms do you migrate to?
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Proxmox VE with Ceph, and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization. We do not currently deliver Nutanix or Hyper-V migrations.
Can you deliver under our brand?
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Yes. MSPs and VMware resellers can use us for white-label assessment and migration delivery. Mention it when you book the call.
Book a 20-minute call

Twenty minutes to find out if an exit is worth costing.

You talk to the engineer who would run your assessment: Satya YV, CTO – AI & Infrastructure, with a VMware/Broadcom engineering background.

  • Bring your VM count and renewal date
  • Leave with a clear yes or no on fit
  • No obligation and no sales deck
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