Red Hat OpenStack VMware Migration toolkit deep-dive

Red Hat OpenStack VMware Migration toolkit deep-dive Highlights Ansible Integration with Ansible Automation Platform OpenStack APIs and Changed Block Tracking (CBT) for Warm Migration Infrastructure Components in the Migration Process Migration Workflow Overview Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform | Product Trial About the author Pedro Navarro Pérez More like this Blog post Blog post Keep exploring Browse by channel Automation Artificial intelligence Open hybrid cloud Security Edge computing Infrastructure Applications Virtualization Share When an organization currently on VMware evaluates transitioning to a new cloud platform, such as Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift , a key initial concern is typically the effective migration of VMware virtual machine workloads. The Red Hat OpenStack VMware Migration toolkit specifically addresses this need, providing an Ansible collection that aims to simplify and automate the migration process from VMware environments into Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift. This toolkit significantly reduces the complexity and downtime often associated with manual migrations, enabling organizations to rapidly and smoothly adopt cloud-native architectures. This article provides a deep dive into migrating VMware-based workloads to Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift. By following this guide, you’ll gain the essential knowledge and tools needed to plan and execute a successful, efficient migration. The Red Hat OpenStack VMware Migration Toolkit, delivered as an Ansible collection, comes with a powerful set of features designed to streamline and scale your migration efforts: Discovery mode: automatically gathers metadata from VMware vCenter, including VM definitions, network configurations, and storage details. Network mapping: supports mapping of source networks and ports to target Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift networks, including MAC address preservation. Flavor mapping and flavor creation: enables mapping VMware hardware profiles to OpenStack flavors or dynamically creates matching flavors during migration. Warm VM migration support: migrates running virtual machines with minimal disruption by leveraging snapshot and CBT-based mechanisms. Multi-disk and multi-NIC support: fully supports virtual machines with complex storage and networking setups, ensuring consistent and complete migration. Operating system compatibility: supports a broad range of guest OSes compatible with virt-v2v and certified for use with Red Hat OpenStack Services on OpenShift. One of the key advantages of the Red Hat OpenStack VMware Migration toolkit is its deep integration with Ansible, making it a natural fit for organizations using Ansible Automation Platform (AAP).