The Case for Red Hat OpenShift

As organizations respond to Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, rising licensing costs, and the need for more modern infrastructure, many are reevaluating their virtualization strategy. Moving off VMware is an opportunity to modernize how infrastructure is operated across virtual machines and container-based applications.

With Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, organizations can run traditional VMs and cloud-native workloads on a single Kubernetes platform, enabling a gradual transition toward container-native operations without disrupting existing systems.

A Practical Migration Path

Successful VMware transitions focus on phased modernization rather than disruptive migrations.

Assess the VMware environment

Inventory workloads, dependencies, and resource utilization to determine which applications can move immediately and which should be modernized over time.

Establish OpenShift as the platform

OpenShift provides a unified environment where virtual machines and containers run together, allowing teams to manage both through a single operational model.

Migrate workloads incrementally

Using tools like the Migration Toolkit for Virtualization (MTV), VMware VMs can move into OpenShift Virtualization with minimal disruption while preserving configurations and storage.

Standardize operations with automation

Using Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, teams automate VM lifecycle management, OpenShift operations, provisioning, compliance, and infrastructure workflows across both environments.

Ready to Move Beyond VMware?

If your organization is evaluating OpenShift Virtualization as a path forward, we can help. Our team provides platform design, migration planning, and automation services to guide a smooth transition from VMware to OpenShift. Along with automation technologies like Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform, we help standardize operations across virtual machines and containers—so your team can modernize infrastructure with confidence. Connect with us to start planning your transition.