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Leave VMware. Keep your infrastructure.
For businesses facing Broadcom’s VMware renewals: move to Proxmox VE, open-source virtualization, on the servers, storage and network you already own. Assessed, planned and migrated by techtrust, with 24/7 support across North America.
Start with an assessment · quoted up front
Why now
VMware changed. Your hardware didn’t.
Since Broadcom bought VMware, the way it is sold has changed, and many small and mid-sized environments now pay for far more than they use.
Keep your infrastructure
Move the platform, not the whole data centre.
Proxmox VE runs on the same kind of x86 servers as VMware ESXi. In most environments the hardware, storage and network stay where they are; the assessment confirms what yours can reuse.
What stays
Your infrastructure.
- Your servers. Reused wherever the assessment confirms compatibility.
- Your storage. Existing iSCSI, NFS or Fibre Channel SANs, or Ceph across your own servers.
- Your network. VLANs, addressing and firewall rules carried over.
- Your VMs. Imported, not rebuilt: Proxmox VE has a built-in VMware import wizard since 8.2. Source
- Your backups. Keep Veeam, which supports Proxmox VE since 12.2, or use Proxmox Backup Server. Source
What changes
Your platform and your bill.
- Open source. Proxmox VE is free and open source. Enterprise support subscriptions are optional, priced per CPU socket.
- No per-core bundles. No 72-core minimums, and no paying for features you don’t use.
- Built in. Clustering, high availability and live migration are part of the platform.
- Storage choices. ZFS, Ceph or your existing SAN.
- Automation. A full web interface plus a REST API that works with Terraform and Ansible.
Where every move starts
The VMware exit assessment.
A review of your environment, quoted up front, that ends in a decision you can take to the business. You keep the report whatever you decide.
- Current-state inventory. Hosts, VMs, storage, network, backups, licences and renewal dates.
- Compatibility check. Hardware, storage, guest operating systems, drivers and backup tools.
- Costed options. Renew, move to Proxmox VE, or a mix, compared over the next three years.
- Target design. Cluster sizing, high availability, storage, networking and backup.
- Migration plan. Waves, downtime windows per system, and a tested rollback.
- A walkthrough. We go through the findings with you and your team, in plain language.
The path
Leaving VMware, on a plan.
Five steps, each with written output. Nothing is switched off until the new platform has proved itself.
- Assess. The exit assessment: inventory, compatibility, costed options.
- Design. Cluster, storage, network and backup design for Proxmox VE, built on what you already own.
- Pilot. Move a few low-risk VMs first, test them with your team, and refine the runbook.
- Migrate in waves. Scheduled outside working hours. VMware stays in place until you sign off.
- Operate. Documentation, admin training, and 24/7 support if you want it.
Where to start
Book the assessment. It’s quoted up front, and you’ll know the cost of every option before you commit to any of them.
Now available
24/7 support across North America.
Once you’re on Proxmox VE, we can run it with you around the clock, remotely across Canada and the United States, and on site in Durham Region and the GTA.
- Monitoring and alerts. Hosts, storage, VMs and backups watched day and night.
- Incident response, any hour. A person who knows your environment when something goes wrong.
- Updates on a schedule. Proxmox VE and host updates planned, tested and applied.
- Backup checks. Backups verified and restores tested, not just scheduled.
- Capacity planning. Warning before you run out of storage, memory or headroom.
- Documentation that stays current. Your environment written down, so nothing depends on one person.
Who does the work
Enterprise infrastructure experience, sized for your business.
techtrust is run by Ali Nazar Azizi, who designs enterprise infrastructure for a living. The same discipline goes into every migration: documented, tested and handed over in a state you can run.
FAQ
Questions IT teams ask.
Will our VMs need to be rebuilt?
No. VMs are imported with their disks and most settings intact, then switched to Proxmox VE’s own (VirtIO) drivers for the best performance.
How much downtime should we expect?
Each VM is down only for its own cutover, scheduled outside working hours. The migration plan lists the expected downtime for every system before anything moves.
Can we keep Veeam?
Yes. Veeam Backup & Replication supports Proxmox VE. Proxmox Backup Server is a strong alternative if you’d rather drop the licence.
What about Windows Server licensing?
Windows Server is licensed by physical cores, whichever hypervisor runs it. We confirm your position during the assessment.
Who supports Proxmox VE itself?
Proxmox Server Solutions offers enterprise subscriptions with the stable update repository and vendor support. We provide 24/7 front-line support on top, across North America.
What if Proxmox isn’t right for us?
Then the assessment says so. Sometimes renegotiating, or a mix of platforms, is the better answer, and you’ll get the numbers either way.
Contact
Start a conversation.
Tell us about your VMware environment and your renewal date. You’ll get a reply from Ali with a few questions and a suggested first step.
Prefer to talk? Call (416) 457-3639 or email admin@techtrust.ca.