Assessment · VMware · OpenShift Virtualization
Leaving VMware? A fixed-price exit assessment.
In seven working days you will know what to move, where to, in what order and at what cost, before you commit to a renewal or a project.
Include the number of hosts, your vSphere version and the renewal date. hello@inframaker.eu
The assessment at a glance
- Time
- 7 working days, over 2 to 3 weeks
- Scope
- Up to about 10 hosts and 150 virtual machines. Larger estates on request
- Access
- Read-only vCenter access, or an RVTools export
- Price
- from €3,500excl. VAT
Context
Why decide now
- vSphere 8 leaves general support on 11 October 2027. Source
- VMware licences are now per-core subscriptions, with a minimum of 16 cores per socket. Source.
- A CloudBolt survey (February 2026, 302 IT leaders at North American firms with more than 1,000 employees) found that 86% are reducing their VMware footprint, but only 4% have left it entirely. Source.
Leaving slowly and with a plan costs less than leaving in a hurry because of a renewal date.
Scope
What is included
- Inventory of hosts, virtual machines, storage, networks and service dependencies.
- Workload classification: move, keep or retire.
- Comparison of targets. OpenShift Virtualization as the main option; Proxmox, Hyper-V with Azure Local and Nutanix at comparison level.
- Three-year costs: licences, hardware and migration effort.
- Risks: Windows drivers, backups, networking (NSX), storage.
- A wave plan with cutover windows.
Timeline
What an assessment looks like
Week 1
Read-only access and data collection. A short interview with whoever knows the applications.
Week 2
Analysis, workload classification and comparison of targets with their costs.
Week 3
Report, wave plan and presentation session.
Afterwards
If you decide to go ahead
I can build the pilot and automate the first wave with Ansible, quoted separately with a fixed scope. If you would rather have another provider do it, the report works just as well.
Fit
Who it is for
Organisations with up to about 10 hosts and a VMware renewal or end of support in the next 12 to 18 months, already using Linux or Red Hat or considering it.
I don't offer 24/7 on-call or mass migrations, and my VMware experience runs to 2018. The value here is the analysis and the plan.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
Why assess before migrating?
Because not everything should move at once. According to Gartner, a full migration can take more than three years. The assessment decides what to move first, what to keep and what to retire, with three-year costs in view.
Do you work with Proxmox, Nutanix or Hyper-V?
I compare them in the assessment. My implementation focus is OpenShift Virtualization and KVM with Ansible automation. If another platform fits better, I will say so and point you to someone who implements it well.
How much VMware do you know today?
I worked with vSphere, vCenter, NSX and vCloud Director between 2010 and 2018. I know how those environments work inside, which is what it takes to take them apart. I don't offer current vSphere 8 or VMware Cloud Foundation administration.
How do you work and how do you invoice?
Remotely, under a written contract that fixes scope, deliverables and mutual confidentiality. I invoice as a self-employed professional in Spain, with 30-day payment terms. Prices on this site exclude VAT.
Shall we talk?
Describe your environment and I will confirm on a free 30-minute call whether an assessment makes sense.