Escape VMware Lock-In: Migrate to OpenStack with Confidence
Seamlessly transfer your VMware workloads to OpenStack using Storware’s built-in V2V migration.
One platform protects both environments—before, during, and after migration.
Broadcom's acquisition has fundamentally changed the virtualization landscape
- Licensing Cost Explosion – Organizations report 2-10x price increases under new Broadcom terms, with forced subscription models replacing perpetual licenses.
- Forced Product Bundling – Pay for features you don’t need. New licensing structures require purchasing entire suites instead of individual products.
- Vendor Lock-In Risk – Proprietary ecosystem limits strategic flexibility. Your infrastructure decisions shouldn’t be hostage to one vendor’s pricing changes.
- Migration Complexity Fear – Concerns about downtime, data loss, and tooling gaps prevent organizations from taking action despite cost pressures.
One Platform for VMware, OpenStack, and Everything In Between
Storware Backup and Recovery is the only backup platform built from the ground up for multi-hypervisor environments. Our agentless architecture provides unified protection for both VMware and OpenStack—so you don't need to change your backup tool before, during, or after migration.
Agentless Architecture
No agents to install, update, or troubleshoot. Protect 1,000 VMs without managing 1,000 agents.
True Multi-Platform Support
Equal feature richness for both VMware and OpenStack—not VMware-first with OpenStack as an afterthought.
Zero Tool Changes
Same platform protects your environment before, during, and after migration. No retraining required.
Built-in V2V Migration
Direct restoration of VMware backups to OpenStack without intermediary conversion tools.
Proven Enterprise Platform
Trusted by 4,000+ organizations including Fortune 500 companies worldwide.
Why Organizations Choose Storware for Migration
Eliminate Migration Risk
Your VMware backups become your safety net. If anything goes wrong during migration, restore to VMware and try again. No data loss, no extended downtime.
Reduce Complexity
One platform handles backup, recovery, and migration. No separate migration tools to learn, license, or troubleshoot.
Accelerate Time-to-Value
Start protecting OpenStack workloads immediately after migration. No gap in data protection coverage during the transition.
Future-Proof Your Infrastructure
Storware supports 15+ hypervisor platforms. As your infrastructure evolves, your backup strategy scales with it.
Optimize Total Cost of Ownership
Universal licensing eliminates per-VM or per-socket costs. Predictable pricing that doesn’t scale with environment size.
Simplified Migration in Four Steps
No intermediary conversion tools. No manual disk format conversion. No scripting required.
- Back Up Your VMware VMs | Create consistent backups of your VMware virtual machines using Storware’s agentless backup. Full and incremental backups are supported with Changed Block Tracking (CBT) for efficient data capture.
- Select Migration Target | Choose your destination OpenStack environment, project, and cluster. Configure storage mapping and network assignments through the intuitive WebUI migration wizard.
- Execute Migration | Storware automatically handles disk format conversion (VMDK to QCOW2/RAW), driver injection, and resource mapping. The migration process converts and restores VMs directly to your OpenStack environment.
- Validate and Protect | Verify migrated workloads in OpenStack, then continue protecting them with the same Storware platform. No tool changes, no retraining, no gaps in data protection.
Frequently Asked Questions
- Do I need separate tools for backup and migration?
No. Storware Backup and Recovery handles both backup/recovery and V2V migration in a single platform. Your existing VMware backups can be directly restored to OpenStack without additional tools. - What happens to my data protection during migration?
Storware protects both VMware and OpenStack environments with equal feature coverage. There’s no gap in protection—your VMs are backed up before migration, and the same platform continues protecting them after. - Do I need to install agents on my VMs?
No. Storware uses agentless architecture for both VMware and OpenStack environments. Backups and migrations are performed through hypervisor APIs without installing anything inside your VMs.
- Which OpenStack distributions are supported?
Storware supports all major OpenStack distributions including Canonical OpenStack, Red Hat OpenStack Platform, and community deployments. Both KVM and QEMU hypervisors are fully supported.
- Can I migrate Windows VMs to OpenStack?
Yes. Storware supports migration of Windows 10 Pro, Windows 11 Pro, Windows Server 2019, and 2022. Note that Windows VMs must be powered off before creating the backup used for V2V migration.
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