Migration Services
Codimite migrates VMware virtual machines, applications, storage, and network configurations to Google Cloud. Modernize your infrastructure, improve scalability, and reduce VMware dependency through a controlled migration approach.
Modernize VMware Workloads
Move suitable workloads away from VMware-specific infrastructure, management, and licensing requirements.
Convert VMware workloads into Compute Engine virtual machine instances using Google Cloud migration services.
Rehost workloads first and later move suitable applications to containers, managed databases, Kubernetes, or serverless platforms.
Adjust computing, storage, and networking resources as workload requirements change.
Design workloads across Google Cloud zones and regions to support availability, backup, and disaster recovery.
Connect migrated workloads with BigQuery, Vertex AI, Gemini, analytics, and other Google Cloud services.
Migration Process
Inventory VMware hosts, clusters, virtual machines, operating systems, applications, storage, networks, dependencies, and resource usage.
Define the Google Cloud landing zone, target virtual machine configurations, networking, identity, security, storage, backup, and monitoring.
Select suitable virtual machines for an initial migration and validate compatibility, performance, security, and cost assumptions.
Replicate workloads and create test clones to confirm that applications operate correctly before production cutover. Google Cloud's Migrate to Virtual Machines supports replication, test clones, and controlled cutover workflows.
Move production traffic, validate workloads, decommission selected VMware resources, and optimize Google Cloud configurations.
Why Codimite
Codimite combines Google Cloud architecture, virtualization, application modernization, security, and DevOps expertise to support end-to-end VMware migrations.
Talk to a Cloud Migration ExpertVMware Estate Assessment. We evaluate your vSphere environment, workloads, dependencies, utilization, licensing considerations, and migration priorities.
Google Cloud Architecture Expertise. We design secure Google Cloud environments across Compute Engine, networking, storage, identity, backup, monitoring, and managed services.
Flexible Migration Paths. We help determine whether workloads should move directly to Compute Engine, transition through Google Cloud VMware Engine, or be modernized.
Application Modernization. Suitable applications can be replatformed or refactored using containers, GKE, Cloud Run, managed databases, and cloud-native services.
Risk-Managed Cutover. Replication, test clones, phased migrations, rollback planning, and controlled cutovers help reduce operational disruption.
End-to-End Support. Codimite supports discovery, design, migration, testing, cutover, optimization, documentation, and knowledge transfer.
Comparison
| Comparison Area | VMware Environment | Google Cloud Opportunity |
|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure model | Virtual machines run on owned or hosted VMware infrastructure | ✓ Virtual machines run on scalable Google Cloud infrastructure |
| Licensing | Requires applicable VMware platform licenses or subscriptions | ✓ Reduces dependence on VMware-specific licensing for migrated workloads |
| Capacity planning | Capacity depends on available hosts, storage, and data center resources | ✓ Adjust compute and storage resources as requirements change |
| Hardware lifecycle | Requires server, storage, warranty, and refresh management | ✓ Google manages the underlying physical cloud infrastructure |
| Deployment | New capacity may require infrastructure configuration or procurement | ✓ Provision virtual machines and related resources through software and automation |
| Migration approach | Workloads remain tied to the existing vSphere environment | ✓ Use replication, test clones, and controlled cutovers to Compute Engine |
| Scalability | Limited by available cluster and data center capacity | ✓ Scale workloads using cloud resources and managed services |
| Modernization | Applications may remain dependent on virtual machine architecture | ✓ Move suitable workloads to GKE, Cloud Run, managed databases, data, and AI services |
| Operations | Internal teams manage hypervisors and physical infrastructure | ✓ Shift selected infrastructure responsibilities to Google Cloud |
FAQs
Yes. Google Cloud's Migrate to Virtual Machines supports migrations from VMware vSphere environments to Compute Engine virtual machine instances.
No. Workloads can move directly to Compute Engine, remain in VMware, transition to Google Cloud VMware Engine, or be modernized using other Google Cloud services.
Compute Engine runs workloads as Google Cloud virtual machines without requiring the VMware software stack. Google Cloud VMware Engine provides a managed VMware environment in Google Cloud for workloads that still depend on VMware technologies.
Minimal downtime may be possible through continuous replication, testing, planned cutover windows, and rollback preparation. The final downtime depends on the workload and data-consistency requirements.
It may reduce hardware, licensing, maintenance, and selected operational costs. Actual results depend on workload sizing, storage, network usage, architecture, licensing, and cloud-resource management.
The timeline depends on the number of virtual machines, data volume, operating systems, application dependencies, network requirements, migration strategy, and acceptable downtime.
Identify which VMware workloads should be migrated, modernized, or retained through a focused cloud assessment.
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