Turn Your VMware Exit into a Disaster Recovery and Backup Upgrade

With Broadcom’s acquisition of VMware, pricing has increased dramatically, by 3x to even 10x in some cases. The result? A mass migration of enterprises looking to exit the VMware ecosystem in favor of more flexible, cost-effective alternatives.

Many of those enterprises are using RackWare as the exit vehicle. We’re seeing a surge in customers moving their workloads off VMware to KVM, OpenStack, Hyper-V, Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager (OLVM), various Private Clouds and even directly to the public cloud. But while migration solves the cost and lock-in problem, it introduces a new one: What happens to your Disaster Recovery and Backup strategy?

The Problem: VMware-Centric DR Tools Don’t Travel Well

Many popular Disaster Recovery and backup solutions—like Zerto, VMware Site Recovery, or other vSphere-tied tools—simply don’t work outside of the VMware ecosystem. That means companies not only need to rethink their production infrastructure but also must reinvent their disaster recovery strategy from scratch.

The RackWare Advantage: Migration + DR + Backup, Unified

If you’re using RackWare to migrate your VMs, you’ve already done 90% of the work required to configure RackWare’s DR and Backup solution. With just a few additional steps, you can:

  • Enable DR and Backup on your new platform—whether on-prem or in the cloud

  • Configure Cross-Platform DR (e.g., KVM to AWS, OLVM to OCI, HyperV to GCP)

  • Failover to any cloud or platform of your choice, automatically or on-demand

  • Protect containerized workloads—including those previously running on VMware Tanzu

This is the power of RackWare’s cross-cloud, cross-platform architecture.

One Platform for Migration, Protection, and Recovery

Unlike single-purpose tools, RackWare offers a unified software stack that supports:

  • Any source: VMware, bare metal, containers, cloud

  • Any target: KVM, Hyper-V, OpenStack, OLVM, AWS, Azure, OCI, and more

  • Automated failover, failback, and non-disruptive testing

  • Backup and point-in-time recovery capabilities

Smart Move: Don’t Start Over — Extend What You’ve Already Built

You don’t need to re-engineer your backup and DR infrastructure when leaving VMware. With RackWare, your migration is your foundation for resilient operations—on any platform, in any cloud.

Migrating off VMware? Don’t just move. Protect.

Talk to us about how RackWare can streamline your transition and secure your future.

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