Moving to Aurakore

Move on your own timeline.

Most teams arrive from a platform they already run. The move starts with an assessment, goes in waves you agree, and does not have to wait on a renewal date.

  1. 01ArriveWe assess what you run, size the edition and hosts, and install every host from one signed image.
  2. 02ConnectNetworks, storage and sign-in are linked, and workloads move in waves you agree, each checked before cut-over.
  3. 03OperateYour team runs it from one console, asks in plain language, and every change lands in the ledger.
  4. 04GrowAdd hosts, move up an edition, or add Perimeter and Resilience when you need them.
Moving is on us

We make the move as easy as it can be.

A change of platform is a big decision for a large organisation. We take the cost and the risk of the move off your hands, and the people who help you know the platform you are leaving as well as the one you are moving to.

FreeMigration at no chargeWe run the move with your team: discovery, the build, each wave and the cut-over, at no charge.
FreeSix months of VMware supportIndependent third-party support for the VMware perpetual licenses in your migration plan while you move. Larger programs can extend it, up to twelve months, set on your quote. Break-fix and guidance from our engineers; it does not include Broadcom patches or new VMware releases.
EnterpriseA dedicated support contactA named person, with a named backup, you reach directly by email or phone in your business hours, with our on-call engineers behind them after hours.
The people who answer know VMware from the inside. Every support engineer has six or more years of experience with VMware and other virtualization platforms and is VCF certified, and some hold Broadcom's VCF Knight status. The same team supports you on Aurakore after the move, so there is one team, not two vendors.

Offers and their terms are set out on your quote.

Where are you coming from?

Your starting point, your plan.

Pick the platform you run today.

What changes

vCenter becomes Aurakore Console, vSAN becomes Aurakore SAN, and live migration, high availability and automatic balancing carry on under their own names. Every Aurakore edition, side by side, is on the comparison page.

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Meanwhile

With an Aurakore Virtualization order of at least one year, six months of independent third-party support for the VMware licenses in your migration plan come free while you move, and the migration itself is at no charge. Break-fix and guidance; not Broadcom patches. Offer terms

See VMware support

Annual payment schedules for multi-year agreements are available through Aurakore Capital.

What we need from you

Five things start the assessment.

The assessment maps what you run today, sizes the edition and the hosts for it, and plans the order in which workloads move. Hardware follows the work, never the reverse.

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  1. Your inventoryAn export of the hosts, virtual machines, storage and networks you run today.
  2. Your hostsThe servers you plan to run Aurakore on, or the ones you would like us to size.
  3. A contact per siteSomeone who knows each site and can agree its windows.
  4. Your datesRenewal and support dates, so the plan fits around them.
  5. What cannot stopThe workloads that need their own window, so they get one.
Offer terms

Free migration and VMware support: the terms.

For organizations moving VMware vSphere workloads to Aurakore Virtualization. The terms on your quote govern.

Who qualifies
  • An order for Aurakore Virtualization with a term of at least one year, licensing the cores your moved workloads will run on.
  • The first year paid in advance, or the first annual payment made under Aurakore Capital, before the migration starts.
  • A migration plan agreed with Aurakore that starts within 90 days of the order.
  • One offer per organization. Both items appear on your quote at list price with a 100% discount.
What the free migration includes
  • Discovery and sizing of the VMware estate in your migration plan.
  • The migration plan: the waves, their order and the cut-over windows, agreed with you.
  • Moving each virtual machine from VMware vSphere to Aurakore Virtualization, checking that it starts and its network attaches, with the original kept until you sign the wave off.
  • Delivered remotely by Aurakore engineers working with your team.
What the free migration does not include
  • Buying, racking or cabling hardware.
  • Upgrading or changing guest operating systems or applications.
  • Licences for the operating systems and applications inside your virtual machines.
  • Moving physical servers, or workloads from platforms other than VMware vSphere.
  • On-site work, and application testing beyond the start and network check; both can be quoted separately.
What the six months of VMware support covers
  • VMware perpetual licenses your organization owns, for the hosts and products in your migration plan, within the published support scope.
  • The products and versions listed on VMware support. VMware Cloud Foundation is covered as its component products: vSphere, vCenter, vSAN and NSX.
  • The Standard plan's service: 24/7 operations support, troubleshooting, configuration guidance, a 24-hour initial response and up to five support tickets.
  • Six months from the start of the migration plan. Larger programs can extend it, up to twelve months, when it is set on the quote.
What the VMware support does not cover
  • Broadcom patches, updates, new releases or security fixes, and access to Broadcom's downloads or knowledge base.
  • VMware subscription licenses, which Broadcom supports.
  • Hosts and products outside your migration plan, and products not listed on the VMware support page.
  • Server, storage and network hardware support.
Your part, and when the offer ends
  • A current, tested backup of every virtual machine before its cut-over, administrator access for the move, a named contact, and sign-off of each wave.
  • The free support ends after its term, or earlier if the Aurakore Virtualization order is cancelled or unpaid. After that, VMware support continues at the published prices if you want it.
Questions

Moving, answered.

Will our workloads go down during the move?

Each workload moves in a window you agree. The plan sets the order and the cut-over with you, and the workloads that cannot stop get their own window.

How is a move checked before cut-over?

Workloads move in waves. Each wave is started and checked on Aurakore before its cut-over, and the original stays in place until you sign it off.

What does the migration cost?

Nothing, with an Aurakore Virtualization order of at least one year. Aurakore runs the migration at no charge, and VMware customers get six months of independent third-party support for the VMware licenses in their migration plan free while they move; larger programs can extend it up to twelve months. See the offer terms.

What happens to our current licences?

They keep running until their workloads have moved. Our support for your VMware estate is break-fix and guidance from our own engineers, not Broadcom patches or new releases, and the plan fits around your renewal dates.

Who does the work?

Aurakore Services runs the assessment and the migration with your team. Every support engineer has six or more years of experience with VMware and other virtualization platforms, and Enterprise customers get a dedicated support contact they reach directly by email or phone. The plan and every change are written down.

Do we need new hardware?

Not always. The assessment looks at the servers you have first and sizes new ones only where the work needs them. Hardware follows the work, never the reverse.

VMware, vSphere, vCenter, vSAN and VCF are trademarks of Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries; VCF Knight is a Broadcom recognition. Nutanix, Prism and AOS are trademarks of Nutanix, Inc. Hyper-V is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Aurakore is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any of them.

Managed with evidence, never on faith.

What the platform did, who asked for it and who approved it is written down, on your hardware, and independently checkable.

See it on your own hardware.

Ask for an evaluation and a migration assessment.

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