The VCF 9 upgrade guide | Part 3 – After the Aria upgrade

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After the Aria upgrade: Using CMP to test your way out of Broadcom

Moving away from VMware doesn’t have to mean choosing a new platform and migrating everything at once. With a vendor-agnostic control plane, organizations can keep VMware in production while testing alternatives like Nutanix AHV, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization, Proxmox VE, and public cloud on their own timeline.

This solution brief explores how CloudBolt CMP turns VMware migration from a high-risk, all-or-nothing decision into a series of controlled, governed pilots. Instead of building separate automation, policies, and processes for every new platform, teams can use the same governance and orchestration layer across their existing VMware environment and the alternatives they want to evaluate.

It also examines one of the biggest challenges of infrastructure diversification: moving away from one platform can quickly create more consoles, tools, APIs, policies, and operational silos. The diagram on page 3 shows how adding Nutanix, Proxmox, OpenShift, and public cloud can multiply operational complexity without a common control plane.
Download the guide to learn:

• Why testing VMware alternatives can be more practical than committing to a single replacement
• How Nutanix AHV, OpenShift Virtualization, Proxmox VE, and public cloud compare as potential destinations
• How to pilot new infrastructure alongside your existing VMware estate
• Why replacing VMware with multiple platforms can create a new management and governance problem
• How CloudBolt CMP provides consistent automation and governance across different infrastructure
• How different workloads can move to different platforms on their own timelines
• How to build a more controlled, incremental path away from Broadcom

There may not be one universal replacement for VMware. CloudBolt CMP gives you a way to test your options with real workloads and real automation while keeping everything under a consistent governance model. Instead of betting your infrastructure strategy on the next platform, you can find out what works before you commit.