Seamlessly Migrate Your VMware Workloads to Google Cloud VMware Engine with Tech Mahindra

Is your organization facing a data center decommissioning deadline? Do you need a robust disaster recovery solution or want to modernize your applications with the power of the cloud? If so, migrating your on-premises VMware workloads to Google Cloud VMware Engine (GCVE) might be the perfect solution. Tech Mahindra offers a proven methodology for migrating your environment to GCVE quickly and with minimal disruption to your business. This post will explore the benefits of GCVE, common use cases, and how Tech Mahindra's factory-based approach ensures a successful migration. We achieve this through a structured methodology encompassing assessment, planning, migration, and optimization. Our proprietary Cloud BlazeTech, a robust Cloud accelerator framework, further accelerates this migration by streamlining and automating every step.

Why Migrate to Google Cloud VMware Engine?

GCVE provides a dedicated, fully managed VMware environment within Google Cloud. You can run your existing VMware workloads without significant refactoring or retraining. This is a powerful way to leverage Google Cloud's scale, security, and innovation while maintaining familiarity with and control over VMware.

Key Use Cases for VMware on GCVE:

Here are some common scenarios where migrating to GCVE makes strategic sense:

• Data Center Decommissioning: Time is of the essence when decommissioning a data center. GCVE allows you to "lift and shift" your VMware workloads quickly, mitigating risk and meeting tight deadlines.
• Disaster Recovery (DR) Site Creation: Building and maintaining a DR site can be costly and complex. GCVE provides a cost-effective DR solution that is fully managed by Google, significantly reducing your overhead.
• Leveraging Google Cloud's Data Analytics and AI: Unlock the power of Google Cloud's cutting-edge data analytics and AI/ML services by integrating them with your existing VMware workloads. Analyze your data in new ways and gain valuable insights.
• Application Modernization: GCVE acts as a stepping stone for application modernization. While running your applications in a familiar VMware environment, you can gradually modernize them using Google Cloud's native services, such as Kubernetes, serverless functions, and more.

How Tech Mahindra Facilitates Seamless VMware Migration to GCVE

Tech Mahindra utilizes a structured and automated approach to ensure a smooth and successful migration to GCVE using our Cloud BlazeTech platform. The process typically begins with an assessment using the Google Migration Center or Tech Mahindra's comprehensive assessment framework. This includes detailed analyses of your infrastructure and applications, culminating in a well-defined migration wave plan.

Migration Strategies:

Tech Mahindra leverages the appropriate VMware migration technologies to ensure efficient and smooth workload transfer:

• Cold Migration: For less critical workloads, a cold migration involves powering off the VM and moving it to GCVE using backup and restore methods.
• Warm Migration: For workloads requiring minimal downtime, a warm migration uses tools like VMware HCX to synchronize snapshots until a short migration window.
• Hot Migration: A hot migration replicates VMs with near-zero RPO/RTO for mission-critical applications, ensuring minimal disruption during the transition.

Tech Mahindra's Factory-Based Migration Approach:

Our factory-based model breaks down the migration into distinct phases:

• Discovery & Assessment (~2-3 weeks): Comprehensive data collection, infrastructure and application analysis, and business case development for migration and transformation.
• Planning: Application wave planning, migration strategy finalization, and automation design.
• Migration (~4-6 weeks per POD): Factory-based migration execution with applications grouped into independent PODs.
• Testing: Rigorous infrastructure testing, functional testing, system integration testing (SIT), and user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure stability and functionality.
• Cutover and Hypercare: Transitioning production systems to GCVE and providing extended support (1-3 months) to address post-migration issues and ensure a seamless handover.

Key Advantages of Migrating to GCVE with Tech Mahindra:

• Reduce operational costs: Optimize resource utilization and eliminate the need for costly on-premises hardware. Cloud BlazeTech's migration planning and orchestration capabilities
• Optimize resource utilization, minimizing costs both during and after the migration
• Access to PaaS Services: Seamless integration with Google Cloud's robust Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offerings suite.
• Cloud Benefits: Scalability, flexibility, and cost optimization are inherent in the cloud.
• Integrated Backup and DR: Leverage Google Cloud's built-in backup and disaster recovery capabilities.

Conclusion:

Migrating your VMware workloads to Google Cloud VMware Engine with Tech Mahindra is a strategic move that can unlock significant benefits. From faster data center decommissioning and enhanced disaster recovery to access to cutting-edge data analytics and AI capabilities, GCVE provides a pathway to cloud innovation without disrupting your existing operations. Tech Mahindra's factory-based approach, combined with its deep expertise in VMware and Google Cloud, ensures a smooth, efficient, and successful migration, empowering you to leverage the full potential of the cloud. Contact Tech Mahindra today to learn how we can help you transform your VMware environment.