Nutanix Move is a software solution designed by Nutanix to facilitate the migration of virtual machines (VMs) from a virtualization environment to a Nutanix infrastructure in a simple, secure way and with minimal downtime.

Key features of Nutanix Move

Nutanix Move allows you to move virtual machines from traditional hypervisors, such as VMware vSphere or Hyper-V, to Nutanix AHV (Acropolis Hypervisor) or other supported hypervisors. It supports various hypervisor environments such as VMware ESXi, Hyper-V, AWS, and Nutanix AHV. It is possible to migrate workloads from public or private cloud environments to Nutanix hyperconverged infrastructures.

Nutanix Move ensures a migration by minimizing the downtime of services and applications, thus allowing continuity of operations during the entire transition process. In addition, you will not have to reconfigure anything once the virtual machine is migrated.

Thanks to an intuitive interface, Nutanix Move simplifies the migration process by automating many manual tasks, which reduces the risk of human error and improves efficiency. However, certain prerequisites must be respected for the migration to take place in the best conditions

Nutanix Move allows you to evaluate workloads before migration, identifying potential issues in order to avoid any negative impact on application performance after migration. It also allows you to simulate your scenarios before executing them.

Use Cases

The use case we have encountered most often in recent months is that of companies seeking to reduce costs related to the explosion in the price of VMware licenses following the acquisition by Broadcom by migrating to Nutanix AHV.

For my part, I was also able to experiment with it on a remote desktop server migration from Hyper-V to Nutanix AHV and I must say that with each migration I am amazed by the simplicity and efficiency of the solution.

Having implemented it several times in a professional context, I can affirm that Nutanix Move is an essential tool for anyone wishing to modernize their IT infrastructure and facilitate their transition to a Nutanix hyperconverged environment.

See you in the next article to discover how to deploy the solution on Nutanix AHV.

Official documentation: https://portal.nutanix.com/page/documents/details?targetId=Nutanix-Move-