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Learn about VMs from VMware vSphere to ONTAP datastores

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VMware vSphere administrators can enhance their infrastructure by migrating workloads to NetApp ONTAP datastores. ONTAP delivers VM-aware snapshots, storage-efficient clones, and seamless vMotion operations while supporting Storage Policy-Based Management (SPBM). Whether migrating from vSAN, legacy storage, or implementing hybrid cloud deployments, ONTAP provides improved performance and simplified storage operations for VMware environments.

This migration enables seamless integration, improved data protection, and greater flexibility in managing virtualized environments, ensuring a smooth transition with minimal downtime.

Use cases

There are many options with migration in terms of the source and destination when considering moving to ONTAP backed datastores.

  • Migration from third party storage systems (including vSAN) to ONTAP datastores.

  • Migration of VMs in the same vSphere cluster

  • Migration of VMs across multiple vSphere clusters

  • Migration of VMs across vCenter servers in same SSO domain

  • Migration of VMs across vCenter servers in different SSO domains

  • Migration of VMs across datacenter locations

  • Migration from third party storage systems (including vSAN) to ONTAP datastores.

  • Migration of VMs in a hybrid cloud environment

For more information on migrating VMware workloads to ONTAP backed datastores, see the Migrate VMs to ONTAP datastores.