TechVits × Platform9 · VMware exit path

Your lowest-risk path beyond VMware.

The safest exit from VMware — Platform9 Private Cloud Director on your existing hardware and arrays, delivered and supported in India by TechVits Solutions.

“Platform9 is the best alternative to VMware, Hyper-V, Nutanix, OpenShift and Proxmox.”

Workloads moving from a VMware cluster to a Platform9 Private Cloud Director cluster

20,000+nodes under management

Fortune 500customers in production

10+ yrsin production at scale

01 · The clock is running

Three clocks are running on VMware ESXi 8.x. None of them wait for the board.

ESXi 8.x standalone timeline — not VCF, not VVF. The platform did not change; the contract did.

ALREADY PASSED Feb 2024

Perpetual licensing withdrawn

Subscription-only since. Legacy entitlements cannot be renewed. 3-year TCO rises, doesn’t fall.

— Broadcom public

DEADLINE 01 11 Oct 2027

ESXi 8.x General Support ends

No patches. No security fixes. PCI / NIST / HIPAA treat unsupported hypervisors as undefendable.

— Broadcom KB 392942

DEADLINE 02 11 Oct 2029

ESXi 8.x Technical Guidance ends

No new hardware certifications. End of the road for the 8.x line.

— endoflife.date · ESXi

This is the ESXi 8.x forced-migration timeline. VCF is a separate, harder problem.

02 · The cost trap

The renewal shock is analyst-validated, not vendor anecdote.

Three independent research firms have each documented the VMware repricing problem. Their validation removes doubt from the boardroom conversation.

+100–800% at renewal — IDC (Aug 2024)

4–7× typical VCF cost — analyst commentary

Vendor lock-in reassessed — industry analyst consensus

TRAP 01 · BUNDLING

VCF forced. Pay for NSX + vSAN whether used or not.

TRAP 02 · HARDWARE

ESXi 9.x drops Broadwell-DE/EP + Kabylake-S. Skylake-S/SP/D phased out at 9.2. Forced refresh at peak pricing.

— Broadcom KB 318697

TRAP 03 · CORES

16-core minimum per CPU. +200–350% at edge.

03 · The alternatives landscape

Not all alternatives are equal. Only one avoids the trade.

Five options on the table. Each carries a technical or commercial trade. Platform9 is the only one that doesn’t.

✕ FORCED EXIT

VMware VCF / VVF

CPU deprecations force refresh at peak pricing
+100–800% at renewal (IDC)
VVF now bundles vSAN + NSX — pay whether used or not
vSAN storage capacity capped per core; add-ons extra
Rising HW spend on top of subscription tax

✕ LOCKED IN

Hyper-V

Windows-tied; no native KVM
No clear post-2025 hypervisor roadmap
Software Assurance + Unified Support additive
SCVMM licensing on top of Windows Datacenter
Fragmented support estate

✕ HCI TAX

Nutanix

HCI-only platform — no disaggregated compute + storage
CVM per node wastes RAM + cores
Pure / Dell arrays supported only over NVMe-oF/TCP
No hardware heterogeneity across the cluster
Migration re-racks your entire estate

✕ WRONG PARADIGM

OpenShift Virt (Red Hat)

Containers-first architecture
Missing native VMware feature parity
No mature DRS / HA equivalents
Steep re-skilling for VMware admins

~ CONDITIONAL

Proxmox VE

KVM primitives strong
Community SLA only — no enterprise support
No enterprise backup (Veeam / Rubrik / NetBackup)
Weak partner ecosystem for India enterprise

✓ BEST ALTERNATIVE

PLATFORM9

Open infra on YOUR hardware & arrays
VMware-native engineering (founders built vCloud Director)
vJailbreak in-place cluster conversion
Enterprise backup: Veeam + Rubrik integrated; NetBackup GA 2026
24/7 SLA follow-the-sun via TechVits India

The only alternative that ships enterprise backup, keeps your hardware, and doesn’t force a paradigm shift.

Sourced from independent analyst coverage: IDC · Forrester · Gartner.

04 · Platform9 at a glance

Platform9 is not a startup pitch — it’s Fortune-500 production.

Proven at Fortune 500 scale, not pilot scale.

Founders built VMware vCloud Director.

100+ years combined VMware engineering.

Serving Siemens, Juniper Networks, EBSCO, and Fortune 500 enterprises.

05 · The proof case

A Fortune 500 industrial enterprise chose Platform9 over Nutanix, Hyper-V, Proxmox, and Red Hat.

40,000 VMs migrating from VMware to Platform9 PCD

3,000 hypervisors under management

200 VMs / day migration velocity

“the only solution that meets all of our requirements”

— Fortune 500 industrial enterprise · Platform9 customer reference, Oct 2025

EVALUATED HEAD-TO-HEAD

✕Nutanix

✕Hyper-V

✕Proxmox

✕Red Hat

Platform9 selected as the only path preserving hardware, arrays, and playbook.

Fortune 500 competitive win. Named customer reference available under NDA.

06 · Feature parity map

Feature parity, feature-by-feature. No hand-waving.

VMware ESXi 8.x capabilities mapped against Platform9 Private Cloud Director — today’s GA and dated roadmap.

Enterprise-Grade Virtualization

Compute: VM Lifecycle

VM Create / Delete / Clone
VM Flavors (T-shirt sizing)
VM Snapshots
cloud-init / Customization
VM Templates (OVF/OVA)
VM Metadata / Tags
VM Console (VMRC)
VM Resize (vertical)
Hot Add CPU / Memory

Compute: HA & Resiliency

High Availability
Local / Offline HA
DRS (Resource Balancing)
Stretched Clusters
DRS Priority / Exclusion
vMotion Encryption
Live Migration
Admission Control
Affinity / Anti-Affinity

Compute: GPU Acceleration

GPU Passthrough
GPU Monitoring
vGPU (Virtual GPU)
Multi-Instance GPU (MIG)
GPU Live Migration
NVIDIA AI Enterprise
GPU Host Aggregates

Storage

VMFS / vSAN Datastores
Storage vMotion
Enterprise Storage
Storage I/O Control
Storage Policies / QoS
vVols
Volume Snapshots
Volume Resize / Extend

Networking: SDN & Overlay

vDS (Distributed Switch)
NSX-T / NSX
VLAN Networking
IP Multicast
Overlay (VXLAN/Geneve)
Network Sharing
Virtual Routers
Port Fwd & Mirroring
DHCP / DNS
BGP

Infrastructure-as-a-Service

Enterprise Readiness

vCenter SSO / LDAP
vTPM (Virtual TPM)
Multi-Tenancy
Audit Logging
Role-Based Access (RBAC)
Compliance Frameworks
SAML 2.0 SSO
Content Library
VM Encryption
Platform9 OS
Scale
Reliability

Networking: Security & LB

Security Groups
Load Balancer (L4)
NSX Distributed Firewall
Load Balancer (L7/HTTP)
NSX Microsegmentation
SSL Offloading
NSX IDS/IPS
VPN / NAT Gateway

Operations & Monitoring

vCenter Monitoring
vSphere Lifecycle Mgr
Custom Dashboards
Update Mgr / Patching
Alerting & Notifications
Support Bundle / Diag.
vROps (Adv. Analytics)
Guest OS Management
Backup & Restore

Containers and Modern PaaS

Config Mgmt & Automation

Terraform Provider
vRealize Orchestrator
Ansible Modules
PowerCLI
vRealize Automation

Migration Tooling

V2V Migration
HCX Equivalent
In-Place Cluster Conv.
Migration Assessment
VM Selection & Sched.
Application Migration
Bulk Migration

Kubernetes

Cluster API based K8s
Multiple node pools
Cluster auto-scaling
Cluster add-on mgmt
Choice of hosted vs traditional control plane
System managed nodes
Admin managed nodes
Bare metal clusters
NVIDIA operator & MIG
Configurable cluster profiles

Backup

Commvault
Rubrik
Veeam
Storware
Cohesity
Trilio
Veritas NetBackup
Acronis

Disaster Recovery

Array-Based Replication

Hitachi-Vantara GAD
NetApp SnapMirror
Pure Storage ActiveDR
Dell EMC SRDF / PowerStore Repl.
HPE Primera / Nimble Repl.

Hypervisor-Based Replication

Zerto

Parity Partial Not available Potential blocker

07 · Honest roadmap

Honest about GA. Committed on dates. No sales-floor promises.

What ships today. What’s coming — with dates. Nothing hidden.

GA TODAY · IN PRODUCTION

✓VM lifecycle — HA, DRS, live migration
✓OVN networking — overlays, security groups, Octavia LB
✓Cinder storage — NetApp · Pure · HPE · Dell arrays
✓vJailbreak — in-place migration
✓PCD-K — managed Kubernetes
✓VyOS bridge — supported partner add-on

ON ROADMAP · DATED

Native OVN BGPH2 2026
OVN FWaaSH1 2027
Granular RBAC + ABACQ1 2027
Native DR orchestratorH1 2027
Rubrik integrationDeliveredH1 2026
Veeam integrationDeliveredH1 2026

“We tell you what’s GA, what’s beta, and what’s coming — including the dates. That transparency is the spec we ship against.”

— Platform9 product team · Public customer advisory board commitment

08 · Why TechVits Solutions

Technology partner, not a reseller.

Three roles TechVits owns end-to-end for your VMware exit in India.

Migration Partner

Hands-on VMware → Platform9 execution
TechVits engineers on the ground
vJailbreak orchestration + cluster validation
Playbook proven at Indian enterprise scale

Local Expertise

India-based support, follow-the-sun 24/7
DPDP Act 2023 & MeitY compliance
Data residency assurance
Local procurement in INR

Technology Supplier

Direct delivery of Platform9 stack
Licensing, deployment, long-term operations
SLA-backed by TechVits + Platform9 co-support
Single throat to choke

Forrester: 71% of partner-led migrations finish on-time and on-budget vs. 49% for self-managed.

— The Total Economic Impact of Partner-led Cloud Migrations, 2025

09 · Next steps

The next 30 days. A pilot, not a purchase order.

A low-commitment first step. Discover, prove, cost.

WEEK 01
WEEK 01 · DISCOVERY
- Joint workshop — TechVits + Platform9 engineers
- VMware footprint audit
- 3-year VCF renewal-cost baseline
- Migration risk assessment
WEEK 02–03
WEEK 02–03 · vJAILBREAK PROOF
- Non-prod cluster selected
- In-place conversion demo
- Storage + networking parity validated
- Team playbook rehearsed
WEEK 04
WEEK 04 · BUSINESS CASE
- 3-yr TCO vs VCF renewal — numbers
- Migration timeline for full estate
- Board-ready decision memo
- Signed pilot-to-production path

“ Book the discovery workshop this week.

30 days from discovery to a signed pilot.

Book the workshop Visit techvits.com

SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT Platform9 · via TechVits platform9@techvits.com India · follow-the-sun · 24/7

One team, one email, one 30-day plan. That’s the TechVits × Platform9 commitment.

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