Lift-and-Shift VMs from VMware to Mirantis OpenStack with Trilio and MOSK

Radio Cloud Native by Mirantis

Radio Cloud Native by Mirantis
Lift-and-Shift VMs from VMware to Mirantis OpenStack with Trilio and MOSK
Aug 03, 2025 Episode 59
Mirantis Inc.

In this month's installment, Michael Tillman, Principle Solution Architect for Mirantis is back and is joined by Kevin Jackson, Sr. Director of Product Management for Trilio. They will both dive into key aspects of migrating off of VMware and onto an open source-based solution like OpenStack. Trilio's Kubernetes backup and recovery tools are the backbone of this joint migration solution designed to seamlessly move VMs from existing VMware environments onto the more flexible and cost-effective Mirantis OpenStack for Kubernetes (MOSK) environment.

Michael and Kevin will also provide you with useful background explaining the importance of containerized OpenStack for a variety of use cases, allowing you and your organization to make the most informed decision regarding if, when, and how to migrate off of VMware. There's a lot of factors to consider, but Mirantis and Trilio are here to support you.

A full list of this episode's topics include:

  • Value of containerized OpenStack
  • Use cases for Mirantis OpenStack on K8s (MOSK)
  • MOSK deployment options and process
  • Trilio for Day 1 Operations
  • Trilio's VMware to Mirantis OpenStack migration process
  • Trilio for Day 2 Operations

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