VMware Migration · XCP-ng + Xen Orchestra

Leaving VMware? Keep Your VMs, Lose the Licensing Shock

We move your virtual machines from VMware to XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra: an open-source platform with backup, replication and disaster recovery built in, instead of licensed separately.

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Shiny Moose Solutions is a
Vates Partner

Your new platformVates Partner

XCP-ng + Xen OrchestraA complete virtualization stack from Vates

HypervisorXCP-ng, open source

ManagementXen Orchestra web console

Backup & replicationIncluded

VMware importBuilt in

Runs onYour hardware, ours or the cloud

Planned, migrated and supported by Shiny Moose Solutions.

Why Firms Are Moving

The Math on VMware Has Changed

Broadcom's licensing changes have turned a routine renewal into a budget problem for many small and mid-sized businesses.

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Licensing shock

Since Broadcom acquired VMware, licensing has moved to subscription-only bundles priced per CPU core. Many small businesses are facing renewals far above what they paid before.

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Backup costs extra

With VMware, backup usually means buying, licensing and managing a separate product on top of your hypervisor.

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Hard to leave

Proprietary formats and bundled licensing make it harder to change course, so the next price increase is hard to refuse.

What You Get

XCP-ng + Xen Orchestra, Backup Included

A complete, open-source virtualization platform from Vates, with management, backup and disaster recovery in one place.

Shiny Moose Solutions is a Vates Partner.

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XCP-ng hypervisor

An open-source, enterprise-grade hypervisor built on Xen that runs your existing Windows and Linux workloads.

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Xen Orchestra console

Manage hosts, VMs, storage and networking from one web console, with permissions for each member of your team.

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Full & incremental backups

Scheduled full and incremental VM backups to local storage, network shares or cloud object storage.

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Continuous replication

Keep up-to-date copies of critical VMs on a second host or site, ready to start if the primary fails.

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Disaster recovery

Restore whole VMs or individual files, and health-check backups so recovery isn't a guess.

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Built-in VMware import

Bring VMs across from your VMware hosts with Xen Orchestra's import tool, with no third-party converter.

How It Compares

VMware Today vs. XCP-ng + Xen Orchestra

Your free cost comparison puts real numbers on this, using your actual renewal quote.

Feature	VMware today	XCP-ng + Xen Orchestra
Licensing	Subscription bundles, priced per CPU core	Open-source platform, with optional support subscriptions from Vates
Backup	Usually a separate product to buy and manage	Included: full and incremental backups
Replication & disaster recovery	Depends on edition, or a separate product	Continuous replication and DR built in
Management console	vCenter, licensed with your bundle	Xen Orchestra web console
Vendor lock-in	Proprietary platform	Open-source hypervisor you can run on your hardware, ours or the cloud

Typical small-business VMware deployments; your current licensing may differ.
VMware and vCenter are trademarks of Broadcom Inc. XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra are trademarks of Vates.

Estimate Your Savings

VMware vs. Vates, Per Year

VMware is licensed per CPU core. Vates is priced per host, so bigger servers don't cost more to license.

Your environment

Hosts

CPUs per host

Cores per CPU

VMware price per core, per year

Defaults to reported vSphere Foundation list pricing. Enter the figure from your renewal quote for a closer estimate.

Current backup software, per year (optional)

Backup and replication are included with Xen Orchestra, so this cost goes away.

Vates support level

ProBusiness hours

Enterprise24/7 support

VMware

XCP-ng + Xen Orchestra

Estimated savings

Send us your renewal quote and we'll build an exact comparison, free.

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Estimates only, for licensing and support. Broadcom doesn't publish VMware pricing; VMware counts at least 16 cores per CPU and some quotes carry a larger minimum order. Vates figures use its published per-host rates (Pro from 3 hosts, Enterprise from 4), which are listed in euros, so US pricing may differ. Migration and management services are quoted separately.

Where Your VMs Run

Your Hardware, Ours or the Cloud

We migrate to whichever home fits your workloads, budget and compliance needs.

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Your hardware

Keep your existing servers. XCP-ng runs on most standard x86 hardware, and we confirm compatibility during the assessment.

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Our infrastructure

Run your VMs on hosts we manage and monitor, so you can retire aging servers without buying new ones.

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Public or private cloud

Move workloads to the public or private cloud environment that fits, with the same backup and recovery approach.

How It Works

From Renewal Quote to Running on XCP-ng

Free cost comparison & assessment

We review your VMware environment and renewal quote, then give you a side-by-side cost comparison and migration recommendation. No charge, no obligation.

Migration plan

A roadmap for your hosts, VMs, storage and backups, scheduled around your business.

Migration

We move your VMs to XCP-ng on your hardware, ours or the cloud, with cutovers planned outside business hours.

Ongoing support

Monitoring, patching and backup management from our team, backed by our Vates partnership.

Common Questions

Good to Know

Is the assessment really free?

Yes. We review your environment and current licensing, then give you a cost comparison and migration recommendation at no cost and with no obligation.

Will we have downtime?

Some, but it's planned. Each VM needs a short shutdown at cutover, and we schedule those windows outside business hours.

Can we keep our existing servers?

Often, yes. XCP-ng runs on most standard x86 servers, and we confirm compatibility during the assessment.

What happens to our current backups?

Xen Orchestra takes over VM backups once you're migrated. We can keep your existing backups in place until the new ones are proven.

Who supports the platform afterwards?

We do, as part of our managed services, backed by our partnership with Vates, the company behind XCP-ng and Xen Orchestra.