By: BJ Schwein
Looking to streamline your AWS Cloud migration and improve the management of your VMware workloads? With Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) now generally available, businesses can leverage this powerful solution to simplify their cloud migrations. Built on VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), EVS allows you to run VMware environments on EC2 bare-metal dedicated hosts, offering the same flexibility and control as your on-prem infrastructure. EVS allows you to maximize your existing VMware tools and skills while ensuring operational consistency.
Previously, we covered the announcement of Amazon EVS, highlighting its potential to transform cloud migrations for VMware users. Pellera’s EVS IQ Services Suite (IQSS) takes AWS Cloud adoption to the next level. Offering comprehensive support for VMware workloads, our EVS IQ Services simplify cloud migration and provides a comprehensive and intelligent approach to managing VMware workloads on EVS.
Introducing Pellera’s EVS IQSS
Pellera’s EVS IQSS is purpose-built to help businesses migrate and manage VMware workloads on AWS EVS. A successful migration starts with understanding current state. We have you covered with EVS Assess however at the heart of EVS IQSS are two core services—EVS IQ Migrate and EVS IQ Operate—our solutions are designed to minimize migration risks, reduce complexity, and optimize ongoing cloud operations.
Pellera’s EVS IQSS is purpose-built to help businesses migrate and manage VMware workloads on AWS EVS. A successful migration starts with understanding current state. We have you covered with EVS Assess however at the heart of EVS IQSS are two core services—EVS IQ Migrate and EVS IQ Operate—our solutions are designed to minimize migration risks, reduce complexity, and optimize ongoing cloud operations.
- EVS Assess: Comprehensive discovery, in-depth assessment, and precise migration planning.
- EVS IQ Migrate: A turnkey solution for migrating workloads seamlessly with minimal risks.
- EVS IQ Operate: Hands-on, ongoing support for Day 2 operations – including monitoring, patching, and dedicated support – ensuring optimal performance and scalability.
EVS IQ Migrate: Accelerate Your AWS Migration
Migrating to EVS can accelerate your migration timeline, while lowering migration costs and reducing your business and technical risks by not having to modify your application architecture or change your underlying hypervisor. You can continue to drive digital transformation by gaining access to AWS’s innovative services and future proof your investment by migrating to Amazon’s Elastic VMware Service.
Key features of EVS IQ Migrate include:
- Migration Options: There are multiple migration options when migrating workloads to EVS. VMware HCX provides the most flexibility by offering multiple migration technologies within a single tool. With VMware HCX, you can choose the best migration approach for your workloads. Use HCX vMotion for zero-downtime migrations and bulk migration for moving multiple VMs in parallel with minimal downtime. HCX can extend your networks so you can retain your IP/MAC addresses to further minimize the changes during migration.
- Expert Guidance: Our cloud experts create tailored migration strategies to fit your business needs and align the different HCX migration types to your workload requirements, ensuring a successful migration.
The following diagram depicts an example of a HCX deployment used with EVS IQ Migrate services.
EVS IQ Operate: Optimize Your Cloud Operations
Your migration to EVS is only the beginning of enhanced cloud operations. Pellera’s EVS IQ Operate ensures they continue to run seamlessly and efficiently at scale, scale your cloud infrastructure effortlessly, and receive the maximum value from your EVS investment.
Key features of EVS IQ Operate include:
- Proactive Management: Certified experts handle daily tasks like monitoring, patching, and performance tuning, so you don’t have to.
- Comprehensive Support: Hands-on keyboard administration, regular health checks, and on-demand troubleshooting guarantee availability, compliance, and security.
- Scalability with Predictable Costs: Maximize ROI with cost-efficient resource management and the ability to scale as your business grows.
By entrusting your operations to EVS IQ Operate, you can reduce complexity, free up internal resources, and focus on strategic business priorities.
The following diagram depicts an example of an EVS environment managed by EVS IQ Operate services.
Why Choose Pellera’s EVS IQSS?
Pellera’s EVS IQ Services Suite is expertly crafted for businesses looking to simplify their AWS Cloud migration and VMware workload management. Powered by AWS expertise, our solutions deliver key benefits for enterprise operations:
- Reduced migration timelines with minimal disruption
- Intelligent workload management and scalability
- Holistic support for VMware workloads through Day 2 operations
Our EVS IQ Migrate and EVS IQ Operate services are fully flexible—use them together for an integrated experience or independently to suit your specific requirements.
Gain a competitive edge with streamlined migration, simplified operations, and future-ready IT management powered by Pellera and AWS. Contact us to discover the full potential of EVS with Pellera’s EVS IQ Services Suite today.
BJ Schwein is a Cloud Solution Architect with Pellera’s Cloud Platforms team, specializing in VMware Cloud.
