Migration is the hardest part. We make it the easiest.
Moving from vSphere to a new platform is the single biggest barrier most organisations face when considering alternatives. The cost of the platform itself is usually a fraction of the cost of the migration, both in engineering time and in operational risk.
Netframe Converter exists to compress that cost. It is a purpose-built tool that handles the mechanical parts of VMware migration: disk format conversion, guest preparation (VMware Tools out, QEMU Guest Agent in), and queue-driven concurrent throughput, so your engineers can focus on the business outcomes, not the plumbing.
And critically: Converter is free, with no per-VM or per-migration fees. The migration tooling should not be the obstacle to a migration.
- Free, no per-VM fees, no expiry
- Concurrent VM migration
- ESXi host or custom storage source
- Automatic VMware Tools removal & VirtIO driver install
Three phases, plannable, repeatable.
Deploy the Converter VM, setup a source ESXi host, a destination Netframe Core host and some staging storage for conversion
Power down VMs (one or multiple) and concurrently migrate them (or queue them up) with a few simple clicks.
Validate post-migration. Retire source VMs when confident. Source storage holds the original VMDK and VMX, untouched, until you say otherwise.
Built for serious vSphere environments.
Flexible source
Migrate from a live ESXi host or directly from NFS storage holding VMDK and VMX files. No vCenter dependency required.
Network policy translation
Source port groups and VLAN tags map onto Netframe VMnets.
Storage format conversion
VMDK to Netframe storage formats. Per-VM source-to-target datastore mapping.
Concurrent VM migration
Run multiple VM migrations in parallel from a single Converter appliance.
Guest tools conversion
Automatic VMware tools replacement with Qemu-guest-agent (KVM equivalent)
Coverage of every vSphere environment we have seen.
- Source
- A live ESXi host (SSH credentials), or an NFS volume containing the VMDK and VMX files
- Target
- A Netframe Core host
- Migration mode
- Cold migration. The source VM is powered off on ESXi for the duration of the transfer.
- Staging
- Converter needs a staging area sized for the VM disk: either the appliance's local disk or a mounted NFS share.
- Concurrency
- Multiple migrations can run in parallel from a single appliance. Deploy additional appliances for higher throughput.
- Guest preparation
- On supported guests, VMware Tools is removed and the QEMU Guest Agent is installed automatically.
- Queueing
- VMs can be queued for migration in advance and run through the queue under operator control.
- Licence
- Free. No per-VM fees, no per-migration fees, no time-bombed evaluation.
Plan your migration with confidence.
Download Converter free, or talk to our migration team about a structured engagement for larger estates.