Veeam adds support for six more hypervisors in case you are up for a new one

Yes, this is mostly about VMware migrations

Data protection vendor Veeam has decided the time is right to support half a dozen more hypervisors in case you are thinking of adopting a new one.

Hypervisor migrations are currently a distinct possibility for VMware user who relies on vSphere for basic server virtualization, as Broadcom now focuses on its Cloud Foundation private cloud suite. That product is powerful and comprehensive, but Broadcom requires buyers to license at least 72 cores, which may be rather more than many small shops operate.

Before acquisition, VMware had literally tens of thousands of small customers. Many are now looking for a home.

VMs are disk images wrapped in metadata and moving them to the format required by different hypervisors isn’t hard. Shifting all the tools that surround a hypervisor can be more complex and therefore the more time-consuming and risky part of a hypervisor migration.

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