Lift and Shift Without the Pain: Real-World Use Cases for Migrating VMware Workloads to OCVS
Migrating to the cloud doesn’t always mean rearchitecting. For VMware-based workloads, Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS) offers a zero-refactor path to the cloud, enabling faster transitions with lower risk.
In this post, we’ll explore real-world use cases where OCVS provided value for customers undergoing digital transformation.
🏢 Use Case 1: Data Center Exit Under Tight Timelines
A regional bank faced a data center lease expiration and needed to migrate its critical applications—including legacy ERP systems and SQL databases. Instead of refactoring, the IT team used VMware HCX to move workloads directly into OCVS, cutting migration time from 12 months to 6 weeks.
✅ Outcome:
- 60% reduction in infrastructure costs
- No application downtime
- Regulatory compliance maintained
🌍 Use Case 2: Global Disaster Recovery
A multinational logistics company needed a disaster recovery site that mirrored their production VMware environment without the complexity of duplicating hardware.
By deploying OCVS in a different OCI region and configuring SRM (Site Recovery Manager), they achieved low RTO/RPO with no architectural changes.
✅ Outcome:
- Active DR environment with minimal operational overhead
- Integrated with OCI Object Storage for backups
- Lower cost than traditional DR providers
🧪 Use Case 3: Test/Dev Environment Modernization
A software company used OCVS to create isolated environments for staging and testing their applications. These mirrored their on-prem environments but could be spun up or down on-demand.
✅ Outcome:
- Faster CI/CD cycles
- Reduced capex for dev/test hardware
- Secure segmentation using NSX
🔚 Conclusion
Whether you’re dealing with aging infrastructure or strategic cloud adoption, OCVS simplifies the journey. Its compatibility with existing VMware tools makes it a preferred platform for seamless workload migration.