VMware HCX
Application Mobility and Infrastructure Hybridity.
Overview
VMware HCX is designed to facilitate workload mobility between vSphere-based environments, whether they are on-premises or in the cloud (like VMware Cloud on AWS or Azure VMware Solution). It provides a secure, high-performance network underlay to abstract the on-premises and cloud sites into a single, continuous hybrid infrastructure. This enables live and bulk migrations of VMs with minimal downtime and no need to change IP addresses.
✨ Key Features
- Live and cold bulk VM migration
- vMotion-based, zero-downtime migration
- High-throughput L2 network extension
- WAN optimization and traffic engineering
- Automated VPN and connectivity setup
- Disaster recovery capabilities
🎯 Key Differentiators
- Deep integration with the VMware stack (vSphere, NSX).
- Ability to perform live migrations (vMotion) across sites.
- Seamless L2 network extension simplifies IP address management during migration.
Unique Value: Makes multiple vSphere environments look like one logical cloud, enabling seamless and large-scale application migration and mobility without changing application architecture or networking.
🎯 Use Cases (4)
✅ Best For
- Live migrating hundreds of production VMs from an on-premises datacenter to VMware Cloud on AWS without any downtime
- Extending an on-premises network into Azure VMware Solution to allow for a phased application migration
💡 Check With Vendor
Verify these considerations match your specific requirements:
- Migrating to non-VMware, native public cloud environments (e.g., directly to EC2 or Azure VMs)
- Migrating physical servers
🏆 Alternatives
For VMware-to-VMware migrations, it is far superior to other tools as it leverages native vSphere capabilities like vMotion for zero-downtime moves and simplifies networking challenges that plague other solutions.
💻 Platforms
🔌 Integrations
🛟 Support Options
- ✓ Email Support
- ✓ Phone Support
- ✓ Dedicated Support (Production Support tier)
🔒 Compliance & Security
💰 Pricing
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