Hypervisor Migration Risks and Data Protection Challenges
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Broadcom's acquisition of VMware in 2023 has triggered widespread migrations to alternative hypervisors, introducing significant technical and operational risks. IT teams face challenges such as price hikes, licensing changes, and operational issues, including VMware Workstation auto-update failures. Gartner predicts VMware will lose 35% of its workloads by 2028, with migrations to platforms like Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, or KVM. These migrations are high-stakes, requiring careful planning to ensure data integrity and availability. The process of migrating hypervisors is technically risky due to incompatibilities in disk formats, hardware abstractions, driver stacks, and networking models. Backup and recovery are critical, with a need for full-image, application-consistent backups that can be restored to dissimilar hardware or virtualization platforms. IT teams must perform recovery drills before migration and maintain parallel protection during transitions. Key risks include underestimating downtime, backup and recovery gaps, and an expanding attack surface. Teams must plan for worst-case scenarios, validate backups, and protect backup images against ransomware. A unified cyber protection platform can simplify the migration process and reduce complexity.
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13.03.2026 16:15 1 articles · 5h ago
Gartner Predicts 35% Workload Loss for VMware by 2028
Gartner research VP Julia Palmer recently predicted that VMware would lose 35% of its workloads by 2028 due to migrations to alternative hypervisors such as Microsoft Hyper-V, Azure Stack HCI, Nutanix AHV, Proxmox VE, or KVM. These migrations are driven by price hikes, licensing changes, and operational issues, including VMware Workstation auto-update failures.
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- From VMware to what’s next: Protecting data during hypervisor migration — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 13.03.2026 16:15
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Broadcom's acquisition of VMware in 2023 has led to widespread migrations to alternative hypervisors.
First reported: 13.03.2026 16:151 source, 1 articleShow sources
- From VMware to what’s next: Protecting data during hypervisor migration — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 13.03.2026 16:15
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Gartner predicts VMware will lose 35% of its workloads by 2028.
First reported: 13.03.2026 16:151 source, 1 articleShow sources
- From VMware to what’s next: Protecting data during hypervisor migration — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 13.03.2026 16:15
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Hypervisor migrations are high-risk due to incompatibilities in disk formats, hardware abstractions, driver stacks, and networking models.
First reported: 13.03.2026 16:151 source, 1 articleShow sources
- From VMware to what’s next: Protecting data during hypervisor migration — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 13.03.2026 16:15
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Backup and recovery are critical for successful hypervisor migrations, requiring full-image, application-consistent backups.
First reported: 13.03.2026 16:151 source, 1 articleShow sources
- From VMware to what’s next: Protecting data during hypervisor migration — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 13.03.2026 16:15
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IT teams must perform recovery drills before migration and maintain parallel protection during transitions.
First reported: 13.03.2026 16:151 source, 1 articleShow sources
- From VMware to what’s next: Protecting data during hypervisor migration — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 13.03.2026 16:15
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Key risks include underestimating downtime, backup and recovery gaps, and an expanding attack surface.
First reported: 13.03.2026 16:151 source, 1 articleShow sources
- From VMware to what’s next: Protecting data during hypervisor migration — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 13.03.2026 16:15
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A unified cyber protection platform can simplify the migration process and reduce complexity.
First reported: 13.03.2026 16:151 source, 1 articleShow sources
- From VMware to what’s next: Protecting data during hypervisor migration — www.bleepingcomputer.com — 13.03.2026 16:15