{"id":433257,"date":"2025-10-14T08:55:40","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T05:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enmtdev.tempurl.host\/?p=433257"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:41:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T13:41:34","slug":"virtual-machine-migration-dispelling-myths-for-enterprise-it-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/menatech.net\/en\/virtual-machine-migration-dispelling-myths-for-enterprise-it-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual Machine Migration \u2013 Dispelling Myths for Enterprise IT Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

Guest article by Alexander Troshin, Product Marketing Manager \u2013 EMEA, Enterprise & HPC Business Group, at AMD<\/strong><\/p>\n

If enterprises are to execute exceptional workload performance and IT services in today\u2019s rapidly evolving landscape, there is a growing need to refresh their legacy data center infrastructure, used to run virtual machines (VMs).<\/p>\n

As data-intensive workloads ramp up, so will the pressure on existing infrastructure performance and the footprint and power required to run data centers. Not to mention the building pressure to modernize and increase capacity to unlock the opportunities that Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) present.<\/p>\n

Within the context of this changing landscape, sticking to legacy infrastructure will likely cause modern workloads to run slower, consume more energy, and become more susceptible to security risks. After all, the average server is already between 3-5 years old.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t settle for good enough<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the extensive laundry list of reasons to modernize, CIOs and IT decision-makers are resistant to VM migration. This hesitancy and wish to avoid anticipated pain points can cause IT departments to settle for good enough, despite the potential performance and efficiency improvements that come with modernization.<\/p>\n

By showcasing the benefits and value of VM migration, and debunking myths surrounding the process, enterprises can overcome the obstacles standing in the way of more efficient data centers, a necessity to keep up with compute demands, and the ever-changing technology landscape.<\/p>\n

Myth: Cold migrations require a reboot, with no workarounds available to avoid application downtime<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reality: <\/strong>Rebooting systems is an inevitable part of migrating VMs between hardware architectures. But it is also true that reboots are a standard practice when applying operating systems, applications, and security patches.<\/p>\n

Migration doesn\u2019t have to be viewed any differently from a routine patch, where organizations make use of available application environments built for redundancy. These configurations enable applications to remain available during routine maintenance and critical updates.<\/p>\n

Ultimately, IT teams can rest assured that there is an established workflow that IT professionals have used for years, which can be used when migrating VMs: Power down systems, perform operations and updates, power up systems, and verify completion and proper operation.<\/em><\/p>\n

Myth: Live migrations within a vendor\u2019s product line provide easy upgrades and access to new processor advancements<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reality: <\/strong>It is possible to migrate live when you don\u2019t change vendors. However, there are costs to consider that can limit you in both the short and long term.<\/p>\n

For example, when you live-migrate to new servers, VMs have no choice but to emulate their old hardware on the new servers. This means missing new instructions that could improve performance, up-to-date security features, and bug fixes \u2013 all of which rank among the main reasons you would choose to migrate and modernize your infrastructure in the first place.<\/p>\n

Because performance is impacted when VMs, applications, and workloads don\u2019t run in an environment where every new CPU feature is available, what may feel like a shortcut \u2013 migrating live within a vendor\u2019s product line \u2013 likely isn\u2019t in practice.<\/p>\n

Especially when cold-migrating 40 VMs can be done in under 30 minutes, as achieved in tests conducted by Prowess Consulting when migrating from Intel Xeon Scalable Processor-based systems to servers with AMD EPYC Processors[i]<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Myth: Migration requires a lengthy outage that disrupts workload operation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reality: <\/strong>Simply put, you don\u2019t need to perform a migration in one step. Highly available configurations include functionality tiers, allowing you to migrate different sections of your system over time using the same process as when upgrading other elements of your infrastructure.<\/p>\n

Since IT teams have the power to decide which layers are migrated, and when, organizations can retain that all-important element of control. Working in collaboration across the business, you can decide what is migrated and when, thereby limiting the impact on users and business operations and causing minimal disruption.<\/p>\n

An open-source tool like the VMware\u00ae Architecture Migration Tool (VAMT) makes this process even simpler with features such as \u2018Change window support,\u2019 which allows you to stage which machines migrate first and which follow to perform an entire migration of a multi-tier architecture with virtually zero downtime.<\/p>\n

Efficient migration \u2013 efficient data centers<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enterprises are at a point where they must embrace the evolution of their data centers to keep pace with the computing requirements of AI and ML. That is why it is so important to dispel the myths surrounding virtual machine migration and show that it is a crucial step in the data center modernization journey.<\/p>\n

Instead of being seen as costly and complicated, VM migration can be navigated with confidence by IT teams, who can harness established workflows and leverage innovative tools.<\/p>\n

The rewards are clear. Not only does VM migration pave the way for the seamless integration of cutting-edge technologies, such as AI and ML, but it also optimizes resource utilization and fortifies defenses at a critical time.<\/p>\n

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