Manufacturing VMware to AWS Migration
$180K Annual Savings
Zero Production Downtime
ABOUT THE CLIENT
A manufacturing company with aging VMware infrastructure facing expensive hardware refresh cycles.
THE CHALLENGE
- Aging VMware infrastructure requiring $300K hardware refresh with 18-month procurement cycle
- Limited on-premises IT staff struggling to maintain 24/7 operations across multiple plants
- ERP and MES systems had complex interdependencies making migration planning difficult
- Production systems required minimal downtime with strict maintenance windows on weekends only
- Network latency concerns between on-premises plant floor systems and cloud workloads
THE SOLUTION
Phased VMware to AWS migration using AWS MGN with zero downtime.
- AWS MGN | Direct Connect | EC2 | EBS | AWS Backup | CloudEndure
Technical Implementation
- Used AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) for automated server replication and cutover
- Established AWS Direct Connect for reliable, low-latency connectivity to plant floor systems
- Migrated 45 VMs in waves over 3 weekends with rollback capability at each stage
- Implemented hybrid architecture keeping time-sensitive plant floor systems on-premises
- Configured AWS Backup for centralized backup management across all migrated workloads
- Created runbooks for ongoing management and trained internal IT team on AWS operations
RESULTS & BUSINESS IMPACT
$180K
Annual Infrastructure Savings
$180K
Annual Infrastructure Savings
Zero
Unplanned Downtime During Migration
Zero
Unplanned Downtime During Migration
45 VMs
Migrated in 3 Weekends
45 VMs
Migrated in 3 Weekends
Eliminated
Hardware Refresh Cycle
Eliminated
Hardware Refresh Cycle
TECHNOLOGY STACK
VMware | AWS MGN | EC2 | EBS | Direct Connect | AWS Backup
Virtualization
Enterprise VMware vCenter Upgrade - 200+ VMs
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Key Stat
200+ VMs Managed
Tech Stack
VMware vCenter 7 | VMware vSphere | VMware ESXi | Veeam
Virtualization
Legal Firm Hyper-V to AWS Migration
system integration.
Key Stat
Zero Data Loss During Migration
Tech Stack
Hyper-V | AWS MGN | FSx |
WorkSpaces
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Key Stat
92% Login Time Reduction
Tech Stack
Windows Server 2019 | Active Directory | Remote Desktop Services | Group Policy
