Proxmox Migration in Perth — the VMware Alternative
Discover
Map goals, users, constraints, existing systems, and the business case before scope locks in.
Design
Shape the architecture, delivery plan, risk register, and success measures around your operating reality.
Build
Ship focused increments with working demos, testing, accessibility checks, and security review.
Support
Monitor, maintain, document, and improve the platform so your team can rely on it long term.
Nano Solutions migrates Australian businesses and government off VMware to Proxmox VE — open-source virtualisation with no licensing lock-in — then runs it for you. Planned, low-downtime migrations by Fremantle-based senior engineers since 2013. A WA Government CUAICTS2021 ICT panel supplier (Contractor #225).
What Proxmox is
Proxmox VE is a mature, open-source virtualisation platform — virtual machines and containers, clustering, high availability and built-in backup — that runs on standard hardware. It's a production-grade alternative to VMware vSphere without the per-core licensing cost or the vendor lock-in.
Why organisations are moving off VMware
Recent VMware licensing changes have sharply increased costs and pushed many organisations onto bundles they don't need. Proxmox gives you comparable virtualisation, clustering and backup on open-source you own — removing the per-core licensing and the lock-in, while keeping your existing workloads running as they are.
How we migrate you
- Assess — we map your current VMware estate, workloads and dependencies.
- Design — a target Proxmox cluster sized for your workloads, with backup and high availability.
- Migrate in stages — workloads moved and validated VM-by-VM, with cutovers scheduled around your operations to minimise downtime.
- Run it — once migrated, we operate the environment: monitoring, patching and backups, hardened with Ansible.
Managed after migration, and built for government
The same team that migrates you runs the environment long-term, on hardware or private cloud you own. As a WA Government CUAICTS2021 panel supplier, we run hardened Proxmox aligned to the Essential Eight, with Australian-resident engineers and Australian data sovereignty.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Proxmox?
Proxmox VE is an open-source virtualisation platform — VMs and containers, clustering, high availability and built-in backup — that runs on standard hardware. It is a mature, production-grade alternative to VMware vSphere without the licensing cost or vendor lock-in.
Why move off VMware?
Recent VMware licensing changes have sharply increased costs and forced many organisations onto bundles they do not need. Proxmox gives you comparable virtualisation, clustering and backup on open-source you own — removing the per-core licensing and the lock-in, while keeping your workloads running as they are.
How does a Proxmox migration work?
We assess your current VMware estate, design the target Proxmox cluster, then migrate workloads in planned stages with minimal downtime — validating each VM before cutover. Once migrated, we run and maintain the environment for you, hardened and kept consistent with Ansible.
Will there be downtime during migration?
We plan migrations to minimise downtime, moving workloads in stages and scheduling cutovers around your operations. Many VMs can be migrated with only a brief restart; we agree the approach and maintenance windows with you up front.
Do you manage Proxmox after migration?
Yes. The same team that migrates you runs the environment — monitoring, patching, backups and a named engineer — as part of our managed Linux infrastructure service, on hardware or private cloud you own.
Is Proxmox suitable for government and regulated workloads?
Yes. As a WA Government CUAICTS2021 panel supplier, we run hardened, monitored Proxmox environments aligned to the Essential Eight, with Australian-resident engineers and Australian data sovereignty.
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- Managed Linux infrastructure — run your environment with data sovereignty.
- Private AI & local LLM hosting — self-hosted AI on the same infrastructure.
- Essential Eight compliance — harden the environment to the ACSC framework.
Last reviewed: July 2026
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