V-Free

Escaping VMware’s costs and constraints

Free your infrastructure from VMware licensing and complexity. Nutanix AHV delivers an enterprise-grade hypervisor included with HCI — enabling cost savings, simpler operations, and hybrid multicloud mobility with minimal risk.

The Challenge

VMware customers face rising licensing costs, operational complexity, and vendor lock-in. Multiple components — vCenter, vSAN, NSX — introduce cost and coordination overhead, and migration fears (downtime, disruption, risk) often keep organizations locked in.

Rising Licensing Costs

Expensive VMware licensing and add-on components escalate TCO.

Operational Complexity

Multiple consoles and components increase management overhead.

Perceived Migration Risk

Fear of downtime and disruption prevents modernization.

Vendor Lock-In

Dependence on a single vendor limits flexibility and drives costs.

The Solution

Nutanix AHV is an enterprise-grade hypervisor included with Nutanix HCI at no extra cost. AHV combined with Nutanix HCI eliminates VMware licensing fees, consolidates functionality, and provides consistent performance across on-prem, edge, and public cloud (NC2).

AHV Included

Enterprise hypervisor without separate licensing — reduce TCO immediately.

Unified HCI

Converged compute, storage, networking and virtualization for simpler operations.

Hybrid Multicloud

Extend AHV and Nutanix stack into public cloud with NC2 for consistent operations.

Our Approach

Tech9IQ delivers low-risk, automated VMware → AHV migrations using best-practice tools and validated processes to ensure continuity, performance, and rollback safety.

Nutanix Move Tool

Automates disk conversion (VMDK → QCOW2), driver injection, replication and migration orchestration for smooth transitions.

Incremental Syncs & Fallback

Near-zero downtime using Changed Block Tracking (CBT) and keep original VMs offline as a fallback until validation is complete.

Validation & Optimization

Comprehensive testing, performance tuning and automated driver injection to ensure migrated VMs boot and run optimally.

Hybrid Integration

Extend migrated workloads into AWS/Azure via NC2 for burst, DR, or cloud-first deployments.

How We Help

End-to-end services covering assessment, automated migration, validation, and post-migration operations — so teams can move off VMware with confidence.

Assessment & Planning

We map dependencies, right-size clusters, and define migration waves to minimize risk.

Automated Migration

Nutanix Move handles conversion, replication, and cutover with minimal manual steps.

Validation & Support

Thorough testing, rollback plans, and 24×7 support during the migration window.

Use Cases

VMware Exit for Cost Savings

Eliminate hypervisor licensing fees and reduce TCO.

Simplified Datacenter Ops

Consolidate vCenter, vSAN and NSX functionality into Nutanix HCI.

Hybrid Multicloud Adoption

Migrate to AHV and extend to NC2 for cloud flexibility.

Critical Workload Migration

Move mission-critical apps with incremental syncs and validated fallbacks.

Benefits

Lower

Lower TCO

Remove VMware licensing and reduce operational costs.

Simpler

Simplified Operations

Unified HCI stack reduces consoles and coordination overhead.

Hybrid Flexibility

Consistent operations across private, edge and public clouds (NC2).

Near-Zero Downtime

Incremental syncs and validated fallbacks reduce migration disruption.

Differentiators

Why V-Free is the pragmatic path off VMware.

AHV at No Cost

Enterprise hypervisor included with Nutanix — no extra hypervisor license.

Nutanix Move

Purpose-built migration tool automates conversion, replication, and cutover.

Unified Platform

Predictable performance and data locality by design.

Vendor Freedom

Avoid lock-in with a consistent Nutanix stack across environments.

Industries That Benefit

BFSI

Reduce costs and improve agility while meeting compliance.

Healthcare

Simplify operations while protecting patient data and uptime.

Manufacturing & Retail

Lower costs and scale for edge workloads and branch operations.

Government & Public Sector

Exit costly contracts while improving governance and sovereignty options.

Tech9IQ Offerings

Services that support your VMware exit and ongoing operations

NovaIQ

VMware/Hyper-V → AHV migration engine powered by Nutanix Move.

FlexIQ

Automated lifecycle management and one-click updates post-migration.

RecoverIQ

Failback-ready resilience and DR during migration windows.

ManageIQ

24×7 managed operations and NOC support as an alternative to AssistIQ during migration.

Simplify virtualization. Cut costs. Migrate confidently.

Move from VMware to Nutanix AHV with Tech9IQ — low-risk migration, validated tools, and full lifecycle support.