The Strategic Challenge: Unifying Virtual Machines and Containers

As organizations modernize, they face the challenge of managing traditional virtual machine workloads alongside new containerized applications. This often results in separate, siloed infrastructures, leading to increased complexity, operational inefficiency, and slower innovation cycles. IT teams are burdened with managing multiple toolsets, which drains resources and hinders the agility needed to respond to business demands.

There is a critical need for a unified platform that can run and manage both VMs and containers seamlessly. This solution must provide a clear path for migrating and managing virtual workloads with enterprise-grade availability, security, and simplified operations, without requiring teams to learn entirely new toolsets or abandon existing investments.

The Solution: A High-Availability Virtualization Platform

The Li9 OpenShift Virtualization Pilot is a 2-4 week engagement tailored for organizations seeking a high-availability deployment of OpenShift Virtualization. This service allows you to rapidly evaluate and adopt virtualization capabilities within an enterprise-grade OpenShift environment, leveraging modern container architecture to run virtual machines alongside containers seamlessly. This pilot provides a robust foundation for consolidating your infrastructure and modernizing your application portfolio by combining Red Hat’s established virtualization expertise with OpenShift’s powerful Kubernetes-based container management platform.

Deliverables

Upon completion of the OpenShift Virtualization Pilot, you will receive:

• A Customized Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Environment: A functional, high-availability OpenShift environment with virtualization enabled and configured to your specifications.
• A Virtual Machine Provisioning Demonstration: A live demo showcasing the provisioning and management of virtual machines on the new platform.
• OpenShift Container Platform Implementation: A complete implementation of the platform, configured and managed via the OpenShift Console.
• VMware to OpenShift Migration Toolkit Deployment: The migration toolkit will be deployed and configured to demonstrate a clear path for future workload migrations.
• Detailed Environment Architecture and Configuration Documentation: Comprehensive documentation of your new environment for reference and operational support.
• Knowledge Transfer Sessions: In-depth training to ensure your team has the skills for effective post-engagement management of the platform.

The Li9 Implementation Journey: A Phased Approach to Success

Our proven methodology ensures a structured, low-risk deployment from start to finish.

Phase 1: Discovery A collaborative workshop with stakeholders to identify requirements, assess existing infrastructure, and define the project scope. This ensures that the pilot is aligned with your specific business and technical objectives.

Phase 2: Design Development of a detailed architecture plan, including network topology, security policies, and storage solutions for your virtualized environment. The architecture is designed for high availability from the outset.

Phase 3: Deployment Installation and configuration of the OpenShift cluster, enabling the virtualization feature according to best practices and your specific requirements. Our certified experts handle the technical complexities to ensure a stable and secure installation.

Phase 4: Integration Deployment and configuration of the VMware to OpenShift Migration Toolkit to facilitate efficient virtual machine migration. This phase demonstrates a clear path for moving existing workloads to the new platform.

Phase 5: Demonstration & Knowledge Transfer We provide a VM provisioning demo to showcase the platform’s capabilities and deliver comprehensive documentation and training to empower your teams, covering the GUI, CLI, and Infrastructure-as-Code operations.

The Business Value Proposition: Unify, Secure, and Accelerate Your Infrastructure

Partnering with Li9 for the OpenShift Virtualization Pilot enables you to modernize your infrastructure with confidence.

• Unified Platform Operations: Manage VMs and containers on a single platform, simplifying overall infrastructure oversight and reducing complexity.
• Efficient Resource Management: Achieve optimized workload distribution with automated failover capabilities, enhancing resilience and performance.
• Built-In Security & Compliance: Implement enhanced security with built-in role-based access, comprehensive network policies, and compliance standards tailored to regulated industries.
• Centralized Control: Streamline operations across multiple clusters using the intuitive OpenShift Console for centralized management and policy enforcement.
• Reliable Infrastructure: Ensure continuous operations for critical workloads with integrated persistent storage and high-availability configurations.
• Infrastructure-as-Code Ready: Support automation and reproducibility with a platform where all GUI operations can also be managed via CLI, enhancing consistency and IaC strategies.

Beyond the Pilot: Full Enterprise Solutions

Li9 offers comprehensive services to extend your Pilot implementation into a fully realized enterprise production environment, including full VMware to OpenShift migration services, advanced security solutions, centralized monitoring and logging, disaster recovery planning, performance optimization, and ongoing managed services.

Why Choose Li9 for Your Migration Journey?

Li9 Technology Solutions specializes in automation and application modernization. Recognized by Red Hat as a leading partner in digital transformation, Li9 expertly aligns technology implementations with strategic business goals across enterprises of all scales and complexities.