Leaving VMware for Proxmox? Here's What You Need to Know First

https://lawrence.video/proxmox --- Thanks to Meter for sponsoring this video! Go to https://lawrence.video/meter to book a demo now! --- Forum Post https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/t/... Level1Tech Proxmox To VMWare video    • 7 Important Things To Know About Proxmox! ...   The VMware Exit Strategy: Proxmox vs. XCP-ng in 2026    • The VMware Exit Strategy: Proxmox vs. XCP-...   Connect With Us --------------------------------------------------- Hire Us for a project: https://lawrencesystems.com/hire-us/ Toms' Twitter 🐦   / tomlawrencetech   Our Website https://www.lawrencesystems.com/ Our Forums https://forums.lawrencesystems.com/ Instagram   / lawrencesystems   Facebook   / lawrencesystems   GitHub https://github.com/lawrencesystems/ Lawrence Systems Shirts and Swag --------------------------------------------------- ►👕 https://lawrence.video/swag/ AFFILIATES & REFERRAL LINKS --------------------------------------------------- Amazon Affiliate Store 🛒 https://www.amazon.com/shop/lawrences... UniFi Affiliate Link 🛒 https://lawrence.video/unifi-affiliate All Of Our Affiliates help us out and can get you discounts! 🛒 https://lawrencesystems.com/partners-... Gear we use on Kit 🛒 https://kit.co/lawrencesystems Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 10% off your order at 🛒 https://www.techsupplydirect.com?aff=2 Digital Ocean Offer Code 🛒 https://m.do.co/c/85de8d181725 HostiFi UniFi Cloud Hosting Service 🛒 https://hostifi.net/?via=lawrencesystems Protect your privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access 🛒 https://www.privateinternetaccess.com... Patreon 💰   / lawrencesystems   Chapters 00:00 - Intro: Why Leave VMware 01:15 - Why This Guide And Other Guides 01:44 - Management Tools: vCenter vs. Proxmox Clustering 03:29 - Proxmox Datacenter Manager (Multi-Cluster) 04:18 - The CLI 04:43 - Licensing: Open Source vs. Subscription 05:49 - Compute & VM Concepts: QEMU Guest Agent 06:12 - LXC Containers (No VMware Equivalent) 06:55 - Migrating from VMware: The Import Wizard 07:28 - CPU Types & 9.2 Cluster-Wide Management 08:00 - Storage Model & Thin vs. Thick 08:49 - ZFS as a First-Class Citizen 09:21 - Ceph: The vSAN Answer (and Hardware Reality) 11:18 - Networking: Linux Bridges 12:18 - SDN & the vDS Comparison 12:41 - 9 2 SDN Additions (WireGuard, BGP, EVPN) 13:28 - Built-In Firewall 13:49 - Clustering, Quorum & the Two-Node Problem 15:00 - Live Migration (vMotion) 15:18 - Proxmox HA Manager 15:36 - HA Arm/Disarm (New in 9 2) 16:04 - Dynamic Load Balancer / DRS (New in 9 2) 16:57 - CPU Compatibility for Live Migration 17:09 - Snapshots & the ZFS Portability Caveat 18:48 - Changed Block Tracking & Backups (PBS) 19:55 - Templates & Cloning 20:07 - No Content Library Equivalent 20:28 - cloud-init 20:36 - What's Different: Honest Assessment 22:19 - What You Gain 23:30 - Some Final Thoughts