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## Introduction What comes "next" for VMware workloads? Hardly a day goes by without the question coming up. The licensing changes that followed Broadcom's acquisition of VMware have pushed many organizations into a fundamental review of their virtualization strategy. But it is worth pausing here: **"getting off VMware" is not the goal.** The real destination is the modernization beyond the migration — reworking applications and data, up to and including serverless and cloud-native architectures. The AWS Storage Blog, too, frames the migration not as mere license avoidance but as an opportunity to modernize infrastructure. (Reference: AWS Storage Blog — Expedite VMware migration to Amazon EC2 and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP using the BlueXP workload factory migration advisor) ### The Core of Modernization on AWS — AWS Transform What drives modernization on AWS today is **AWS Transform** , an agentic-AI service. Beyond rehosting VMware workloads, it can containerize source code (replatforming to Amazon ECS / Amazon EKS) and take .NET Framework applications to cross-platform .NET on Linux — capabilities that **run migration and modernization in parallel**. It lifts migration from "moving servers" to "reworking applications," and that is what modernization on AWS looks like now. However you rework the compute — EC2, containers, or serverless — one thing is always needed: **a place for the data**. This is where **Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP** , which I work with, comes alongside. I field questions about FSx for ONTAP every day, and one thing these migrations tend to overlook is **the continuity and extensibility of the storage operations model**. Keep the storage operations built up over years in VMware and ONTAP environments — Snapshot, Clone, Replication, Storage Efficiency — on AWS too, and let a multi-protocol data hub support everything from migration through to cloud-native. Keep the data layer consistent and you can re-choose the compute as many times as you like. **Designing modernization with AWS migration as the entry point and the data foundation at the core** — that is the lens of this series. ## Five Destinations for VMware Workloads AWS officially presents five pathways for VMware workloads. (Reference: AWS for VMware — Comprehensive Pathways) ### AWS for VMware: The Pathways to Migrate and Modernize on AWS I drew the five official pathways as five rows, combining AWS services with ONTAP: * Row 1 is Migrate to Amazon EC2: Amazon EC2 reaches Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP over iSCSI. * Row 2 is Modernize on AWS: Amazon Elastic Container Service, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service, AWS Fargate, Amazon WorkSpaces, AWS Lambda, AWS Batch and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP. * Row 3 is Run VMware on AWS: Amazon Elastic VMware Service reaches Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP over NFS / SMB. * Row 4 is Run AWS on-premises: AWS Outposts and NetApp ONTAP. * Row 5 is Run third-party hypervisors on AWS: Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS, Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP, and Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS. _(dark theme)_ > Source: AWS for VMware Partner Offerings > — "AWS offers the most comprehensive set of migration and modernization options for > VMware-based workloads - from relocating to Amazon EVS, to rehosting on Amazon EC2, > containerizing with Amazon EKS, or transitioning to running third-party hypervisors > in the cloud like ROSA and NC2 on AWS." (Summarized; rephrased for licensing constraints.) ### Each Pathway in Detail #### 1. Rehost to Amazon EC2 The most straightforward path: migrating VMware VMs as EC2 instances. AWS Transform for VMware (an agentic-AI-based migration service) became generally available in May 2025. (Reference: AWS What's New) Separately, on 30 August 2026, **FSx for ONTAP became generally available as a target storage type for AWS Transform for migrations (MGN)**. The former is a service for migrating from VMware; the latter is a target-storage choice for server migration. They are different features, and Part 2 of this series covers the latter. (Reference: AWS What's New) **Storage configuration options:** * **EBS only** : Simple. Automated with MGN / AWS Transform * **EBS (OS) + FSx for ONTAP (Data)** : Keeps ONTAP capabilities. Supported by AWS Transform (MGN) / Shift Toolkit / Cirrus Migrate Cloud (**the scope of this series**) #### 2. Modernization (Containers / Serverless) As the next step after rehosting to EC2, you can modernize according to the characteristics of each workload. Target | Suitable workloads | FSx for ONTAP integration ---|---|--- **ECS / EKS (EC2 mode)** | Stateful containers (DB, middleware) | ✅ iSCSI / NFS mount available **ECS / EKS (Fargate)** | Stateless microservices | △ Through EFS only (no iSCSI) **AWS Lambda** | Event-driven, short-running processing | △ EFS mount available, no iSCSI **AWS Batch** | Batch processing / HPC | ✅ iSCSI available in EC2 mode **Amazon WorkSpaces** | VDI (virtual desktops) | ✅ FSx for ONTAP file shares This is not about containerizing VMs as they are. The journey is "rehost to EC2 → containerize the application → move step by step to Fargate/Lambda". #### 3. Amazon EVS (Keep VMware on AWS) With Amazon Elastic VMware Service, you can deploy VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) directly on EC2 bare metal inside your VPC. You keep your existing vSphere skill set and can connect FSx for ONTAP as an external datastore. It suits cases with a large VMware-dependent application estate, where leaving VMware in a short time is impractical. #### 4. AWS Outposts (On-premises AWS + NetApp External Storage) AWS Outposts is a fully managed service that places AWS infrastructure on premises. Third-party block storage integration was announced in December 2024, and NetApp ONTAP and StorageGRID are available as partners validated through the AWS Service Ready Program. (Reference: AWS Blog) (Reference: NetApp) NetApp ONTAP iSCSI LUNs can be attached directly from the AWS console as data volumes for EC2 instances, and boot volume support was added in July 2025. This gives you **separation of compute and storage** : "compute is AWS-managed, storage is your existing ONTAP." #### 5. Partner Solutions (ROSA / Expanding Nutanix + NetApp Integration) * **Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA):** A fully managed environment based on OpenShift. With the NetApp Trident CSI driver, ROSA Pods can access FSx for ONTAP over NFS/iSCSI. (Reference) * **Nutanix + NetApp ONTAP (on-premises Nutanix Cloud Platform):** At .NEXT Chicago in April 2026, a partnership was announced that lets the Nutanix Cloud Platform (NCP / AHV) use NetApp ONTAP (AFF / FAS) as **external storage**. Over an NFS-based connection, compute (Nutanix AHV) and storage (ONTAP) scale independently. GA is planned for **the second half of 2026 (NetApp targets Q3 2026, with Early Access underway)**. **The partnership covers on-premises NetApp enterprise storage; integration with Nutanix Cloud Clusters (NC2) on AWS or with FSx for ONTAP is not announced or committed in public sources** (NetApp mentions "NetApp cloud storage services for Nutanix Cloud Platform" as a future direction, with the timing and the services undetermined). (Reference: NetApp Blog, GA Q3 2026) (Reference: Nutanix press release) **The NetApp ecosystem as a whole:** _Figure 2: the data layer stays the same when the compute changes. SnapMirror is what crosses the boundary (dark theme)_ What this figure shows is that **ONTAP is a data platform independent of the choice of hypervisor or cloud**. Whether you move the compute layer from VMware to EC2 or to Nutanix, the data layer stays consistently available, and SnapMirror moves and protects the data. ### Where This Series Sits _Figure 3: the phases beyond rehosting, and the alternatives to it. This series covers Phase 1 (dark theme)_ This series concentrates on **Phase 1 (rehost)** , but the EC2 + FSx for ONTAP configuration is designed not to close off the path to Phase 2 and beyond. FSx for ONTAP is reachable over NFS/iSCSI from ECS/EKS as well as from EC2, so the data layer can stay as it is after containerization. ## Why "EC2 + FSx for ONTAP" Among the five pathways, here is why this series looks at "EC2 + FSx for ONTAP" in particular. ### An Entry Point for Rehosting and a Foundation for Modernization This configuration is not just a rehost destination; it is designed not to close off future modernization. * **Now (Phase 1)** : Rehost VMs to EC2. Data disks on FSx for ONTAP iSCSI * **Next (Phase 2)** : Containerize the application. Keep accessing FSx for ONTAP over NFS/iSCSI from ECS/EKS * **Later (Phase 3)** : Parts that became stateless move to Fargate/Lambda. The FSx for ONTAP data layer stays as it is The multi-protocol access of FSx for ONTAP (NFS/SMB/iSCSI) is what supports this step-by-step migration. A volume used as an iSCSI LUN for EC2 can later be NFS-mounted by an EKS Pod. ### The Value of ONTAP Is Capability, Not Capacity Seen as just "large-capacity storage," FSx for ONTAP can look expensive next to EBS. But capacity is not where the value of ONTAP lies. ONTAP feature | Use on AWS ---|--- **Snapshot** | Point-in-time copies in seconds. Instant test environments **FlexClone** | Clones without copying data. Lower cost for dev/test **SnapMirror** | Block-level replication. Cross-Region DR **Compression / Dedup** | Lower effective capacity. Most effective for databases and logs **Thin Provisioning** | Pay for what is used. Avoid over-provisioning **Multi-protocol** | Access the same volume over NFS/SMB/iSCSI ### FSx for ONTAP EC2 Integration Pattern _Figure 4: the boot column is Amazon EBS in all three rows; only the data column changes to FSx for ONTAP from staging on (dark theme)_ This configuration has the following advantages. * **Storage and compute scale independently** : Change FSx for ONTAP capacity/throughput without stopping EC2 * **The ONTAP operations model carries over** : Operate snapshots, clones and replication with the same CLI/API as on premises * **The limit moves** : The ceiling is no longer the per-instance Amazon EBS limit but the EC2 network bandwidth and the FSx for ONTAP throughput capacity. #### Note: Performance Ceilings and Protocols "The limit moves" above does not mean the limit goes away. This series has not measured it yet, but verification in a sibling project (F-1 iSCSI measurement and others) has shown the following. 1. **Simple arithmetic between session count and bandwidth misses** Estimating "required bandwidth ÷ 625 MBps = number of sessions" misses in both directions. One TCP connection came out at 1.82x the prediction and sixteen at 0.20x, so the ceiling is not set by the capacity of a single flow alone. 2. **The performance gap between protocols (iSCSI vs NVMe/TCP) depends on the deployment** Measured on the same file system, iSCSI and NVMe/TCP were 0.06% apart — practically the same — while on other configurations their order swapped. Quoting a past ratio as the basis for a protocol choice is unsafe. 3. **ANA multipath is not available on Amazon Linux 2023** `CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH` is unset in all three AL2023 kernel series (details). The ANA path makes a large difference to sequential reads, so verifying it enabled needs a different distribution (RHEL 9.3 or similar). _These values come from tests against a raw device and include burst; they do not apply directly to this configuration, which puts a file system on the LUN._ ## Choosing a Migration Tool Even when the destination is "EC2 + FSx for ONTAP," the tool depends on the environment. Condition | Candidate tool | Notes ---|---|--- You want the data volumes on FSx for ONTAP (whatever the source storage is) | **AWS Transform (MGN)** | Set FSx for ONTAP as the target storage type. Generally available since 30 August 2026. Boot is always Amazon EBS. Verified hands-on in Part 2 Already on an ONTAP NFS datastore + small to medium scale | **NetApp Shift Toolkit** | Converts disks without copying them, using FlexClone. EC2 / FSx for ONTAP support is Early Preview. Verified hands-on in Part 4 Already on ONTAP + large scale (100+ VMs) | **Cirrus Migrate Cloud** | YAML-driven automation. Paid, through AWS Marketplace Migration planning and sizing only | **AWS Application Discovery Service** / **AWS Migration Evaluator** | Inventory collection and cost estimation. AWS native ### Where NetApp Shift Toolkit Fits Shift Toolkit converts VMs on an ONTAP NFS datastore without copying their disks. Conversion is done with FlexClone and metadata operations, so the conversion itself is quick. Migrations from VMware ESXi to Hyper-V, OpenShift Virtualization, Proxmox VE and OLVM are GA today, and **support for VMware ESXi → Amazon EC2 / FSx for ONTAP is at the Early Preview stage**. > ⚠️ Early Preview note: The current scope is configurations that place data disks on FSx for ONTAP. Specifications and constraints may change. ## What This Series Covers Starting from migration as the entry point, the series runs four parts through to the modernization beyond it. Parts 2 and 4 are the two migration paths; Part 3 is the modernization that follows. Part | Theme | Status | Source storage ---|---|---|--- Part 2 | AWS Transform Now Supports Block Storage Migration to FSx for ONTAP — Benefits and Pitfalls from a Hands-On EC2 Test | GA (30 August 2026) / verified hands-on | Any Part 3 | Beyond the AWS migration of a VMware environment: serverless, cloud-native, and the data foundation (ECS / EKS, S3 Access Points, DR) | Upcoming | — Part 4 | NetApp Shift Toolkit | EC2 / FSx for ONTAP support is Early Preview / verified hands-on | An ONTAP NFS datastore Of the two migration paths, AWS Transform is already GA and applies more widely, so the one a reader can try today (Part 2) comes first. Shift Toolkit (Part 4), which builds on existing ONTAP assets, comes later because its EC2 support is Early Preview. Part 3 sits between them and covers how to provide the data foundation when migrated workloads are reshaped into containers and serverless. Across the parts, we plan to cover: 1. **Environment setup** : Design and build of VPC + FSx for ONTAP + VPN 2. **Migration** : Migrating Linux / Windows VMs to EC2 3. **Modernization** : Containerization on ECS / EKS, Fargate with S3 Access Points, DR and cyber resiliency 4. **Operational continuity** : Snapshot / Clone / SnapMirror behavior after migration 5. **Cost comparison** : TCO against an EBS-only configuration ## Summary * Migrating from VMware is not only about "where to go" but about "how to carry the storage operations model forward". * For ONTAP users, FSx for ONTAP is a strong option for keeping, and making full use of, the value of ONTAP on AWS. * Choose the tool by source storage and scale. If the source storage does not matter, AWS Transform (MGN); for ONTAP NFS datastores at small to medium scale, Shift Toolkit. * Shift Toolkit's EC2 support is at the Early Preview stage, so those verification results may change at GA. The next article (Part 2) covers the AWS Transform (MGN) path that sets FSx for ONTAP as the target storage, verified hands-on after GA. Part 3 covers the modernization beyond migration (serverless and cloud-native), and Part 4 explains how Shift Toolkit works — how FlexClone changes VM migration. ## Reference Links * AWS for VMware — Comprehensive Pathways * AWS Transform for VMware * AWS What's New: AWS Transform announces general availability of Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP support * MGN: FSx for ONTAP configuration * Nutanix Blog: NetApp and Nutanix Announce Technical Partnership * AWS for VMware Partner Offerings (ROSA, NC2) * NetApp Shift Toolkit Overview * AWS Storage Blog: Seamless migration from VMware to FSx for ONTAP and EC2 * AWS Storage Blog: Expedite VMware migration to Amazon EC2 and Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP using the BlueXP workload factory migration advisor * Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP * Amazon Elastic VMware Service (EVS) * Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS (ROSA) * Nutanix Cloud Clusters on AWS (NC2) * AWS VMware Migration Accelerator * NetApp Blog: Simplify VM migration with Shift Toolkit _This article is Part 1 of the series "The Data Foundation for AWS Modernization." The Japanese original is on hatenablog. Shift Toolkit's EC2 support is Early Preview, and its specifications are subject to change._

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