A high-level guide to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization as a VMware admin

Learn how to navigate features in Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization coming from a VMware vSphere background.

This learning path is for operations teams or system administrators
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A high-level guide to Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization as a VMware admin

When faced with the task of transitioning your organization’s infrastructure to new tools, there are many options to consider. Which tool will serve the needs you currently have? Which features are comparable and, perhaps more importantly, how do they match up to what you used before? Navigating a new tool after using a different one for so long can be a difficult task in and of itself. 

Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization is the core virtualization functionality of Red Hat OpenShift that enables organizations to run and deploy virtual machines (VMs) on a hybrid cloud application platform. It is included with all OpenShift editions, and offers a host of tools to manage and run VMs alongside containerized applications. This learning path is designed to provide users who are familiar with VMware vSphere a guide on how to access commonly used features and concepts with Red Hat OpenShift and OpenShift Virtualization. 

What do you need before starting?

  • Understanding of VMware vSphere features and functionalities

What is included in this learning path?

  • Navigating storage options with OpenShift
  • Understanding Red Hat OpenShift networking options
  • Exploring compute options in Red Hat OpenShift
  • Observability options using Red Hat OpenShift

What will you get?

  • A better understanding of how to accomplish similar tasks with Red Hat OpenShift and OpenShift Virtualization if you are familiar with VMware vSphere. 

This learning path provides insight into features and functionalities found across both Red Hat OpenShift and VMware. It is important to note that OpenShift is conceptually different in select areas from VMware to achieve the same or similar outcomes. The versions that are used throughout are based on OpenShift 4.20 and VMware vSphere 8.0. Please refer to the Red Hat OpenShift and VMware documentation for the most up-to-date information.

Please note, some features may differ depending on the OpenShift edition in use. For further questions on these features and access to them, please reach out to your Red Hat account team.

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