Beyond Lift-and-Shift: Migrating Workloads from OCVS to OCI Native Services
A practical guide to lowering TCO, simplifying operations, and unlocking cloud-native capabilities by transitioning from Oracle Cloud VMware Solution to OCI native services. 1. Introduction Cloud strategies are no longer about lifting and shifting servers — they are about extracting value from the platform underneath. For enterprises that landed on Oracle Cloud through Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS) , a natural next step is to evaluate the move toward OCI native services . This blog post walks through the offerings of both, compares them on technical and commercial dimensions, and explains why migrating from OCVS to OCI Native is increasingly the preferred direction — particularly in light of recent shifts in the VMware ecosystem after the Broadcom acquisition. 2. Understanding the Offerings: OCVS vs. OCI Native 2.1 Oracle Cloud VMware Solution (OCVS) OCVS provides a fully customer-controlled, native VMware environment hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. It enables enterprise...