Migrating VMs from VMware to OpenStack with Pure Storage – Part 3: Complete Automation

Welcome back to our three-part series on migrating VMware VMs to OpenStack using Pure Storage! In Part 1, we covered the foundational concepts and manual workflow. In Part 2, we dove into the technical implementation details and individual automation components. Now, in this final installment, we’re bringing everything together with a complete, production-ready Ansible automation […]

Migrating VMs from VMware to OpenStack with Pure Storage (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of our VMware to OpenStack migration series. If you haven’t read Part 1 yet, check out VMware to OpenStack: The Simple Way for the foundational concepts and general migration approach. When you have Pure Storage FlashArray as your storage foundation, migrating VMs from VMware vSphere to OpenStack becomes significantly more streamlined. […]

VMware to OpenStack: The Simple Way

With VMware’s future in question following Broadcom’s acquisition and the deprecation of vVols, many organizations are rethinking their virtualization strategy. OpenStack emerges as a powerful, open alternative—but migration can be daunting. If you’re running VMware on Pure Storage FlashArrays, there’s good news: the latest OpenStack release unlocks a simple, elegant path to migrate your virtual machine volumes—no conversions, no complexity. Discover how Pure Storage makes your transition to OpenStack easier than ever.

Ephemeral to Cinder: A Quick Guide

One question I’ve been hearing more frequently from OpenStack admins is: “How do I move my instances from ephemeral boot to Cinder-backed volumes?” This shift is becoming increasingly necessary for several reasons, including: In this short post, I’ll walk you through how to migrate an instance that was originally booted with ephemeral storage to a […]

Deploying Pure Storage in OpenStack using kolla-ansible

Some time ago I wrote a post on deploying the Flash Storage FlashArray as a Cinder backend using Kolla as the deployment method. As time has moved on, so has Kolla to the point where it now uses Ansible to deploy OpenStack with the kolla-ansible project. In this post I’m going to explain how to […]

Observe More with Dynatrace and Pure Storage

Pure Storage develops Dynatrace integration to extend enterprise class storage observability

Simple OpenStack Glance Configuration with S3 and Cinder Image-Volume Cache

A simple review of configuring OpenStack Glance to use S3 object stores combined with Cinder Image-Volume cache.

OpenStack Glance with Cinder Multistores – Scurry into the Unknown

A deep-dive into configuring OpenStack Glance multistore on Cinder backends and how they can be used in core-edge deployments.

Introducing Ansible and Pure to Empower Live Application Data Migration

How to perform a live migration of an applications data disks from one storage array to another using Ansible.

Join us at the OpenInfrastructure Summit in Vancouver from June 13-15. Network with industry professionals, learn about cutting-edge solutions, and hear from thought leaders in the field. Visit booth A12 to see Pure Storage’s OpenStack integrations and RSVP for our Happy Hour. Don’t miss out!