Do you need to exit a Managed Services Provider, and they are not 'playing ball' by withholding the required access permissions? We call this a 'Hostile Migration,' and RiverMeadow’s Workload Mobility Platform plus services are uniquely positioned to help you avoid MSP lock-in!

The Use Case:

A global financial services company was looking to move from an on-prem multi-tenanted VMware-based managed environment due to escalating costs. The customer circumstances are as follows:

  • Migrate around 1,000 physical and virtual machines to AVS in less than 90 days to avoid renewals.
  • Modernize a substantial proportion of the workloads from Windows 2012 to Windows 2019 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.x to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.3.
  • A Managed Services Provider that would not be used in the future by the Global Telco, a “hostile Managed Service Provider.”

The Overall RiverMeadow Solution:

Discovery Services

RiverMeadow performed a thorough discovery and assessment of the customer’s entire estate, identifying servers and applications to be migrated, determining application dependencies, creating project plans and timelines, and forming move groups (by application stacks). RiverMeadow also recommended cloud rightsizing opportunities based on actual resource consumption.

Migration Capability

RiverMeadow’s proprietary Cloud Migration Platform was used to automate the movement of workloads from the “hostile managed service provider.” The RiverMeadow Platform can move any physical, virtual, and cloud-based workloads to any public, private, or hybrid cloud. It does not require agents to be installed on sources or any appliances on-premises, enabling workloads to be moved with minimal to no support from the ‘hostile’ Managed Service Provider. RiverMeadow completed the entire project in under 90 days.

RiverMeadow Platform

The customer chose to work with RiverMeadow due to its unique product capabilities (Lift and Modernize), its ability to address Hostile Migration limitations, deep domain expertise, and exceptional migration strategy. This migration project was completed successfully, on time, and on budget.

RiverMeadow's Unique Capabilities

No Hypervisor Access Required:

Unlike most products that need hypervisor access (which multi-tenant MSPs often won't allow), RiverMeadow can perform migrations without this access.

Direct Guest OS Communication:

RiverMeadow has the ability to talk directly to the guest OS, requiring only an IP address and some form of credentials. This OS-based migration capability ensures a seamless migration process even in hostile environments.

Don't Be Held Hostage

If you are currently facing a ‘Hostile Migration’ situation, talk to a RiverMeadow Migration Expert today. Let us show you how you can take back control of your move out of a Managed Service Provider environment without increased delay, cost, or risk.