Workloads transformed
Workloads migrated and modernized with minimal refactoring.
Financial Service Technology Provider
Modernizing a ~16,000-workload estate at scale.
One automated workflow for migration, OS modernization and validation across a complex enterprise estate.
~16,000Workloads migrated and modernized
Windows & LinuxOS modernization
300–400Workloads per week at peak
~30,000VMs across the multi-year program
The challenge
A complex estate. A fixed end-of-support deadline.
Aging Windows, SQL, RHEL and CentOS systems across multiple data centers needed modernization and consolidation against a fixed end-of-support deadline.
Regulatory requirements and a future spanning public cloud, private cloud and on-premises environments called for one platform across the target estate.
The approach
Modernize on the clone. Validate before moving forward.
RiverMeadow standardized the process: identify requirements, clone independently of production, modernize the operating system on the clone and validate target readiness.
Repeatable automated runbooks coordinated migration, modernization and validation across the estate, reducing manual effort while keeping production disruption low.
The results
Workload modernization at enterprise scale.
Workloads per week at peak
Repeatable automation supported delivery at sustained enterprise scale.
Modernized operating systems
Legacy systems advanced to newer operating systems within the workflow.
- Reduced technical debt and consolidated infrastructure.
- Minimal production disruption during migration and modernization.
- Prepared the estate for future cloud adoption.
- Delivered within a broader multi-year program spanning approximately 30,000 VMs.
Platform scope
Across data centers and cloud targets.
- Source
- Windows Server 2008/2012, SQL Server 2008/2012 and RHEL 6 across multiple data centers
- Targets
- VMware, Azure VMware Solution and Azure
- Workloads
- Windows, Linux and SQL across a complex enterprise estate
- Modernization
- Windows 2019 and RHEL 9, applied on the clone
One software platform
Migration and modernization in one workflow.
Discover, plan, assure, migrate, validate, complete and close with the RiverMeadow Workload Mobility Operating Platform.