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From VMware to Kubernetes: A Bridge for Virtualization Admins

After years of Working on VMware — ESXi, vCenter, HA/DRS, vMotion — Kubernetes felt familiar at first glance. Both platforms build everything around a small schedulable unit of compute and a control plane that places, heals, and connects workloads across a resource pool. But containers are not VMs. There is no vMotion. You replace Pods instead of patching them in place. And the platform is application-centric in a way vSphere never was. I've written up the full mapping: what transfers cleanly from a VMware mental model, what does not, and three habits that help on day one. Read the full guide: From VMware to Kubernetes If you are supporting vSphere today and learning Kubernetes, this page is meant to save you the "why does this feel familiar but wrong?" phase.

VMware vSphere Essentials for Infrastructure Engineers

VMware vSphere remains central to many enterprise environments. It turns physical hosts into pools of compute, storage, and network resources — and operators manage that layer every day through host health, VM placement, datastore capacity, and upgrade planning. I've documented the core components, daily operational tasks, UCS integration patterns, and a common migration workflow that shows up repeatedly in production work. Read the full guide: VMware Learning Kubernetes on the side? See From VMware to Kubernetes for how the mental models map — and where they do not. If you're supporting vSphere clusters or planning migrations between vCenter environments, this page is a good starting reference.