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      • VMware Migration Testing Is Critical to Completing Your ExitVMware migration testing decides whether your exit finishes. VergeOS keeps the VMware image, takes instant snapshots and isolates each workload in a VDC.
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      • Leave No VM BehindA complete VMware migration includes clustered SQL Server. VergeOS 26.2 shortens cutover and protects critical workloads inside isolated VDCs.
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VergeOS 26.2: Finish the VMware Exit

Watch Aaron Richman and Dave Vincent demonstrate how VergeOS 26.2 moves the workloads that usually stay behind on VMware, from clustered SQL Server to the single-server sites at the edge of your network.

Recorded October 22, 2026 | 30 Minutes | Demo + Live Q&A

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Presenters
Aaron Richman Aaron Richman Field Evangelist, VergeIO | Dave Vincent Dave Vincent Technical Solutions Strategist, VergeIO
What’s Covered

The Workloads That Usually Stay Behind

Why

Why VMware Exits Stall

The clustered applications and remote sites are what keep a second hypervisor, and a second license bill, running long after the project should have closed.

Migrate

Faster Migration, Shorter Cutover

The VergeOS migration service and its use of changed block tracking, and how 26.2 shortens both the initial full transfer and the final transfer at cutover.

Cluster

Microsoft Failover Clustering on VergeFS

A Windows failover cluster running on VergeFS with shared disks and SCSI-3 Persistent Reservations, with no dedicated storage array behind it.

Distribute

Single-Server Distributed Data Centers

VergeOS 26.2 lowers the requirements for retail and branch locations to one server with two network connections and no core network.

Demo

VergeOS 26.2 in the Lab

Dave runs a working VergeOS 26.2 environment from his lab, start to finish.

Q&A

The Hardest Workloads

Aaron and Dave answer questions on the applications attendees think have to stay on VMware.

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More on VergeOS 26.2 and Finishing the VMware Exit

Datasheet

VergeOS 26.2: Finish the VMware Exit

VergeOS 26.2 speeds VMware migration, runs Microsoft Failover Clustering on VergeFS, and supports single-server sites with two network connections.

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Press Release

VergeIO Releases VergeOS 26.2

Improving VMware migration performance, supporting mission-critical workloads, and extending to single-server distributed data centers.

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Presentation

VergeOS 26.2: Complete the VMware Exit

Complete the VMware exit with VergeOS 26.2: 120% faster transfers, Failover Clustering on VergeFS with no array, and single-server sites.

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Storyboard

The VergeOS 26.2 Story in Four Pictures

No reading required. Each picture shows one thing VergeOS 26.2 changes for organizations leaving VMware.

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Blog

Leave No VM Behind

A complete VMware migration includes clustered SQL Server. VergeOS 26.2 shortens cutover and protects critical workloads inside isolated VDCs.

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Blog

VMware Migration Testing Is Critical to Completing Your Exit

VMware migration testing decides whether your exit finishes. VergeOS keeps the VMware image, takes instant snapshots and isolates each workload in a VDC.

Read the Blog

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