With technology constantly evolving, it is on all of us to take the lead on IT innovation. Join our Red Hat® experts for an insightful Tech Journey series exploring how Red Hat OpenShift® Virtualization provides a modern platform for running and deploying new and existing virtual machine (VM) workloads. Take a look at the sessions taking place over the coming months and register for those that interest you.
 
Agenda Highlights
 
  • Deep dive into Day 2 operation how to get starting with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization after migration or new cluster installation.
  • Explore the various options to shift from legacy VMs to leverage the key features of OpenShift.
  • Insights into skills, training and certification options for familiarizing with a new platform.
 
Who should attend?
IT professionals, VM admins and infrastructure architects.
 
 

NEXT SESSIONS

 


Join us for this Red Hat Skill Builders episode and learn how you can modernise your virtual infrastructure and automate VM migration and lifecycle management on Red Hat® OpenShift® with Red Hat® Ansible® Automation Platform. If you attended the 'Day-2 Operations for OpenShift Virtualization with Ansible Automation Platform' demo then you will have had an introduction to the technology. If not, it would be a good pre-requisite to add to your calendar. This session will provide advice on how to build your expertise to get the most out of your Red Hat technology.

Our expert instructor will take you through various use cases:
  • Use case 1: Automating your virtual infrastructure for replatforming with Ansible Automation Platform
  • Use Case 2: VM migration at scale with Ansible Automation Platform
  • Use case 3: Day 2 VM operations with Ansible Automation Platform

There will also be a live demo showing how smoothly Red OpenShift Virtualization and Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform work together to execute these tasks.

And more importantly the instructor will walk you through how our Red Hat Training and Certification offerings support your team on this journey.


SPEAKER:


Mourad Nakib
Training Specialist Solution Architect
Red Hat



 

On-demand Sessions

 


Explore the journey of migrating virtualization workloads to Red Hat OpenShift and gain insights from our recent experiences and a proven, scalable methodology. You’ll learn the key factors to consider, common challenges to anticipate, and practical steps to ensure success in large-scale migration projects. We'll also take a look at the skills and training required to help make it a smooth and successful journey.

Join us to gain a practical roadmap for virtualization journey success that will minimize risks, accelerate your time-to-value, and drive organizational innovation and agility.

SPEAKERS:


Carlos Spitzer
Head of Professional Services
Red Hat Spain and Portugal



Kevin Cleary
Territory Services Manager
Red Hat




Dive into the world of modern virtualization with our technical talk, where we’ll explore how Portworx and Red Hat are working together to usher in a new, modern application development platform that supports VMs and containers running side by side.

In this session, we’ll talk about how Portworx and Red Hat are delivering a solution that simplifies the integration, operations, and management of virtual machines, and their data, in a cloud-native environment.

Discover how Portworx and Red Hat bridge the gap between traditional VMs and modern cloud-native development, providing a seamless path to innovation and modernization. Join us to uncover how thesetechnologies are transforming the virtualization stack, enabling faster, more flexible, and cost-effective solutions for today’s dynamic IT environments.

SPEAKERS:


Daniel Paul
Cloud Architect
Portworx



Jens Gerlach
EMEA Sales Specialist, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat



Matthias Muench
EMEA Principal Specialist Solution Architect, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat


Administering the ever growing IT infrastructure is a challenge for organisations. For OpenShift and Kubernetes, Red Hat comes to the rescue with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management. With the growing cluster fleet, there are important considerations like ensuring your clusters are deployed and configured in a reliable and repeatable way from day one. From day two, keeping them in this desired state is paramount too. For OpenShift Virtualisation clusters, this capability is expanded to provide a single pane of glass visibility, VM administration and performance metrics including Grafana based dashboards. During this session, we will give you a flavour of how Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management works with Red Hat OpenShift Virtualisation to give you a unified platform to manage your Virtual Machines.


SPEAKERS:


Jens Gerlach
EMEA Sales Specialist, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat



Joachim von Thadden
EMEA Principal Specialist Solution Architect, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat



Christian Stark
Principal Product Manager
Red Hat



Discover how Red Hat’s OpenShift Virtualization Engine offers a unified, scalable platform for simplifying the migration and management of virtual machines (VMs) across hybrid cloud environments. Purpose-built for enterprises, OpenShift Virtualization Engine focuses exclusively on VM workloads, reducing overhead and complexity while delivering enterprise-grade scalability, reliability, and trusted Red Hat support.

In this session learn how you can smoothly transition from your traditional virtualization platform to OpenShift Virtualization Engine with Red Hat’s support and established migration paths.


SPEAKERS:


Jens Gerlach
EMEA Sales Specialist, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat



Mohammed Salih
EMEA Principal Specialist Solution Architect, OpenShift Virtualization, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat




In this webinar, Veeam and Red Hat experts will demonstrate how Veeam Kasten, integrated with OpenShift Virtualization, tackles the critical challenges of running virtual machines on OpenShift, focusing on data protection, backup, restore, and disaster recovery for business-critical environments.

Join us to learn how Veeam-Kasten can help you:
  • Ensure Workload-Specific Protection: Automatically discover and protect your OpenShift based Virtual Machines
  • Simplify Policy-Based Backup and Monitoring: Manage backups at scale with dynamic policies that fit your needs
  • Enable Rapid Service Restores: Restore OpenShift Virtualization workloads and data quickly and efficiently
  • Repair Application Misconfigurations: Correct misconfigured resources to minimize downtime
  • Create Standby Clusters: Securely replicate, restore, and move applications to ensure business continuity
  • Ensure Compliance: Meet internal policies and regulatory controls with robust data security practices

This session is designed for enterprise operations teams looking to enhance their OpenShift Virtualization backup and disaster recovery capabilities.

Whether you’re currently using OpenShift Virtualization or planning to implement it, this webinar is packed with valuable insights to help you fill the gaps in your current data protection strategy


SPEAKERS:


Alexandre Arrive-Cornec
Global Veeam Kasten Specialist Presales
Veeam



Jens Gerlach
EMEA Sales Specialist, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat



Rafal Szmigiel
EMEA Principal Specialist Solution Architect, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat




Digital disruption is a quite old buzzword by now, nevertheless it happened, happens and continues to happen. Additionally traditional virtualised work load also seeks a new platform to reside on. Luckily Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform is the #1 platform for innovation, cloud native workload and AI but at the same time a first class option to host virtual machines. Join a Red Hat and Dell demo session to learn how to manage virtual machines within Red Hat OpenShift, how to migrate VMs from VMware effectively. Also we will share the benefits of the highly integrated Dell APEX Cloud Platform, which allows managing the HW and Firmware out of the same OpenShift Container Platform UI.

SPEAKERS:


Markus Schreier
EMEA Associate Principal Account Solution Architect, Ecosystem
Red Hat



Thibaut Perrin
Red Hat Solution Architect
Dell Technologies




ON-DEMAND

Join Red Hat and AWS to discover how OpenShift Virtualization on ROSA enables uplift and shift migration of legacy virtual machines (VMs) to AWS. Give your virtual machines features once exclusive to containers without changing a thing.

During the webinar, we’ll explore how OpenShift Virt on ROSA delivers advanced application telemetry, autoscaling, and infrastructure automation to streamline VM management while reducing operational complexity. Learn how Red Hat and AWS collaborate to offer a cloud-native virtualization solution that leverages AWS’s scalability, flexibility, and reliability, empowering you to achieve optimal VM performance in the cloud while effectively managing costs.

Whether you’re looking to migrate legacy applications or improve your cloud infrastructure, this session offers insights and expert guidance to help you leverage the power of ROSA for modernized workloads.

In this one hour webinar we’ll show you:
  • The benefits of Uplifting and Shifting your VMs to Red Hat OpenShift Service on AWS
  • Importing VMs from VMware to OpenShift Virtualization on ROSA
  • Load Balancing with OpenShift Virtualization on ROSA
  • Network Security Policies with OpenShift Virtualization on ROSA
  • VMs and Service Mesh - Advanced Telemetry with OpenShift Virtualization on ROSA


SPEAKERS:


Rhys Powell
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Red Hat



Victor Hernando
Senior Black Belt, Managed OpenShift
Red Hat




Modernizing legacy applications in a hybrid cloud environment can be both challenging and rewarding. Join us for a session where we demonstrate how to use GitOps to spin up a virtual machine on OpenShift. You’ll learn how treating infrastructure and application code as a single source of truth streamlines deployment and ongoing management. We’ll also showcase how to leverage key OpenShift features—such as secrets, configmaps, services, routes, and liveness/readiness probes—to enhance security, reliability, and scalability for your legacy virtual machines. Don’t miss this opportunity to see how GitOps and OpenShift can transform your virtual machine deployments!

SPEAKERS:


Mohammed Salih Puthenpurayil
EMEA Principal Specialist Solution Architect, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat



Rafal Szmigiel
EMEA Principal Specialist Solution Architect, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat



Jens Gerlach
EMEA Sales Specialist, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat




Are you facing rising infrastructure costs, flexibility challenges, or struggling to manage both legacy and modern containerized applications? You’re at a pivotal moment where rethinking your IT strategy is crucial.

Join us to explore how you can modernize your infrastructure while maximizing existing virtualization investments. We’ll discuss how cloud-native architectures, streamlined operations, and robust security can help you transition seamlessly—at your own pace.

Additionally, we’ll dive into the latest NetApp Trident updates, including new capabilities that provide enhanced backup, recovery, and storage efficiency for Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization customers.

SPEAKERS:


Daniel Dominguez
EMEA Senior Specialist Solution Architect
Red Hat



Luis Rico
Principal Product Manager
NetApp




This session provides technical deep dive with OpenShift Virtualization and Ansible Automation Platform, guiding you in managing Day 2 operations on Virtual Machines within OpenShift. Centred on real work scenarios. We will demonstrate how to automate routine management tasks, such as resource scaling and system maintenance, using Ansible collections and roles. You will gain practical skills and insights into effective strategies for maintaining and optimizing VMs within OpenShift environments, empowering them to enhance both operational efficiency and automation capabilities.

SPEAKERS:


Mohammed Salih Puthenpurayil
EMEA Principal Specialist Solution Architect, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat



Jens Gerlach
EMEA Sales Specialist, OpenShift Virtualization
Red Hat



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