Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine
What is Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine?
Red Hat® OpenShift® Virtualization Engine provides the proven virtualization functionality of Red Hat OpenShift to deploy, manage, and scale virtual machines (VMs). Only pay for what you need with a streamlined solution focused exclusively on VM workloads.
Backed by Red Hat’s open source expertise and award-winning support, Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization Engine also offers the flexibility to extend the platform’s value for future modernization.
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Features and benefits
Subscription features
With OpenShift Virtualization Engine, you only pay for what you need with a virtualization-centric subscription model. Key subscription features include:
Double the cores
OpenShift Virtualization Engine supports up to 128 cores per bare-metal socket pair—double the prior entitlement. Use fewer servers and less budget to support larger workloads.
Cost efficiency
Get a straightforward licensing model for bare-metal deployments—with the flexibility to add virtual clusters using core-based subscriptions. You only pay for what you need.
Simplicity and scalability
It’s built for virtualization, without unnecessary complexity or containerization features. It’s also scalable, ideal for enterprises requiring the support and flexibility to scale their VM-based workloads on-premise and in the public cloud.
Complete your solution
OpenShift Virtualization Engine integrates with Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Virtualization, Red Hat Ansible® Automation Platform, and key partners to deliver a complete automation and management solution.
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Red Hat Advanced Cluster Management for Virtualization manages virtualized environments at scale, supporting consistent performance and compliance across a diverse VM landscape. Gain a centralized, consistent, and compliant management platform for managing VMs throughout their lifecycle and across clusters—from provisioning and performance monitoring to decommissioning.
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform automates VM migration at scale, as well as related infrastructure such as networks and storage. Streamline tasks like VM provisioning, migration, monitoring, and ongoing infrastructure and Day 2 operational management once migration is complete. Reduce manual efforts, minimize errors, and accelerate operational efficiency across virtualization environments.
Choose your partners
Red Hat’s partner ecosystem helps you complete your virtualization solution with integrated services and products in key areas. Choose the Red Hat certified partners you need to help your organization extend and enhance OpenShift Virtualization Engine—without vendor lock-in.
Run, scale, and help protect your virtual machines on Red Hat OpenShift with the integration of storage software partners. These partners offer consistent integration with Red Hat OpenShift to provide application storage and resilience. Storage partners include:
Protect virtual machine workloads and maintain uptime during unexpected events so that critical information can be restored and customer operations are not interrupted. Backup and disaster recovery partners include:
Rely on a high-performance, scalable networking solution that creates segmentation and manages different security levels in your infrastructure with efficient, centralized management. Networking partners include:
Achieve your virtualization goals with Red Hat’s services partners. Global and regional service integrators can help assess your virtual infrastructure and create a roadmap for fast migration or full-scale modernization, depending on your business needs. Services partners include:
Access a comprehensive application platform
Modernization is a key consideration when choosing a home for your workloads. OpenShift Virtualization Engine offers a stable platform for virtual machines with straightforward upgrade options that clear a path to innovation in containers, cloud-native development, and artificial intelligence (AI).
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| Unlimited Red Hat Enterprise Linux® guest VMs | Requires purchase of Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Virtual Datacenters | ||
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Frequently asked questions
OpenShift Virtualization Engine is a virtualization-focused edition of Red Hat OpenShift solely for managing and running VMs, unlike other Red Hat OpenShift editions such as OpenShift Container Platform and OpenShift Platform Plus, which integrate virtualization as part of a broader cloud-native application platform.
OpenShift Virtualization Engine is a self-managed Red Hat OpenShift edition for managing and running VMs exclusively. It is tailored to customers who are replatforming virtual machines from other virtualization solutions and do not need to run containers and VMs in the same clusters. OpenShift Virtualization Engine provides a streamlined, dedicated solution to deploy, manage, and scale virtual machines with an aligned pricing model.
OpenShift Virtualization is a feature of Red Hat OpenShift that makes it possible to run VMs in an application-driven environment. Users can manage VMs alongside containerized workloads in a unified OpenShift environment with access to cloud-native application and delivery tools—ideal for hybrid cloud environments and application modernization use cases.
Yes. OpenShift Virtualization Engine includes the migration toolkit for virtualization, which helps organizations migrate VMs from other virtualization environments while minimizing downtime and impacts to operations. Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform works with OpenShift Virtualization Engine to automate the migration of VMs at scale and the management of related infrastructure like networks and storage.
OpenShift Virtualization Engine is built to handle a wide range of workloads, from traditional enterprise applications and independent software vendor solutions (ISV) to high performance applications. It is suited to industries such as finance, healthcare, and telecommunications, where consistent VM performance is critical.
Yes. OpenShift Virtualization Engine integrates with your existing IT infrastructure to help you deploy, manage, and scale virtual machines. Integrating OpenShift Virtualization Engine with your IT infrastructure also positions your organization for future modernization, artificial intelligence (AI), and cloud-native initiatives.
No. OpenShift Virtualization Engine is tailored for customers who need an enterprise-grade solution for VMs without additional containerization or cloud-native features. To manage containers and VMs side by side, check out OpenShift Container Platform or OpenShift Platform Plus for extended capabilities.
