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Chapters
00:00 - Introduction: Why VMware Admins Are Looking at XCP-ng
00:30 - Sponsor: Meter
01:10 - How to Use This Guide & Linked Tutorials
01:55 - Management Tools: vCenter vs. Xen Orchestra
03:49 - Licensing: Free vs. Subscription (and What That Actually Means)
05:50 - NSX vs. XO SDN Controller
06:46 - Compute & VM Concepts: VMs, vCPUs, Guest Tools, Memory
08:31 - Migrating VMs: V2V, OVA Import & Disk Format Options
09:31 - Storage: Datastores vs. Storage Repositories (SR)
10:07 - Thin vs. Thick Provisioning: How It Works Differently in XCP-ng
10:57 - XOSTOR vs. vSAN: Hyperconverged Storage Compared
11:10 - Disk Formats: VHD vs. QCOW2 and the New 16TB Limit
12:07 - Networking: vSwitch, Port Groups, VLANs & PIFs
13:28 - Pool-Level Networking: How It Replaces Distributed vSwitch
14:57 - High Availability, Clustering & Pool Concepts
15:32 - Live Migration & Storage Migration (XenMotion vs. vMotion)
16:36 - DRS vs. Workload Balancing & Fault Tolerance Gap
17:19 - CPU Compatibility for Live Migration (vs. EVC)
18:07 - Snapshots, Coalesce & Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
18:53 - Xen Orchestra Backup vs. vSphere Data Protection & Veeam
20:35 - Templates, Cloning & Cloud-Init
21:08 - Quick Reference Cheat Sheet & Honest Assessment
21:47 - What You Gain: Licensing, Open Source & Community
23:47 - XCP-ng vs. Proxmox: Why There Doesn't Have to Be One Winner
24:21 - Wrap Up
lawrence.video
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Thanks to Meter for sponsoring this video!
Go to lawrence.video/meter to book a demo now!
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Forum Post
forums.lawrencesystems.com/t/vmware-to-xcp-ng-terminology-feature-mapping-reference/26796
Level1Tech Proxmox To VMWare video
youtu.be/ZDd59NKGo9E?si=SPAM2Yty0LKHk_Q9
Connect With Us
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+ Hire Us for a project: lawrencesystems.com/hire-us
+ Toms' Twitter 🐦 twitter.com/TomLawrenceTech
+ Our Website lawrencesystems.com
+ Our Forums forums.lawrencesystems.com
+ Instagram instagram.com/lawrencesystems
+ Facebook facebook.com/Lawrencesystems
+ GitHub github.com/lawrencesystems
Lawrence Systems Shirts and Swag
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AFFILIATES & REFERRAL LINKS
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Amazon Affiliate Store
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All Of Our Affiliates help us out and can get you discounts!
🛒 lawrencesystems.com/partners-we-love
Gear we use on Kit
🛒 kit.co/lawrencesystems
Use OfferCode LTSERVICES to get 10% off your order at
🛒 https://www.techsupplydirect.com?aff=2
Digital Ocean Offer Code
🛒 https://m.do.co/c/85de8d181725
HostiFi UniFi Cloud Hosting Service
🛒 hostifi.net/?via=lawrencesystems
Protect your privacy with a VPN from Private Internet Access
🛒 privateinternetaccess.com/pages/buy-vpn/LRNSYS
Patreon
💰 patreon.com/lawrencesystems
Chapters
00:00 - Introduction: Why VMware Admins Are Looking at XCP-ng
00:30 - Sponsor: Meter
01:10 - How to Use This Guide & Linked Tutorials
01:55 - Management Tools: vCenter vs. Xen Orchestra
03:49 - Licensing: Free vs. Subscription (and What That Actually Means)
05:50 - NSX vs. XO SDN Controller
06:46 - Compute & VM Concepts: VMs, vCPUs, Guest Tools, Memory
08:31 - Migrating VMs: V2V, OVA Import & Disk Format Options
09:31 - Storage: Datastores vs. Storage Repositories (SR)
10:07 - Thin vs. Thick Provisioning: How It Works Differently in XCP-ng
10:57 - XOSTOR vs. vSAN: Hyperconverged Storage Compared
11:10 - Disk Formats: VHD vs. QCOW2 and the New 16TB Limit
12:07 - Networking: vSwitch, Port Groups, VLANs & PIFs
13:28 - Pool-Level Networking: How It Replaces Distributed vSwitch
14:57 - High Availability, Clustering & Pool Concepts
15:32 - Live Migration & Storage Migration (XenMotion vs. vMotion)
16:36 - DRS vs. Workload Balancing & Fault Tolerance Gap
17:19 - CPU Compatibility for Live Migration (vs. EVC)
18:07 - Snapshots, Coalesce & Changed Block Tracking (CBT)
18:53 - Xen Orchestra Backup vs. vSphere Data Protection & Veeam
20:35 - Templates, Cloning & Cloud-Init
21:08 - Quick Reference Cheat Sheet & Honest Assessment
21:47 - What You Gain: Licensing, Open Source & Community
23:47 - XCP-ng vs. Proxmox: Why There Doesn't Have to Be One Winner
24:21 - Wrap Up
