One dataset, several decisions.
VIA takes no side. The same analysis (per-VM complexity, dependencies, risks, cost drivers) serves your situation. Here are the four most common.
Get the facts before you negotiate.
License renewal, rising costs, a decision to defend to leadership. VIA surfaces the full inventory and what drives the bill, VM by VM, across 200+ rules.
What VIA surfaces
- Full inventory: vCenter (L1) and the inside of VMs (L2/L3), correlated
- Features that drive licensing cost (Windows Server, Oracle, VMware)
- CPU and RAM oversizing over vCenter history (30 days by default, configurable), not a snapshot
- A dated, reproducible picture to ground the negotiation
Know what moves, and with what.
You are considering moving all or part of the estate. VIA sizes the real effort before you commit, without steering toward a destination.
What VIA surfaces
- Per-VM VMCS complexity score, SIMPLE to INTENSIVE, broken down into named factors
- Dependency groups from converging signals (connections, naming, pool, folder, vApp)
- Compatibility by destination category: on-prem hypervisors, managed VMware cloud, managed relocation (cloud hypervisor), cloud-native IaaS, modernization (containers)
- Blockers flagged: VMware-specific features (FT, RDM, vSAN policies)
Cut risk and waste.
You are staying on VMware and want to clean house. VIA exposes what is obsolete, risky or oversized, without changing any configuration.
What VIA surfaces
- Infra health: end-of-life OSes, outdated VMware Tools, accumulated snapshots, CBT
- Right-sizing backed by percentiles VIA computes from vCenter daily history
- Prioritized operational risks: critical datastores, memory overcommit
- Detection of proprietary lock-in, before you have to negotiate
A dated, defensible picture.
A vendor audit, compliance, or simply the need for a reliable snapshot. VIA produces proof, not an opinion.
What VIA surfaces
- Dated snapshot, deterministic and reproducible at will
- Every finding tied to the collected data that triggered it
- Access and privileges (IAM) and an execution log
- JSON snapshot you can verify with its SHA-256 hash
Four commitments, whatever your decision.
Whichever scenario fits your situation, the same foundation holds. These four principles are what make the analysis defensible, whatever you use it for.
Deterministic and explainable
Same inputs, same results, every run. Every score and finding is tied to the collected data that triggered it, with the rule involved. Deterministic conclusions, backed by evidence you can verify, replay, and defend to leadership, a vendor, or an auditor; the detailed evaluation logic remains proprietary.
- Per-VM score (VMCS) traceable to its factors
- Over 200 named, traceable rules
- Re-runnable to track how things evolve
100% local
The analysis runs entirely inside your network, from an appliance you control. No telemetry: no data from your environment is ever sent automatically, and only what you choose to share (support package, contribution) reaches us. Agentless, Read-Only role in vCenter; at L2 and L3, guest operations limited to reads, internet access denied by default, only your private networks and the exceptions you declare are reachable: works in an isolated network. The deliverables are kept on the appliance, inside your network, and you download them.
- Agentless, Read-Only role in vCenter (L2 and L3: guest operations limited to reads)
- Nothing sent automatically (works air-gapped)
- Reports stay with you
Anonymized by default
By default, VIA produces an anonymized version: hostnames, IP addresses and identifiers removed. The mapping table stays locally with you and is never transmitted. You decide what crosses your walls.
- Hostnames, IPs and identifiers removed
- Mapping table local, never transmitted
- You control what leaves
Neutral
VIA recommends no destination platform, by design. No commercial partnership, no margin on any target. We surface every relevant data point, clearly mapped and traceable, then let you and your partners have the real conversation. We show you the terrain; the climb is yours.
- No platform recommended
- No partnership or margin on any target
- The decision stays yours