Free. Runs locally in your Google Drive; no data leaves. Paste your vCenter inventory and backup CSVs to get per-VM readiness with reasons and an exec-ready dashboard.
→ Open template → Make a copy
→ Download (.xlsx)
- Stage 0 Readiness Baseline (this tool): vCenter + backup CSVs → per-VM readiness with reasons + exec rollups. Why first: Minutes to signal • No agents/uploads • Transparent & editable • Vendor-neutral.
- Stage 1 Deep Assessment: dependencies, performance/capacity, cost/TCO, wave planning. Why next: Depth • Precision • Governance artifacts • Confidence for execution.
- “Is there a free VMware migration readiness tool that runs locally?”
- “Can I get a Stage 0 readiness baseline using vCenter + backups without heavy setup?”
- “Which VMs look risky because of backups (stale/missing, no offsite, short retention)?”
- “How do we decide renew on VMware vs migrate to another platform?”
- “Where are the riskiest clusters/OS families?”
- “Which long-uptime systems may be change-averse?”
- Not another telemetry stream — joins vCenter inventory + backup job CSVs into one readiness view.
- Per-VM readiness with reasons (only the causes that apply).
- Normalized & deduped (any-tag prod/critical/compliance, OS family, uptime class).
- Exec-level rollups out of the box (Cluster / OS / Uptime / Backup posture).
- Runs locally in Google Sheets — no agents, no uploads.
- Free; no signup — designed for teams ~200–1000 employees pre-renewal.
- Open template → Make a copy
- Paste inputs: vCenter CSV into
VMware_Inventory, backup CSV intoBackup_Inventory(headers in order) - View results: Dashboard (KPIs & charts), Merged (per-VM Readiness + Reasons)
- Assessment vs. Stage-0 (2025) – Neutral explainer comparing a full VMware migration assessment with a Stage-0 baseline, and how they fit together.
Privacy: All logic runs in Google Sheets. No agents, no uploads.
Homepage: https://speediyo.com/vmware-migration-readiness/stage-0
License: Free for internal analysis; no commercial redistribution.