- Organisation
- University of Southern Queensland
- Predecessor
- VMware virtualisation platform
- Destination
- Nutanix Cloud Platform with Nutanix AHV
- Workload
- About 500 test/development VMs and 300 production VMs and appliances
- Stage
- Completed on deadline
- Retirement status
- Named migration complete; future platform initiatives excluded
- Confidence
- High
- Next trigger
- A production launch for any of the stated future platform initiatives.
Programme context
The University of Southern Queensland replaced its incumbent VMware platform with Nutanix Cloud Platform and AHV for a mixed test, development and production estate supporting major university applications.
Why this matters: This is a completed, high-scope virtualisation migration with an unusually clear workload count. The evidence still does not permit future Nutanix initiatives to be presented as current production capabilities.
Migration timeline
| Date | Milestone | What changed | Evidence status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 Jul 2026 | Customer story published | Nutanix described the completed migration and application scope. | Evidence-bounded |
| Deadline milestone | Migration completed | The source says the programme completed on deadline but does not disclose the final calendar cutover day. | Evidence-bounded |
| Future | Platform expansion | Kubernetes, database services, Flow and NC2 remain prospective initiatives. | Evidence-bounded |
Workload migration matrix
| Workload | Predecessor | Destination | Status by 21 Jul 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| About 500 test/development VMs | VMware | Nutanix AHV | Completed |
| About 300 production VMs and appliances | VMware | Nutanix AHV | Completed |
| Moodle, uConnect, PeopleSoft ERP and Oracle databases | VMware-hosted estate | Nutanix platform | Included in named scope |
Implementation and architecture
- The migration covered both non-production and production estates.
- Major university services and databases are named in the source.
- Future platform capabilities remain outside the completed claim.
Known unknowns and contradictions
- Exact final cutover date.
- Residual VMware support or archive arrangements.
- Dates for future Kubernetes, database-service, Flow or NC2 adoption.
No missing fact is inferred to create a cleaner completion narrative.
PlatformTrace analysis
This is a completed, high-scope virtualisation migration with an unusually clear workload count. The evidence still does not permit future Nutanix initiatives to be presented as current production capabilities.
Targets, forecasts and reported benefits remain attributed source claims; they are not independently measured product performance.
Evidence ledger
- Nutanix source, 2026-07-17
Named UniSQ customer story identifying VMware, Nutanix AHV, VM counts, major applications and on-deadline completion.
Corrections and updates
21 July 2026 — Initial Verified dossier published. Later milestones will be appended rather than silently replacing this state.