HP HPE2-K45 - Using HPE SimpliVity

According to the HPE SimpliVity Administration Guide1, one of the major considerations for integrating HPE Storence with HPE SimpliVity is the physical location of the HPE Storence system. The guide recommends that the HPE Storence system should be located in a third site that is independent from the two HPE SimpliVity sites, and that the network latency between the sites should be less than 10 ms. This ensures that the HPE Storence system can act as a reliable backup target for the HPE SimpliVity federation, and that the backup and restore operations can be performed efficiently and securely. The other options are not correct because:

The number of HPE Storence/SimpliVity integration licenses is not a major consideration for this integration. The HPE SimpliVity federation does not require any additional licenses to integrate with HPE Storence1.

The number of the stores configured with HPE SimpliVity is not a major consideration for this integration. The HPE SimpliVity federation can integrate with any number of HPE Storence stores, as long as they are configured with the HPE Storence Catalyst protocol1.

The limited support from software-optimized HPE SimpliVity models is not a major consideration for this integration. The HPE SimpliVity federation can integrate with HPE Storence regardless of the hardware model of the HPE SimpliVity nodes, as long as they are running the same software version1. References: 1: HPE SimpliVity Administration Guide (A00019350ENW), pages 105-107.

Register External Store …1

This option allows you to register an HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Store as an external backup target for HPE SimpliVity. This enables you to store VM backups on an HPEStoreOnce system, which is a disk-based backup solution that offers deduplication, compression, encryption, remote replication, and direct application-managed integration2.

To use this option, you need to have an HPE StoreOnce appliance connected to your HPE SimpliVity cluster, and configure a Catalyst Store on it. Then, you can select the All HPE SimpliVity Actions menu, and click Register External Store. You will be prompted to enter the following information:

The name of the external store

The IP address or hostname of the HPE StoreOnce appliance

The name of the Catalyst Store

The credentials of the Catalyst Store

After you enter the required information, click OK to register the external store1.