The HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 3.7.10 HTML5 Plug-in for vSphere Client supports all of the HPE SimpliVity features. The HPE SimpliVity Plug-in for vSphere Web Client (Flex) is no longer supported.
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 4.0.0 introduced support for SCVMM 2019 with Hyper-V Server 2016.
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 3.7.7 introduced plug-in support for vSphere HTML5 Client with the following functionality:
- View backup policies in a federation
- View cluster storage efficiency
- View virtual machines in a cluster
- View datastores in a cluster
- View hosts in a cluster
- View virtual machines and templates on a host
- View virtual machines or templates assigned to a backup policy
- View datastores assigned to a backup policy
- Create a backup policy
- Set a backup policy for datastore
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 3.7.8 introduced the following expanded functionality for the vSphere HTML5 Client plug-in:
- Create backup policy with settings for backup days, backup type, and server start and stop times
- Rename backup policy and change or delete rules
- Delete a backup policy
- Identify space savings and see alerts when cluster storage reaches 20% of free space
- View cluster performance (IOPS, MBps, Latency)
- Enable or disable HPE OmniWatch for the federation
- Set proxy server for HPE OmniWatch agent
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 3.7.9 introduced the following expanded functionality for the vSphere HTML5 Client plug-in:
- Access details on the federation through the following views: HPE SimpliVity Federation Home, Connected Clusters (topology), Backup Limits, Support Capture Monitor, and About
- Access options to view hardware components, create a Support Capture file, shut down the Virtual Controller to safely shut down an HPE OmniStack host, remove a host, share an HPE SimpliVity datastore with a standard ESXi host, and delete a datastore
- Calculate unique backup size
- Rename a backup
- Copy a backup to another cluster
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 3.7.4 introduced add-in support for Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2016.
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 3.7.7 introduced the following expanded functionality for the Hyper-V add-in:
- Safe Shutdown of Virtual Controllers
- Display of top virtual machine contributors in the Cluster view
- Policy change impact chart when setting or editing a backup policy
- Backup impact chart in the Federation view
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 3.7.8 introduced the following expanded functionality for the Hyper-V add-in:
- Suspend and resume policy-based backups
- Remove HPE OmniStack hosts from a Federation
- Built-in event viewer
- Ability to backup HPE SimpliVity VMs outside of the HPE OmniStack Add-in for Hyper-V
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 3.7.9 introduced the following expanded functionality for the Hyper-V add-in:
- Filtering events by time and severity
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 4.0.0 introduced the following expanded functionality for the Hyper-V add-in:
- Registering with HPE InfoSight
- Selecting external stores (HPE StoreOnce Catalyst) as a destination for cost-effective secondary backups.
- Viewing a dashboard that allows viewing the status of Virtual Controllers and the impact of backups.
HPE SimpliVity OmniStack 4.0.0 introduced the following expanded functionality for the Hyper-V add-in:
- Unregister an external store.
- Change the login credentials for an external store.
- Select an external store as a destination when creating a backup policy rule.
- Copy a backup from an external store to an HPE SimpliVity cluster.
- Cancel a backup that has an external store destination.
- Dashboard that displays which backups failed during the last two weeks.