HPE Morpheus VM Essentials: Workload compatibility and extensions
Discover enterprise workloads, advanced data protection, and disaster recovery solutions—plus plug-ins optimised for VM Essentials and the HVM hypervisor. All solutions listed have been tested and validated for compatibility by HPE or leading software vendors, ensuring seamless performance and reliability.
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HPE Morpheus VM Essentials integrations
| Category | Product | Integration type | Summary of integration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virtualization | HPE HVM | Native | Core hypervisor |
| VMware vSphere | Supported, but limited scope | Typically for discovery and migration use cases | |
| Networking | Aruba CX DSS | Supported | Security groups + network policy integration |
| Standard VLAN / SDN networks | Native | Built into HVM networking stack | |
| Storage | HPE Alletra | Supported | Primary enterprise storage integrations; plugin helps to create virtual machines with their vdisks, backed by volumes created on Array |
| iSCSI / NFS / block storage | Native | Standard HVM-compatible storage protocols | |
| IP Address Management & DNS | Infoblox | Supported | Enterprise-grade IPAM/DNS automation |
| Bluecat | Supported | DNS/IPAM management | |
| phpIPAM | Supported | Lightweight IPAM option | |
| Internal Morpheus IPAM | Native | Basic IP tracking and assignment | |
| Backup & DR | Veeam | Supported | Sync backup servers & policies for efficient data protection |
| Commvault | Supported | Client sync, policies, & recovery workflows | |
| Cohesity | Supported | Snapshot & backup orchestration | |
| Rubrik Data Protection | Supported | Syncing SLA domains, snapshots, and managing data backups | |
| Zerto | Limited to HVM support | Upgrade to HPE Morpheus Enterprise for full support | |
| Monitoring & Logging | Prometheus | Supported | Metrics collection/export |
| Grafana | Supported (via Prometheus) | Visualization layer | |
| Elastic Stack | Supported | Log aggregation and search | |
| Splunk | Supported | Enterprise log analytics | |
| ITSM | ServiceNow | Supported | Incident + request automation |
| Jira | Supported | Ticket-based workflow integration | |
| Webhook systems | Native | Event-driven automation hooks | |
| Identity & Access Management | Active Directory/ LDAP | Native | Core authentication mechanism |
| SAML 2.0 SSO Providers | Supported | Enterprise SSO integration | |
| Automation & Infrastructure Operations | Cloud-init | Native | VM initialization scripting |
| REST API | Native | Full programmatic access | |
| Security | CyberArk Conjur Credential Storage | Supported | Enables secure credential store retrieval |
| HashiCorp Vault Credential Storage | Supported | Secure external credential storage and automation |
Workload support–HVM hypervisor
HPE Morpheus VM Essentials leverages its own HVM hypervisor to enable a scalable, policy-driven pipeline for moving and operationalizing workloads from VMware into HVM clusters. Updates with product version 8.1 release include:
- PCI passthrough improvements
- GPU / NVMe support improvements
- Storage + HA improvements
- Broader enterprise workload viability on HVM
| Category | Partner | Product name | Deployment | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Database Management | Apache | Cassandra | ||
| Database Management | CelerData Enterprise | StarRocks | ||
| Database Management | Elastic | Elastic Stack | ||
| Database Management | Oracle | Database | Single instance | |
| Database Management | Oracle | MySQL | ||
| Database Management | Microsoft | SQL Server | Single instance with availability groups | |
| Database Management | MongoDB | Enterprise Advanced | ||
| Database Management | The PostgreSQL Global Development Group | PostgreSQL | ||
| Database Management | OpenText | OpenText Analytics Database (Vertica) | ||
| VDI & Remote Access | Citrix | Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops | Manual process required | |
| VDI & Remote Access | Omnissa | Horizon | Manual process required | |
| VDI & Remote Access | HP Anyware | VDI | Manual process required | |
| VDI & Remote Access | Virtual Cable | UDS Enterprise | ||
| Analytics & monitoring | Splunk | Splunk Enterprise | Distributed clustered deployment, single site | |
| Analytics & monitoring | Splunk | Splunk Enterprise SmartStore | Distributed clustered deployment, single site | |
| Security | Vali Cyber | ZeroLock | ||
| Video Management Systems | Milestone Systems | XProtect |
Data protection and Disaster Recovery–HVM hypervisor
| Partner | Product | Deployment | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|
| HPE | HPE Morpheus VM Essentials built in backup | Image based | |
| Veeam | Backup & Replication | Image based | |
| Cohesity | DataProtect | Agent based | |
| Cohesity | NetBackup | Agent based | |
| Commvault | Cloud Backup and Recovery | Image based | |
| SMInformation | ClusterPlex |
