HP Matrix Operating Environment 7.0 Release Notes

New features in Matrix Operating Environment
• Matrix OE infrastructure orchestration (Windows CMS only)
Leading cloud functionality
◦ Unique bursting capabilities to Savvis
◦ With federated CMS (Central Management Server), scale to 10,000 HP ProLiant virtual
machines or 6,000 HP Integrity virtual machines
Increased infrastructure automation
◦ Auto-generation of storage pool entries from service template storage information
◦ Ability to use HP Storage Provisioning Manager (SPM) storage templates when defining
service template storage
◦ On-demand storage provisioning
◦ VMware VM Host/cluster awareness and provisioning; integrated with VMware vSphere
5 Auto Deploy
◦ Support for VMware ESX resource pools and cloud capacity pools
◦ Enhanced support for physical networks with multiple VLANs (trunk network)
◦ Microsoft integration for System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) and Hyper-V
template deployment
Enhanced multi-tenancy support
◦ Organizations are managed in the new organization administrator portal
◦ Each organization has its own infrastructure orchestration environment
◦ VLAN separation for secure multi-tenancy
See the HP Matrix OE Infrastructure Orchestration User Guide at www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/
docs for more information.
• Matrix OE recovery management (Windows CMS only)
Bi-directional failover of Recovery Group sets between two sites, allowing each set be
activated at chosen preferred site
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◦ Support for up to 500 disaster recovery-protected logical servers in a two-site configuration
◦ Support for 3PAR storage, allowing for metropolitan distances using synchronous
replication
◦ External storage adapter interface specification for customers to implement and integrate
with the storage that is supported by Matrix OE but not yet integrated with Matrix OE
recovery management
◦ Built-in retry capability that automatically restarts the failover job and recovers from
transient issues
See the HP Matrix OE Recovery Management User Guide at www.hp.com/go/matrixoe/docs
for more information.
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