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HPE StoreOnce VSA Software

The HPE StoreOnce products are secondary storage systems for data protection and copy data management. Using data

deduplication and compression, backup data is efficiently and economically stored. HPE StoreOnce Integrity Plus -

industry leading

patented technology –

ensures the backup data is available for restore and recovery whenever it is needed. StoreOnce systems are

available as purpose built hardware appliances and as virtual appliances hosted by a hypervisor.

This document describes

the virtual appliance; the StoreOnce VSA. The StoreOnce VSA and the purpose built appliances have the

same feature set and can be managed through the same centralized management console.

The StoreOnce VSA is a virtual appliance, for VMware vSphere and Microsoft Hyper-V*

, which allows flexible software defined,

secondary storage to be quickly deployed. It can easily be deployed in small and branch locations with backup

data replication

configured to a remote StoreOnce system. Or, StoreOnce VSA can be deployed in a high availability configuration to reduce

unavailability in the event of a host failure. A single VSA can scale up to 500 TB of usable capacity, which is exten

ded to 1,500 TB

with the Cloud Bank Storage option, and protect up to 36 TB of data per hour.

The StoreOnce systems are integrated with HPE Primera, HPE 3PAR, HPE Nimble and data protection software to deliver an end-

end data protection solution. A sim

ple, capacity based, scheme is used to license StoreOnce VSAs. For environments with many

StoreOnce VSAs, or a dynamic population of StoreOnce VSAs, a license server can be used to simplify StoreOnce VSA license

management and enable licenses to be recycled when the StoreOnce VSA is decommissioned.

For evaluation, 90 day StoreOnce VSA trialware is available. For an extended evaluation or deployment into non-critical, self-

supported

environments, a 1 TB freeware StoreOnce VSA is also available.

Note

: *Hyper-V support is not currently supported with VSA version 4.2 code

What’s New (October 2019)

StoreOnce VSA 4.2 extends the capabilities of StoreOnce VSAs deployed in high availability VMware environments to enable

automated failover, from a failed host to a standby host, when using IP and Fibre Channel data connect

ions. A new virtual appliance,

the StoreOnce High Availability Manger, makes it simple to manage StoreOnce VSAs in high availability configurations.

Summary of content (17 pages)

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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Overview HPE StoreOnce VSA Software The HPE StoreOnce products are secondary storage systems for data protection and copy data management. Using data deduplication and compression, backup data is efficiently and economically stored. HPE StoreOnce Integrity Plus - industry leading patented technology – ensures the backup data is available for restore and recovery whenever it is needed.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Standard Features Compatibility with StoreOnce VSA 3.x Only StoreOnce VSA 4.x licenses can be installed on StoreOnce VSA 4.x virtual appliances. StoreOnce 3.x licenses cannot be applied to StoreOnce 4.x virtual appliances. StoreOnce 4.x licenses cannot be applied to StoreOnce 3.x virtual appliances. There is no upgrade path from StoreOnce VSA 3.x to StoreOnce VSA 4.x. The StoreOnce VSA 3.x licenses remain available for existing StoreOnce VSA 3.x users.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Standard Features Federated Management Up to 100** StoreOnce systems can be managed from a single console by creating a federation of StoreOnce systems; VSAs and/or appliances. Any StoreOnce system within the federation can be configured as the federation lead. The federation lead hosts the federated management console. For management flexibility, a StoreOnce system can be a member of one or more federations.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Standard Features Cloud Bank Storage to lower the cost of long term backup data retention Cloud Bank Storage is an extension to StoreOnce Catalyst that extends the usable capacity of StoreOnce and provides a lower cost storage location for long term retention backup data. It does this by combining low object storage costs with StoreOnce deduplication. The object storage can be an on-premises system or a cloud-based service.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Standard Features Key parameters and resource requirements Parameter Form factor Target types (interfaces) Value Virtual appliance StoreOnce Catalyst: over IP5 & Fibre Channel6 Virtual tape libraries (VTL): over iSCSI5 & Fibre Channel6 NAS5 StoreOnce NFS, StoreOnce CIFS VTL emulations D2DBS Generic Libraries: Ultrium-VT, LTO-2 - LTO-7 EML & ESL E Series Libraries: LTO-2 - LTO-7 IBM-TS3500 Libraries: IBM LTO-3 & IBM LTO-5 MSL G3 Series Libraries: LTO-2 - LTO-7 Virtual
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Standard Features The key parameters for the StoreOnce VSA are shown in the table below.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Standard Features APLS operation • To acquire and maintain use of licenses the StoreOnce VSA must be connected to the APLS. The connected StoreOnce VSAs are polled approximately each hour to check connection to the APLS. • On connection to the APLS a 1 TB capacity license is allocated to the StoreOnce VSA. • Licenses returned, using the StoreOnce VSA management console, are added back to the APLS pool and available for allocation to any connected StoreOnce VSA.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Standard Features StoreOnce VSA in high availability deployments To minimize downtime and survive a host failure, StoreOnce VSA can be deployed in a VMware vSphere cluster. Leveraging the VMware vSphere High Availability feature means the unavailability of the StoreOnce VSA can be limited to minutes if its host fails.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Service and Support Support and services overview All HPE StoreOnce VSA with purchased licenses include three years 24x7 HPE Foundation Care. This is entitled on the HPE StoreOnce VSA base license (BC002AAE/BC002A). This support entitlement includes support for all added capacity, Cloud Bank Storage and encryption licenses added to the StoreOnce VSA.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Service and Support Operate and support Choose the right support to maximize uptime, free up your resources, and achieve improved value-as you get the most out of the existing IT assets while accelerating time-to-revenue. HPE Foundation Care System-level IT hardware and software support delivers flexible coverage window and response time, for more choice and simplicity.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Service and Support Advanced Start-Up Services HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Solution Service and HPE StoreOnce Catalyst Solution Services provide a best practice configuration and verification service in the customer environment to optimize the benefits of deploying StoreOnce Catalyst and StoreOnce VSA functionality. These services are available in 3 levels. Within the scope of the service, StoreOnce VSA configuration is part of the solution service.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Configuration Information 1 StoreOnce VSA Configuration Guidelines Please read and understand the following general and hypervisor specific configuration guidelines before deploying StoreOnce VSA. Recommendations • It is recommended that at least one virtual disk is allocated to the StoreOnce VSA before the first power on. Additional virtual disks can be added later to increase capacity up to the licensed capacity.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Configuration Information Supported configurations and best practices for high availability (HA) deployments For a high performance and high availability deployment the StoreOnce VSAs and the StoreOnce High Availability Manager should follow these best practices. • The VMware vCenter Server and the StoreOnce High Availability Manager should be deployed on a VMware vSphere High Availability cluster.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Configuration Information NOTE: When running the 90-day, instant-on demo license, there is no entitlement to HPE Pointnext support or the ability to buy HPE Pointnext Support Services. NOTE: When running the 90-day, instant-on demo license, data at rest encryption and data in flight encryption are not available.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Configuration Information Individual licensing A StoreOnce VSA starts with a 4 TB Base license. Up to 496 Stackable 1 TB licenses can be added to the base license for licensed capacity of up to 500 TB. Multiple 1 TB LTUs can be activated and applied in a single transaction. Option licenses can be added to enable encryption and to host Cloud Bank Storage stores.
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Configuration Information Description (Licenses to populate the license server) HPE StoreOnce VSA License Server 100TB HPE StoreOnce VSA License Server Stackable 100TB Description HPE StoreOnce VSA License Server 100TB HPE StoreOnce VSA License Server Stackable 100TB Description (Optional licenses to populate the license server) HPE StoreOnce Cloud Bank Storage Gen4 for VSA License Server 100TB HPE StoreOnce Cloud Bank Storage Detach Gen4 for VSA License Server 100TB
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QuickSpecs HPE StoreOnce VSA Software Summary of Changes 1 Date 07-Oct-2019 Version History Version 1 Action New Description of Change New QuickSpecs Sign up for updates © Copyright 2019 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for Hewlett Packard Enterprise products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services.