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A lot of long-awaited features and functions are (finally) here, making it now THE VMware alternative on the market for sure. The VM Reset! HPE Morpheus Software version 9.0 is announced!

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HPE Morpheus VM Essentials Software is a virtualization software solution that allows customers to provision and manage KVM and VMware-based VMs from a single intuitive interface.

The solution comes with the KVM-based HVM hypervisor that is enhanced to include enterprise-grade cluster management with capabilities such as high availability, live compute and storage migration, distributed workload placement, integrated data protection, secure hardening, and external storage support.

To enable flexibility for those continuing to host VMware-based applications, VM Essentials can also be used to connect to and manage existing VMware clusters.

This means unified management and simple VM provisioning across both the HVM hypervisor and VMware ESXi™ so you can provision workloads on demand to the right environment, on your terms, with zero lock-in.

When you’re ready, you can use the included toolset to convert existing VMware images to VM Essentials.

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Welcome HPE Morpheus Advanced!

HPE listened very well to what the customers are looking for, since they announced an in-between version of HPE Morpheus: more than Essentials, less than Enterprise. Spot on!
 
Positioning is quite clear:
 
  • Looking for a solution to run and manage VM’s easily? Go VM Essentials edition.
  • Looking for VM’s and Containers in combination with some SDN (Software Defined Networking)? Go Advanced!
  • Want all the whistles and bells? Go Enterprise!
HPE-Morpheus-Software-Start-anywhere-Scale-everywhere-Solution-Overview.pdf

All this will be available now with the newly released version 9.0.

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The portfolio extension was not the only update for the HPE Morpheus software stack. A lot of long-awaited features and functions are (finally) there, making it now THE VMware alternative on the market for sure.

Simplified installer experience

HPE listens to the feedback from the early adopters. One of the feedbacks that comes most is the installation experience. Despite the availability of several video’s and an extended documentation set, people still love the ease of deployment of let’s say VMware.

Since with version 9.0 now that experience got 100 times better (not that it was bad but…) with a GUI based deployment tool that asks a few simple questions, and it will deploy the Manager VM completely for you. Kudo’s to the Morpheus developers!

Check out a youtube video on this new procedure here >>
2-node cluster support with GFS2

A big thing for a lot of customers who wants to make the switch from their current hypervisor towards VM Essentials will be the replacement of Pacemaker Cluster Service?

PCS is quite important in the clustering mechanism used onder the hood to guarantee quorum and uptime. And the use of PCS is responsible for the 3-node requirement when using GFS2 as filesystem to store your VM’s on a SAN-based storage array, comparable to VMFS within VMware.
 
Well that 3-node requirement is gone now with the replacement of PCS with an HPE-own solution where the Morpheus Agent will be used in the quorum process, and by that 2-node clusters will be supported from now on.

Important to know is that a quorum witness services needs to run somewhere in your environment to avoid split-brain situations, quite common in cluster setups with 2 nodes…
 
For the techies: this will involve an upgrade from the cluster layout which is today version 1.2 to a new version 1.3. This cluster upgrade process can be done completely online by using a rolling upgrade mechanism.

Morpheus Central

Morpheus Central delivers cloud connected controls to simplify multi-site and multi-instance management.

Delivered through the HPE GreenLake Cloud Platform it gives you a SaaS-like lifecycle management of all your Morpheus deployments, independent of which version (Essentials, Advanced, Enterprise) you are running.

With the multi-site data telemetry that is send to a central dashboard it gives you a centralized FinOps cost and consumption insights and visibility into hybrid cloud usage and integrations.
Stretched Cluster support

Another long-awaited feature (definitely in Europe) is the support for stretched clusters, aka 2 datacenters with sync replication of all data, and automatic failover.

It worked already before with Alletra MP with Peer Persistence, but the compute cluster had to be 1 cluster without data locality across sites.

This is solved now with the new version 9.0 and official stretched cluster support.
Very similar to other deployments like with VMware in combination with Alletra MP Peer Persistence, you will now get the same zero disruption experience during compute, storage or site failures when using HVM as hypervisor and VM Essentials/Advanced/Enterprise in your control plane. The Quorum Witness integration will provide a storage-native metro protection with transparent failover and business continuity.
 
SDN for HVM: Micro-segmentation for Zero Trust
 
The current version of HVM and VM Essentials supports already some kind of SDN (Software Defined Networking), but was relying on the features and functions of the Aruba stack, which meaned that you needed an Aruba CX 10000 switch in your environment. SDN relying on actual hardware… Bwa…
 
Now there is true SDN by using Contrail technology. This is a software-defined networking (SDN) and network automation platform developed by Juniper Networks. It simplifies and automates the creation, management, and security of virtual networks across private, public, and hybrid cloud environments.
Since it is running as containers on the HVM hosts (that is why we needed HKS support in Advanced and not only Enterprise!) you will get all the sweet stuff in the Advanced version. For the ultimate micro segmentation and security features you will still need the Enterprise edition of HPE Morpheus software.
 
Some more sweet updates under the hood
 
Maybe not that big as announcement but HVM as hypervisor got some important updates as well to compare better with the big hypervisors out there…
 
Version 9.0 supports memory overcommitment now to maximize your memory investments, with the prices today a nice welcome.
 
So far you could not overprovision virtual machine memory, this is fixed now and gives you more headroom there.
 
Another new feature is Shared vDisk support. With version 9.0 on you can present and share vDisks to multiple virtual machines at the same time, and so enables application and database clustering.
 
Third one is vTPM/SecureBoot support for guest OS encryption. This is ideal for virtual machines leveraging guest OS encryption e.g. with Bitlocker. Enhancements enable support for cross migration within a cluster. It will allow as well for backup and recovery without prompting for an encryption key.
 
And there is SR-IOV support that allows sharing of a PCIe bus amongst virtual machines for improved performance.
 
All details can be found in the 9.0 Release Notes on the HPE Support website >>.
 
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Get 1-year of HPE Zerto Advanced Resilience Edition Software for $1 with purchase of VM Essentials

Now through December 31, 2026, customers who purchase HPE Morpheus Software (minimum 6 sockets) can receive for an additional $1, a one-year HPE Zerto Advanced Resilience Edition (ARE) subscription for 25 VMs with no limitation on the total number of VMs a customer can migrate to HPE HVM. The intent is to accelerate VMware workload migration to HPE HVM while ensuring customers have enterprise-grade cyber and disaster recovery protection in place from day one.

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As an alternative or complimentary to your virtualized machine (VM) Workstation/Desktop with DCV (Windows and/or Linux), we also offer physical Workstations/Desktops bundled with DCV for High-Performance Remote Desktop and Application Streaming. 

DCV allows you to deliver remote desktops and application streaming from any cloud or local server to any device, even in not-ideal network conditions. With DCV, you can run graphics-intensive applications remotely, and stream their user interface to simpler client machines, eliminating the need for expensive dedicated workstations.
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We are a Value Added Reseller, consultant and systemintegrator that will assist you with IT - solutions aimed for improved effiency and productivity for you and your organisation.

If you like ta have assistance with installation and configuration we offer these professional services via our configurationcenters, on-site with you or via a remote access connection.

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