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 HPE Storence Management Console is a web-based management interface for HPE StoreOnce Systems, which are backup appliances that provide deduplication and replication capabilities. One of the features that can be configured using HPE Storence Management Console is the Catalyst store, which is a logical container for backup data that supports Catalyst protocol. Catalyst protocol is a proprietary protocol that enables source-side deduplication, low-bandwidth replication, and direct backup from application servers. Backup policy, storage policy, and deduplication ratio are not specific to HPE Storence Management Console, and can be configured using other tools or interfaces. References: HPE StoreOnce system software, section “Software Details”. The StoreOnce System Management Console, section “The StoreOnce System GUI and CLI together make up the Management Console”. HPE StoreOnce Catalyst User Guide, section “Introduction to HPE StoreOnce Catalyst”.

According to the HPE SimpliVity documents and learning resources, each datastore in an HPE SimpliVity cluster is presented to the HPE SimpliVity nodes as a VMFS datastore. A VMFS datastore is a VMware-specific file system that allows multiple ESXi hosts to access the same storage device concurrently. HPE SimpliVity uses VMFS datastores to store virtual machine files and provide shared storage to all virtual machines on the hosts. HPE SimpliVity does not use vSAN, NFS, or vVol as the datastore type. References: Using HPE SimpliVity Official Certification Study Guide, page 41; SimpliVity Video - How to Create a HPE SimpliVity Datastore

According to the HPE SimpliVity Video - How to Delete a HPE SimpliVity Datastore1, one of the possible causes of the failure to delete an existing datastore is that the management network for a host is disconnected. This prevents the communication between the HPE SimpliVity federation and the vSphere Web Client, and thus the deletion operation cannot be performed. To check the management network status, the video suggests clicking Hosts from the vSphere Web Client inventory panel, double-clicking the host to check, clicking the Manage tab, and then the Networking subtab. The other options are not correct because:

• The datastore being marked as read-only is not a likely cause of the failure to delete it. The HPE SimpliVity Administration Guide2 states that the datastore must be writable before deleting it, and that the HPE SimpliVity federation will automatically change the datastore to writable mode when deleting it.
• The FC connection between the host and array failing is not a likely cause of the failure to delete the datastore. The HPE SimpliVity federation does not use FC connections to access the datastores, but rather uses NFS or SMB protocols over Ethernet networks2.
• The datastore not being added to the scope is not a likely cause of the failure to delete it. The HPE SimpliVity federation does not require the datastore to be added to the scope to delete it, as long as the datastore is visible in the vSphere Web Client1. References: 1: HPE SimpliVity Video - How to Delete a HPE SimpliVity Datastore2: HPE SimpliVity Administration Guide (A00019350ENW), pages 105-107.