A customer has acquired a company and must integrate all IT assets into a single data center. Each company uses HPE SimpliVity as the hardware platform, but one uses HyperV and the other uses VMware as the hypervisor.
What are valid options for consolidating this environment?
The valid option for consolidating the environment is to run and manage separate SimpliVity clusters for each hypervisor. HPE SimpliVity clusters are designed to be managed within the same type of hypervisor environment. Redeploying all nodes into a single cluster running containers is not feasible because that requires re-architecting the entire setup and changing the virtualization approach. Combining all nodes into a single cluster running both VMware and Hyper-V hypervisors is technically unfeasible as these hypervisors are not interoperable within the same cluster. While HPE OneView could potentially help in managing and migrating VMs, it does not natively support converting VMs from Hyper-V to VMware. Therefore, managing separate clusters for each hypervisor is the most practical and valid option.
Correct answer is B.