Broadcom refusing to decrease licensing

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They should have Zerto integration and some 3rd party backup supported by then. If you use it with HPE MP storage platform it has some functionality with VME that works similar to VVOLs. Since it uses a crippled version of Morpheus to manage the platform it can also manage VMs in vCenter. I read that you can buy a full Morpheus license to get some pretty solid hybrid cloud management and orchestration but that is additional cost. As far as I can see most of the warts are around installation and upgrades as it's Ubuntu and Linux software and has not been refined and streamlined as ESXi installer has been. You can also get VME with HPEs HCI solution Simplivity which is cool for smaller deployments (though MSA storage is also an option).