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Introduction
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Data Protection
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| vStorage API for Site Recovery Manager - Storage Replication Adapters (SRAs) | Y |
| Replication - Application consistent snapshots | Y |
| vStorage API for Data Protection | Y |
| vStorage API for Site Recovery Manager - Automated SRM failback | Y |
| Replication - Granular restore of VM or VMDK | Y |
| VADP Changed Block Tracking | n/a,Y |
| Backup Integration with vCenter | n/a,Y |
| vMotion Over Distance with Active/Active | N |
| VMawareness by storage replicator | ? |
Storage Performance
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| vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) - Hardware Assisted Locking | Y |
| vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) - Full Copy | Y |
| vStorage API for Array Integration (VAAI) - Block Zero | Y |
| Storage I/O control (SIOC) synergy/integration - block | N |
| Storage I/O control (SIOC) synergy/integration - NFS | n/a |
| vStorage API for Multi-pathing | Y |
| VAAI Hardware Acceleration for NAS - Full File Clone | n/a |
| VAAI Hardware Acceleration for NAS - Reserve Space | n/a |
Management
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| End-to-end virtual-to-physical mapping | Y |
| Map and Monitor Storage | Y |
| Automatic discovery of virtual machines and ESX servers | Y |
| Fast Clones of individual VMs | Y |
| Provision and Manage Storage VMFS, RDM, NFS | Y,block only |
| Discover and Identify vendors storage arrays | Y |
| Automated virtual infrastructure reporting | Y |
| Fast Clones of individual VMs with VMware View integration | Y |
| Mass-replicate VMs at datastore level | Y |
| Data Protection Plug-in:Backup Reporting from vCenter | Y |
| Thin Provisioning Suspend (Suspend VM before running out of space) | Y |
| VAAI - Thin Provisioning Dead Space Reclaim (SCSI UNMAP) | Y |
| VAAI - NFS Offload Status/Abort | n/a |
| VAAI - NFS extended Stats | n/a |
| VASA - vStorage API for Storage Awareness | Y |
| Management: Beyond vSphere | Y |
| Powershell Command List Integration for vSphere | N |
Storage Network Support
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| Network - support of protocols (FC, iSCSI, FCOE, CIFS,NFS, SAS, Infiniband) | iSCSI
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Security
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| Security Monitoring Across the Entire Environment | n/a |
| Authenticated Trusted Access | Y |
| Key Manager SDK (Software Development Kit) provides integration with vCenter | N |
Storage Efficiency
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| Per-VM Data Compression | N |
Other
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| Storage Virtual Appliance Certification | Y |
| Solutions Enabler | Y |
