SimpliVity
SimpliVity is the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) pioneer acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2017 and now shipped as HPE SimpliVity. Its data virtualization platform runs on the OmniStack software stack, delivering built-in deduplication, compression, backup, replication, and disaster recovery across VMware and Hyper-V clusters. The programmatic surface is the HPE OmniStack REST API (v1.25), which manages the key components of a SimpliVity configuration — virtual machines, backups, backup policies, datastores, hosts, clusters/omnistack_clusters, cluster groups, external stores, certificates, and long-running tasks. The API is served on-appliance by the Management Virtual Appliance (MVA) and authenticated with an OAuth2 password grant that issues read/write bearer tokens. HPE publishes first-party SDKs for Python, Go, and PowerShell plus Ansible modules on the HewlettPackard GitHub org.
SimpliVity publishes 10 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Backups API, Cluster Groups API, Datastores API, and 7 more. Tagged areas include Company, Big Data, Hyperconverged Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Backup.
The SimpliVity catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.
SimpliVity’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, and 23 more developer resources.
What this lets a business do 2
Business capabilities this provider's published APIs can perform, derived from its own contracts. Browse all capabilities →
Kin Score
Markets this provider is in provisional
The Kin Score Market layer reads a provider inside its market: its position, and how deep its integrations go. Depth is only comparable within a position. Provisional and unweighted: not part of the Kin Score or agent readiness.
| Market | Position | Depth | Registered MCP server | Declares compatibility |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data Center Tier Certification (facility certification, open hardware, efficiency bodies) | distribution | 9.6 (thin) | - | - |
Registered MCP server and declares compatibility are report only — not weighted. Undeclared means we found nothing we can read, so there is no number: we never infer integrations.
Standards implemented 2
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 10
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
SimpliVity Backups API
A backup is a complete, standalone image of a specific virtual machine, taken at a specific point in time.
SimpliVity Cluster Groups API
A set of omnistack_clusters that are able to perform backup and restore operations between each other
SimpliVity Datastores API
A datastore is a data repository of files that constitute virtual machines.
SimpliVity External Stores API
An external (non HPE SimpliVity) destination for storing backups, such as an HPE StoreOnce Catalyst store
SimpliVity Hosts API
A host is a virtual object that uses HPE OmniStack software in a federation.
SimpliVity Omnistack Clusters API
An omnistack_cluster is a logical grouping of systems that run the HPE OmniStack software. The user defines an omnistack_cluster to efficiently share resources across the systems.
SimpliVity Policies API
A policy contains backup rules that can be applied to an individual datastore or virtual_machine.
SimpliVity Security API
Includes the REST APIs that support security operations for HPE SimpliVity objects
SimpliVity Tasks API
A task is created by the system to enable a client to track state changes where a managed object moves when it is created or modified.
SimpliVity Virtual Machines API
A virtual_machine represents a single virtual machine created within an HPE SimpliVity datastore.
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Open Collections 10
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
HPE OmniStack REST backups API
OPEN COLLECTIONHPE OmniStack REST backups cluster_groups API
OPEN COLLECTIONHPE OmniStack REST backups datastores API
OPEN COLLECTIONHPE OmniStack REST backups external_stores API
OPEN COLLECTIONHPE OmniStack REST backups hosts API
OPEN COLLECTIONHPE OmniStack REST backups omnistack_clusters API
OPEN COLLECTIONHPE OmniStack REST backups policies API
OPEN COLLECTIONHPE OmniStack REST backups security API
OPEN COLLECTIONHPE OmniStack REST backups tasks API
OPEN COLLECTIONHPE OmniStack REST backups virtual_machines API
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Agent Skills 3
Packaged agent skills for driving this provider's APIs from an AI assistant.
Create a backup policy and apply it to a VM
AGENT SKILLProvision and manage a SimpliVity datastore
AGENT SKILLSpectral Rules 1
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
SimpliVity API Rules
SPECTRALOpenAPI Overlays 1
Overlays applied on top of this provider's contracts. Each card says who wrote it: a document the provider publishes, or one API Evangelist derived or generated.
Simplivity Omnistack Overlay
DERIVEDSecurity Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Documentation 3
Reference material describing how the API behaves
Agent Surfaces 4
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Design & Contract 5
Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events
Build 4
SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with
Access & Security 1
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Operate 3
Status, limits, changes, and where to get help
Commercial 1
Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Other 3
Properties that don't map to a standard resource type
Source (apis.yml)
SimpliVity API — frequently asked questions
Does SimpliVity have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 10 APIs from SimpliVity, including SimpliVity Backups API, SimpliVity Cluster Groups API and SimpliVity Datastores API, and 7 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the SimpliVity API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 10 OpenAPI specifications for SimpliVity, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the SimpliVity API?
SimpliVity uses bearer-token authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Simplivity Authentication.
Is the SimpliVity API ready for AI agents?
SimpliVity has a Kin Score of 32.7 out of 100 (thin) and an Agent Readiness score of 23.7 (agent-aware), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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