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 APIs 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.

SimpliVity’s developer surface includes documentation, API reference, and 17 more developer resources.

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28.5/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 56/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5
AccessSelf serve
10 APIs 1 MCP Servers
CompanyBig DataHyperconverged InfrastructureVirtualizationBackupDisaster RecoveryData CenterStorageCloud InfrastructureHPE

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scored 2026-07-23 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 28.5/100 · emerging
Contract Quality 9.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.4 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 1.7 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 10.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 56/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 12 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 5 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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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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MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

simplivity-mcp.yml

MCP SERVER

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Simplivity Authentication

oauth2 · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Simplivity Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · DMARC

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Simplivity Scopes

2 scopes · password

2 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Simplivity Agentic Access

87 operations · 51 acting · 3 human-in-the-loop

87 operations · 51 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 2

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 APIReference
APIReference

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess
 MCPServer
MCPServer
 AgentSkill
AgentSkill
 LLMsTxt
LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 5

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions
Conventions
 Conformance
Conformance
 ErrorCatalog
ErrorCatalog
 DataModel
DataModel
 Lifecycle
Lifecycle

Build 4

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 SourceCode
SourceCode
 Packages
Packages
 SDKs
SDKs

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Deprecation
Deprecation

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Overlay
Overlay

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: simplivity
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name: SimpliVity
description: 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.
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tags:
- Company
- Big Data
- Hyperconverged Infrastructure
- Virtualization
- Backup
- Disaster Recovery
- Data Center
- Storage
- Cloud Infrastructure
- HPE
apis:
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-backups-api
  name: SimpliVity backups API
  description: A backup is a complete, standalone image of a specific virtual machine, taken at a specific point in time.
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - backups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-backups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-cluster-groups-api
  name: SimpliVity cluster_groups API
  description: A set of omnistack_clusters that are able to perform backup and restore operations between each other
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - cluster_groups
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-cluster-groups-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-datastores-api
  name: SimpliVity datastores API
  description: A datastore is a data repository of files that constitute virtual machines.
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - datastores
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-datastores-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-external-stores-api
  name: SimpliVity external_stores API
  description: An external (non HPE SimpliVity) destination for storing backups, such as an HPE StoreOnce Catalyst store
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - external_stores
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-external-stores-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-hosts-api
  name: SimpliVity hosts API
  description: A host is a virtual object that uses HPE OmniStack software in a federation.
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - hosts
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-hosts-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-omnistack-clusters-api
  name: SimpliVity omnistack_clusters API
  description: 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.
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - omnistack_clusters
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-omnistack-clusters-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-policies-api
  name: SimpliVity policies API
  description: A policy contains backup rules that can be applied to an individual datastore or virtual_machine.
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - policies
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-policies-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-security-api
  name: SimpliVity security API
  description: Includes the REST APIs that support security operations for HPE SimpliVity objects
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - security
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-security-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-tasks-api
  name: SimpliVity tasks API
  description: 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.
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - tasks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-tasks-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
- aid: simplivity:simplivity-virtual-machines-api
  name: SimpliVity virtual_machines API
  description: A virtual_machine represents a single virtual machine created within an HPE SimpliVity datastore.
  humanURL: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
  baseURL: https://management-virtual-appliance/api
  tags:
  - virtual_machines
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/simplivity-virtual-machines-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Authentication
    url: authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
  - type: OAuthScopes
    url: scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
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  url: security/simplivity-domain-security.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/simplivity-agentic-access.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.hpe.com/us/en/hpe-simplivity.html
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/simplivity-python/blob/master/README.md
- type: APIReference
  url: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/HewlettPackard
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  url: https://github.com/HewlettPackard/simplivity-python
- type: Packages
  url: packages/simplivity-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/simplivity-packages.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/simplivity-mcp.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/simplivity-llms.txt
- type: Overlay
  url: overlays/simplivity-omnistack-overlay.yaml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/simplivity-conventions.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/simplivity-conformance.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/simplivity-problem-types.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/simplivity-data-model.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/simplivity-lifecycle.yml
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/simplivity-lifecycle.yml
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