HPE GreenLake Zones is the correct capability for enforcing data and workload placement policies based on geographic or regulatory boundaries. It allows administrators to define policies that control where workloads run and where data resides, ensuring compliance with data sovereignty laws. Federation is about managing multiple instances, Region Lock is not a specific product term, and Data Sovereignty Controls is a descriptive phrase but not the precise name of the feature.

Service Blueprints in the private catalog allow administrators to define and publish standardized, pre-configured templates that include governance, security, and tagging policies. When users provision from these blueprints, compliance is built-in, eliminating manual configuration and ensuring consistency. This is a core best practice for enabling self-service while maintaining control.

HPE GreenLake provides analytics and rightsizing recommendations based on actual performance metrics. The most logical and non-disruptive first step is to evaluate and implement these recommendations, which likely suggest moving to a smaller, more cost-effective instance type that still meets the performance needs of the low-utilization dev-test workloads. This directly addresses the root cause (over-provisioning) before considering more drastic measures.

Effective cost allocation in cloud platforms relies heavily on a consistent tagging strategy. By enforcing tags (like `Team=Web`) on all resources (VMs, storage, etc.), the cost and usage data aggregated by HPE GreenLake can be broken down and reported along those tag dimensions. This provides the granular, accurate data needed for FinOps practices, unlike a summary invoice or project total.

HPE GreenLake for Private Cloud offers different storage classes and performance tiers. The correct approach is to match the storage performance to the workload requirement. HPE Alletra dHCI or Nimble Storage provides the high-performance, low-latency storage ideal for database workloads. The web tier can use a more cost-effective standard block storage option. This optimizes both performance and cost.

In a failure scenario, reverting to a snapshot is typically the fastest recovery method, as it restores the VM’s state (memory, settings, disk) from a specific point in time almost instantly. This is most likely to meet a 15-minute RTO. Restoring from a backup involves copying data and is slower. Provisioning new or waiting for support would exceed the recovery time objective.

HPE GreenLake Central provides integrated observability and monitoring for managed services, including Kubernetes. Configuring alerts here provides a unified management plane, leverages HPE’s management stack, and ensures alerts are tied to the service lifecycle. While you might integrate with other tools, the primary and most cohesive method is through the capabilities built into GreenLake Central.

In Kubernetes, resource quotas are set at the namespace level to control resource consumption. An ‘insufficient CPU’ error at deployment time often means the pods being created are requesting more CPU than the namespace’s quota allows, even if the overall cluster has capacity. The solution is to review and adjust the namespace’s resource quotas, not to add physical hardware.

HPE GreenLake offers automated lifecycle management features, including patch management for managed OSes. Leveraging this service allows you to define patch policies, schedule maintenance windows, and deploy patches at scale from the central console. It also provides compliance reports, which is the most efficient and reliable method to meet the security mandate compared to error-prone manual processes.

HPE GreenLake Zones is the correct capability for enforcing data and workload placement policies based on geographic or regulatory boundaries. It allows administrators to define policies that control where workloads run and where data resides, ensuring compliance with data sovereignty laws. Federation is about managing multiple instances, Region Lock is not a specific product term, and Data Sovereignty Controls is a descriptive phrase but not the precise name of the feature.0