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Questions Commands Explanations How to display the NTP servers configured in a Pure Flash Array purearray list --ntpserver List the NTP servers configured How to enable phonehome in a Pure Flash Array purearray enable phonehome Enable phonehome or dialhome feature of array. How to list all the FC ports in a Pure Flash Array purehw list --type fc List all the FC ports in an Array with status and speed information How to configure the DNS attributes of a Pure Flash array puredns setattr --domain test.com --nameservers 192.168.0.10,192.168.2.11 Add the IPv4 addresses of two DNS servers for Array to use to resolve hostnames to IP addresses, and the domain suffix test.com for DNS searches. How to list all the connected volumes for a hostgroup in a Pure Flash array purehgroup list --connect MY-HOSTS List all the connected volumes for hostgroup MY-HOSTS How to add hosts to existing hostgroups in Pure Flash Array purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --addhostlist MY-HOST-002,MY-HOST-003 Add MY-HOST-002 and MY-HOST-003 to existing hostgroup MY-HOSTS How to list all the Controllers in a Pure Flash Array purehw list --type ct List all the Controller in an Array How to eradicate multiple Virtual Volumes in Pure Flash Array purevol eradicate MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002 Eradicate virtual volumes MY_VOL_001 and MY_VOL_002 which are destroyed earlier. This will fully destroy the volumes and not be able to recover further. How to add new HBA wwn to a host object in Pure Flash Array purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --addwwnlist 1000000000000003 Add new HBA wwn 1000000000000003 to host MY-HOST-001. 1000000000000003 should not be part of any other host. How to display all the host initiators know to the Flash Array pureport list --initiator Display all the host initiator WWNs, IQNs, NQNs known for the Flash Array. This also shows the target ports on which the initiators are eligible to communicate. How to list all the flagged alerts in a Pure Flash array purealert list --flagged List all the alerts that are flagged. By default all alerts are flagged. We can unflag command once those are resolved. How to display the Dial Home status of a Pure Flash Array purearray list --phonehome Display the dial home configuration status of the Array How to unflag an alert in the Pure Flash array purealert unflag 121212 Unflag alert with ID 121212. This will not appear in the flagged alert list. How to rename a Pure Flash Array purearray rename MYARRAY001 Set the name of the array to MYARRAY001 How to admit the newly connected drive modules in a Pure Flash array puredrive admit Admit all drive modules that have been added or connected but not yet admitted to the array. Once successfully admitted, the status of the drive modules will change from unadmitted to healthy. How to display the replication throttle limit of a Pure Flash Array purearray list --connect --throttle Display the replication throttle limit How to eradicate a Volume in Pure Flash Array purevol eradicate MY_VOL_001 Eradicate virtual volume MY_VOL_001 which is destroyed earlier. This will fully destroy the volume and not be able to recover further. How to unstretch a POD purepod remove --array PFAX70-REMOTE MYPOD001 Remove the remote array PFAX70-REMOTE from the POD MYPOD001. This will unstretch the POD and volume data inside the POD no longer synchronously replicated between two arrays. Volumes within the POD will be only visible in local array. How to list all the Open alerts in a Pure Flash array purealert list --filter "state='open'" List all the alerts in Open state How to list all the Hosts with connected volumes purehost list --connect List all the hosts in a Flash Array which have connected volumes How to create a volume and include in POD purevol create --size 1G MYPOD001::MY_VOL_001 Create a volume of 1GiB size and include it in MYPOD001. If MYPOD001 is stretched, the same volume will be created and visible on the remote arrays too. The volume name and WWN number will appear same from each arrays. How to list all the volumes sorted by size and consumption on a Pure Flash Array purevol list --space --sort size,total List all the volumes sorted by size of each volume and then total space consumed. Both fields are sorted in ascending order. How to pause the replication link in a Pure Flash array purepod replica-link pause PRDPOD001 --remote ARRAY002 --remote-pod DRPOD001 Pause the Active/DR replication by pausing the replica link connection between local and remote array. To continue the replication resume the replica link How to recover a Volume in Pure Flash Array purevol recover MY_VOL_001 Recover virtual volume MY_VOL_001 which is destroyed earlier. How to change the role of a user in Flash Array pureadmin setattr testuser --role array_admin Change the role of the user testuser to array_admin role. Possible roles are readonly, ops_admin, storage_admin, array_admin How to move the volume out of a pod in Pure Flash array purevol move MYPOD001::vol001 "" Move the volume vol001 out of the non-stretched pod MYPOD001. Will throw an error if trying to move from a stretched pod. How to connect volume to hostgroup in Pure Flash Array purevol connect MY_VOL_001 --hgroup MY-HOSTS Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to hostgroup MY-HOSTS. This will assign a lun id to the volume. The lun id will start from 1 and go up to 16383. How to list all the Hosts in a Flash Array purehost list List all the hosts in a Flash Array with its member WWNs or IQNs or NQNs. This will also show the Host Groups if it part of any. How to create a copy of Volume in Pure Flash Array purevol copy MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002 Create a copy MY_VOL_001 and name it as MY_VOL_002. If MY_VOL_002 already exists this will throw and error. How to rename a Volume in Pure Flash Array purevol rename MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002 Rename virtual volume MY_VOL_001 to MY_VOL_002 How to display the historical capacity and usage statistics information of a Pure Flash Array purearray list --space --historical 30d Display the capacity and usage statistics information of the Array since last 30 days How to connect host to volume with a specific LUN id in Pure Flash Array purehost connect MY-SERVER-001 --vol MY_VOL_001 --lun 10 Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to host MY-SERVER-001 and assign LUN id 10. This will Provide the R/W access to the volume. How to list all the snap shots in a Pure Flash Array purevol list --snap List all the snap shots How to list all the users with api tokens configured in the Flash Array pureadmin list --api-token List all the users with api tokens configured How to reduce the size of a Volume in Pure Flash Array purevol truncate --size 1G MY_VOL_001 Reduce the size of MY_VOL_001 to 1GB ( from current size of 8GB for example ) How to list all flash drives and NVRAM modules in a Pure Flash Array with total capacity puredrive list --total List all the flash drive modules in an Array with the total capacity figure How to disconnect volume from host in Pure Flash Array purevol disconnect MY_VOL_001 --host MY-SERVER-001 Disconnect volume MY_VOL_001 from host MY-SERVER-001. This will remove the visibility of the volume to the host. How to create a hostgroup with existing hosts in Pure Flash Array purehgroup create MY-HOSTS --hostlist MY-HOST-001,MY-HOST-002 Create hostgroup MY-HOSTS and add existing hosts MY-HOST-001 and MY-HOST-002 in to it How to stretch a POD purepod add --array PFAX70-REMOTE MYPOD001 Add the remote array PFAX70-REMOTE to the POD MYPOD001. This will stretch the POD and volume data inside the POD synchronously replicated between two arrays. The arrays in a stretched POD are considered as peers, there is no concept of source and target. Volumes within the POD will be visible in each arrays with same serial numbers. How to create multiple Volume in a Pure Flash Array purevol create --size 10G MY_VOLUME_001 MY_VOLUME_002 Create Virtual volumes MY_VOLUME_001 and MY_VOL_SIZE_002 of size 10GB How to remove hosts from hostgroups in Pure Flash Array purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --remhostlist MY-HOST-002,MY-HOST-003 Remove MY-HOST-002 and MY-HOST-003 from hostgroup MY-HOSTS How to delete host object in a Pure Flash Array purehost delete MY-SERVER-001 Delete host MY-SERVER-001 How to search for HBA WWN and on which FC port its been logged in to on Flash Array pureport list --initiator --raw --filter "initiator.wwn='1000000000000001'" Search for HBA WWN 1000000000000001 and on which FC port its been logged in to. How to list all the closed alerts in the Pure Flash array purealert list --filter "state='closed'" List all the closed alerts How to disconnect a specific volume from the host in Pure Flash Array purehost disconnect MY-SERVER-001 --vol MY_VOL_001 Disconnect volume MY_VOL_001 from host MY-SERVER-001. This will remove the visibility of the volume to the host.
Everpure will be at Nutanix .NEXT
Hey Nutanix fans! Will you be attending Nutanix .NEXT in Chicago (April 7-9) this year? Everpure will be there, ready to answer all your questions, provide demos, etc. We will be at Booth P8. If you want to schedule a meeting with one of the many technical experts we will have on hand, or one of our executives, please visit our event page and fill out the meeting request form. Hope to see folks there! https://www.purestorage.com/events/nutanix-next-2026.htmlPure FlashArray CLI Quick References (daily feeds)
Questions Commands Explanations How to display serial number of a specific hardware component of a Pure Flash Array purehw list CT0 --spec Display model, part number, and serial number of Controller 0 How to check the Remote Assist is active or inactive in a Pure Flash Array purearray remoteassist --status check the Remote Assist is active or inactive How to change the password for a user in Flash Array pureadmin setattr testuser --password Change the password for the user testuser How to display the name serial number and firmware version of Pure Flash Array purearray list Display the array name,serial number and firmware version How to generate API token for a user in Flash Array pureadmin create testuser --api-token Generate an API token for the user testuser How to increase the size of a Volume in Pure Flash Array purevol setattr --size 2G MY_VOL_001 Increase the size of MY_VOL_001 to 2GB ( from current size of 1GB for example ) How to list all the Ethernet ports in a Pure Flash Array purehw list --type eth List all the Ethernet ports in an Array How to set the NTP server for Pure Flash Array purearray setattr --ntpserver time.google.com Set the NTP server How to list all the Host initiators and connected volumes purehost list --all List all the hosts in a Flash Array along with its member initiators connected to volumes through target ports How to list all the destroyed Virtual Volumes pending for eradication in a Pure Flash Array purevol list --pending-only List all the destroyed Virtual Volumes pending for eradication How to list all the hardware components of a Pure Flash Array along with part and serial number purehw list --spec List all the hardware components along with information like Model name, Part number and serial number How to list the pods with the mediator connectivity status in a Pure Flash array purepod list --mediator List all the pods along with connectivity status from each array to the mediator. How to create a user in Flash Array pureadmin create testuser --role storage_admin Create user testuser with storage_admin role. Possible roles are readonly, ops_admin, storage_admin, array_admin How to destroy Volume in Pure Flash Array purevol destroy MY_VOL_001 Destroy virtual volume MY_VOL_001. This volume can be recovered within 24hrs. After that, physical storage occupied this volume will be reclaimed. How to display audit log records in Pure Flash Storage pureaudit list Display the list of audit records. Audit trail records are created whenever administrative actions are perfromed by a user (for eg: creating, destroying, eradicating a volume) How to list all the controllers connected to a Pure Flash Array purearray list --controller List all the controllers connected to the Array. This will also display the model and status of each controller How to list all the hardware components of a Pure Flash Array purehw list List all the hardware components along with information like status, temperature, voltage etc. How to list all the HBA WWNs logged in to a Flash Array target FC port pureport list --initiator --raw --filter "name='CT0.FC0'" Display all HBA WWNs logged to the FC port CT0.FC0 How to expose the api token for the current user pureadmin list --api-token --expose List all the users with api tokens configured and expose the api token for the current user loggedin. How to set the personality for a host purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --personality esxi Set the personality of host MY-SERVER-001 to esxi. Some other values are aix, solaris etc.. How to display all the FC Ports in the Flash Arrays pureport list --raw --filter "name='*FC*'" Display all the Fibre Channel Ports with its WWNs in the Flash Arrays How to display the host with a specified WWN purehost list --filter "wwn='1000000000000003'" Display the host with WWN 1000000000000003 as a member How to connect volume to host with specific LUN id in Pure Flash Array purevol connect MY_VOL_001 --host MY-SERVER-001 --lun 10 Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to host MY-SERVER-001 and assign LUN id 10. This will Provide the R/W access to the volume. How to copy data from one Volume to another in a Pure Flash Array purevol copy MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002 --overwrite Copy data from MY_VOL_001 to an existing volume MY_VOL_002. Contents of MY_VOL_002 will be overwritten.
vasa certs - can they just be removed?
Can someone shed some light on this as it seems overly complex (or at least the docs weave an incorrect thread). Just trying to make sense of whether the VASA certs are or aren't needed for anything other than vVols. As we never got around to actually attempting vVols and they are deprecated anyhow going foward, can they be pruned from the appliances? This page which is referenced from the alerts they spam out way, way too early Alert 220 - VASA Certificates Expiration Alert seems to imply they can be removed, but steps 1-3 show renewing them on the linked page Resetting the VASA Certificates with purecert. thanksPure FlashArray CLI Quick References (daily feeds)
1. How to display serial number of a specific hardware component of a Pure Flash Array? purehw list CT0 --spec Explanation: Display model, part number, and serial number of Controller 0 2. How to check the Remote Assist is active or inactive in a Pure Flash Array? purearray remoteassist --status Explanation: check the Remote Assist is active or inactive 3. How to change the password for a user in Flash Array? pureadmin setattr testuser --password Explanation: Change the password for the user testuser 4. How to display the name serial number and firmware version of Pure Flash Array? purearray list Explanation: Display the array name,serial number and firmware version 5. How to generate API token for a user in Flash Array? pureadmin create testuser --api-token Explanation: Generate an API token for the user testuserSpring is Calling, and so is Reds Baseball
I don't know about you, but I am more than ready for Spring; though I could definitely skip the rain. Wiping muddy dog paws after every walk is getting old! On the bright side, who else is ready for some Reds baseball? I have a few exciting updates and resources to share with the community: 🚀 PUG Meeting Update charles_sheppar and I are currently hard at work on the next PUG meeting. We can't share the specifics just yet, but we are planning something unique and fun for the community. Stay tuned! 🛡️ Strengthening Your Cyber Resilience Given the current geopolitical climate and the rise in cyber threats, now is the perfect time to audit your data protection. Features like SafeMode and Pure1 Security Assessments act as a resilient last line of defense. If you want to see these tools in action, we recently hosted an expert-led demo on building a foundation for cyber resilience. Watch the recording here: https://www.purestorage.com/video/webinars/the-foundations-of-cyber-resilience/6389889927112.html Questions? Reach out to your Everpure SE or partner for a deeper dive. 📅 Upcoming Events March 12: Nutanix Webinar Exploring virtualization alternatives? Nutanix is hosting a session tomorrow focused on simplifying IT operations and highlighting the Everpure partnership. https://event.nutanix.com/simplifyitandonprem March 19: Or perhaps you're interested in running virtual machines alongside containerized workloads within K8s clusters. If that's the case, join Greg McNutt and Sagar Srinivasa for Virtualization Reimagined: Inside the Everpure Journey. https://www.purestorage.com/events/webinars/virtualization-reimagined.html March 19: Ask Us Everything About Storage for Databases. Join experts Anthony Nocentino, Ryan Arsenault, and Don Poorman for a live Q&A session. https://www.purestorage.com/events/webinars/ask-us-everything-about-storage-for-databases.html March 24: Presets & Workloads for Consistent DB Environments. We’re extending the database conversation to discuss how Everpure helps you transition from "managing storage" to "managing data" through automated presets. https://www.purestorage.com/events/webinars/presets-and-workload-setups-for-consistent-database-environments.html
ActiveCluster for File
We’re proud to announce the availability of ActiveCluster for file, Everpure’s premier business continuity solution and a fundamental enabler of our Enterprise Data Cloud vision, where Service Level Agreements define what storage, network and compute resources are assigned dynamically to application data sets rather than an hardware-to-app architectures. With ActiveCluster for file, Everpure is extending the benefits of data mobility, continuous access and policy-driven management to file workloads. What is ActiveCluster? Everpure launched ActiveCluster in 2017, and rapidly took the mission critical, enterprise block storage world by storm. ActiveCluster rapidly enabled enterprise customers with the most demanding block workloads to deploy synchronous, always available, always up-to-date, LUNs or volumes to hosts stretched across geographic distances. What set ActiveCluster apart from the existing solutions at the time, and even now, is how simple to set up Everpure RTO-0 and RPO-0 file solutions are, and how flexible and adaptable to the ever changing business needs hosting these data sets become after being deployed on a Everpure Fusion fleets. Today, we’re adding file protocol support like NFSv3, NFSv4.1, SMB 2.0, and SMB 3.0 w/ continuously available shares to our ActiveCluster solution. Realms as a new container ActiveCluster for file utilizes a new, high-level container called a Realm, to synchronously mirror both user data and storage configuration information necessary to provide data access to authorized users on either side of the stretched file system(s). Realms are handy to put applications with similar Recovery Point Objectives and similar Recovery Time Objectives together. Realm Synchronous Replication The act of synchronously mirroring both the user data and storage configuration information across two different FlashArrays is called ‘stretching’. Similar to how a pod is stretched across two FlashArrays, a Realm can be stretched between any FlashArray system that has no more than 11ms Round Trip Time average latencies on their array replication links. Either Fibrechannel or Ethernet array replication links can be used to replicate file data synchronously. Figure 1. ActiveCluster for file can be deployed in different modalities Realms as namespaces for policies Realms contain unique snapshot, audit logging, replication and export policies. These policies are only viewable and attachable to storage objects within the Realm, creating a building block for hosting multiple different end customers or tenants on Fusion fleets. These policies are automatically replicated over to the other array if the Realm is stretched, reducing operator burden in failover scenarios. To prevent split brain scenarios (where a network partition in the array links or replication links stop communication between the pair of FlashArrays) Everpure’s fully managed Cloud Mediator service will determine which remaining FlashArray controller pair can process writes, and which array will not. Unlike other business continuity solutions, ActiveCluster customers don’t have to worry about patching or maintaining the security of separate VMs to act as a mediator service to prevent split brain scenarios. Multiple servers supported per Realm, different IDPs allowed. Each Realm can have one or more servers configured in it, which act as protocol end points for clients and hosts to connect to. Each server in a Realm can have a different IP address, or utilize a different Identity Provider Service. When a failover condition occurs (like a site disaster on one side), automatic failover and the clients in either data center are on the same Ethernet segment or broadcast domain, a failover condition will emit a gratuitous Reverse Address Resolution Protocol request (RARP), mapping the new MAC address of the ethernet interface on one side to a same IP address being used. Applications may see a small pause in reads or writes being serviced, but will not have to re-issue I/O or remount / remap shares or exports. Managed directory quotas can also be used for any filesystem or managed directory attached to the servers in the Realm being stretched. These quota policies automatically get replicated with user data, so the same customer experience in terms of usable space exists both before and after an automatic failover. New Guided Setup available for ActiveCluster for file Deploying new ActiveCluster for file solutions can occur in less than five minutes on already racked and powered arrays. A Guided Setup wizard is available to quickly capture the necessary information to stretch a Realm. This wizard can be started from multiple locations within the Purity GUI. ActiveCluster for file fully takes advantage of Fusion fleets and the ability to manage storage infrastructure as code, programmatically and via policy. Realms are not tied to hardware, and can ‘float’ Realms with ActiveCluster for file support not only provide a 0-RTO and 0-Recovery Point Object at the storage layer for mission critical applications, but they also provide a mechanism to transparently move the data and configuration in the Realm non-disruptively somewhere else within your fleet, whether it’s follow the Sun type round-robin hops, where the Realm’s location changes depending on the time of day, or is moved as a part of a data-center migration. Coupled with Fusion, Everpure’s intelligent control plane, ActiveCluster for file enables workloads and application data and their configuration information to dynamically and seamlessly move to the right location, at the right time, at the right granularity. Seamless movement across greater geographic distances can be accomplished by stretching and unstretching the same Realm between different arrays, as long as the RTT latency between them is <11ms. Service Level Agreements are the lingua franca of the Enterprise Data Cloud Service Level Agreements are the natural language of business owners, and are integral for companies who want to move away from managing storage arrays to managing their business data. They capture answers to questions like “How fast do you need access to this data? Does it need to be backed up or otherwise protected against site-wide failure? SLAs are what forms our vision behind the App-to-data operational model. This App-to-data model takes abstract, high level business requirements as input, and then automatically configures and deploys the required storage services to meet the service level agreement just defined. A Fusion fleet manager’s perspective is one of many different application tiles, and their health, not just a series of HA pairs spread out across different data centers. Data management operations, like instant backups, cloning, movement is applied as “verbs” to the application data set’s name or workload ID, and not to a mismatched storage container whose hardware boundaries impose limits on your app team. An Intelligent, unified control plane manages and enforces SLA’s across the fleet autonomously, like a modern cloud operating model but that can be deployed in any modality, whether on-prem, in the cloud or a hybrid. This scalable model, with Fusion’s intelligent control plane, supports ALL workloads, from modern AI workloads, containers and High Performance Workloads to extremely large image or rich media archives. An Enterprise Data Cloud, made up of discrete nodes tied loosely together, where Service Level Definitions define autonomous system behavior. Stop managing your storage arrays, and start managing your data. Learn more about ActiveCluster for file Read the support documentation for Purity 6.12.0 Test and deploy Fusion fleets and file presets Ask your account executive or system engineer for a demo!
Migration options of rdms from Dell storage array to Pure storage array
We have physical Oracle servers and a couple of virtual Oracle servers. The databases disks for the databases are mounted to their Oracle server(s) as rdms on the virtual servers and raw disks on the physical Oracle servers. Currently these database disks are on a Dell storage array and we will migrate them to a Pure //X90 R4 storage array. What options do we have to do this? I read using Oracle ASM is one way but was curious of other ways anyone has used to do this type of migration.
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