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FlashBlade Ansible Collection 1.22.0 released!
🎊 FlashBlade Ansible Collection 1.22.0 THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT RELEASE as removes all REST v1 components from the collection and adds Fusion support! Update your collections! Download the Collection via Ansible command: ansible-galaxy collection install purestorage.flashblade Download it from Ansible Galaxy here Read the Release Notes here.PowerShell SDK v2.44.111 released with REST API 2.44 support!
🎉 The Pure PowerShell SDK v2 version 2.44.111 has been released! This release marks the full compatibility with Purity REST API version 2.44 and it contains many additions, changes, and deprecations for cmdlets. Please read the Release Notes for more detailed release information. To install the updated module: Install-Module -Name PureStoragePowerShellSDK2 Here is a brief review of the newest additions and changes: In this release, we added the cmdlets for managing Directories, DirectoryServices, Policies, ProtectionGroupSnapshot tags and Servers. Multiple endpoints got new parameters. Find detailed information about the cmdlets in the sections below. On this release we added the following 31 new cmdlet(s): Get-Pfa2DirectoryGroup Get-Pfa2DirectoryPolicyUserGroupQuota New-Pfa2DirectoryPolicyUserGroupQuota Remove-Pfa2DirectoryPolicyUserGroupQuota Get-Pfa2DirectoryUser Get-Pfa2DirectoryGroupQuota New-Pfa2DirectoryService Remove-Pfa2DirectoryService Get-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalDirectoryService New-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalDirectoryService Update-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalDirectoryService Remove-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalDirectoryService Get-Pfa2DirectoryUserQuota Get-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuota New-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuota Update-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuota Remove-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuota Get-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuotaMember New-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuotaMember Remove-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuotaMember Get-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuotaRule New-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuotaRule Update-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuotaRule Remove-Pfa2PolicyUserGroupQuotaRule Get-Pfa2ProtectionGroupSnapshotTag Remove-Pfa2ProtectionGroupSnapshotTag Set-Pfa2ProtectionGroupSnapshotTagBatch Get-Pfa2Servers New-Pfa2Servers Update-Pfa2Servers Remove-Pfa2Servers The following 29 cmdlet(s) have new parameters: 'New-Pfa2ActiveDirectory' have the following new parameter(s): SourcesId SourcesName 'Update-Pfa2ActiveDirectory' have the following new parameter(s): SourcesId SourcesName 'New-Pfa2DirectoryPolicyNfs' have the following new parameter(s): PoliciesServerId PoliciesServerName 'New-Pfa2DirectoryPolicySmb' have the following new parameter(s): PoliciesServerId PoliciesServerName 'Get-Pfa2DirectoryExport' have the following new parameter(s): Name 'New-Pfa2DirectoryExport' have the following new parameter(s): Name ServerId ServerName 'Remove-Pfa2DirectoryExport' have the following new parameter(s): Name 'Get-Pfa2DirectoryService' have the following new parameter(s): Id 'Update-Pfa2DirectoryService' have the following new parameter(s): Id CaCertificateRefId CaCertificateRefName CaCertificateRefResourceType SourcesId SourcesName 'Get-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalGroup' have the following new parameter(s): AllowErrors ContextName 'New-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalGroup' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames 'Update-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalGroup' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames ContextId 'Remove-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalGroup' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames 'Get-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalGroupMember' have the following new parameter(s): AllowErrors ContextName 'New-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalGroupMember' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames 'Remove-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalGroupMember' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames 'Get-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalUser' have the following new parameter(s): AllowErrors ContextName 'New-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalUser' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames 'Update-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalUser' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames 'Remove-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalUser' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames 'Get-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalUserMember' have the following new parameter(s): AllowErrors ContextName 'New-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalUserMember' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames 'Remove-Pfa2DirectoryServiceLocalUserMember' have the following new parameter(s): ContextName LocalDirectoryServiceIds LocalDirectoryServiceNames 'New-Pfa2NetworkInterface' have the following new parameter(s): AttachedServersId AttachedServersName 'Update-Pfa2NetworkInterface' have the following new parameter(s): AttachedServersId AttachedServersName 'New-Pfa2PolicyNfsMember' have the following new parameter(s): MembersServerId MembersServerName 'New-Pfa2PolicySmbMember' have the following new parameter(s): MembersServerId MembersServerName 'New-Pfa2ProtectionGroupSnapshot' have the following new parameter(s): TagsCopyable TagsKey TagsNamespace TagsValue TagsContextId TagsContextName TagsResourceId TagsResourceName 'New-Pfa2ProtectionGroupSnapshotTest' have the following new parameter(s): TagsCopyable TagsKey TagsNamespace TagsValue TagsContextId TagsContextName TagsResourceId TagsResourceName The following 16 cmdlet(s) had parameters dropped: 'Update-Pfa2Array' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'Update-Pfa2ContainerDefaultProtection' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'Update-Pfa2DirectoryService' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'Update-Pfa2DirectoryServiceRole' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'Set-Pfa2PresetWorkload' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'New-Pfa2ProtectionGroupSnapshot' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'Update-Pfa2ProtectionGroupSnapshot' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'New-Pfa2ProtectionGroupSnapshotTest' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'Update-Pfa2ProtectionGroup' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'New-Pfa2RemoteProtectionGroupSnapshot' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'New-Pfa2RemoteProtectionGroupSnapshotTest' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'Update-Pfa2RemoteProtectionGroup' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'New-Pfa2SyslogServer' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'Update-Pfa2SyslogServer' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'Update-Pfa2SyslogServerSetting' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNames 'New-Pfa2WorkloadPlacementRecommendation' dropped the following parameter(s): ContextNamesPure FlashArray integration with OpenNebula
OpenNebula is an easy-to-use open source cloud computing platform for enterprise, private, hybrid or edge. You can integrate Pure Storage FlashArray via iSCSI as a backend to OpenNebula's LVM Thin datastore. You can find Pure's integration with OpenNebula here. More information can be found at the OpenNebula website.Pure Storage PowerShell SDK2 version 2.43.46 released!
We released the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK version 2.43.30 not too long ago. We have since received reports of users having issue with the Connect-Pfa2Array cmdlet only when using PowerShell version 5.x. The error would something similar to this: Could not load file or assembly 'System.ComponentModel.Annotations, Version=4.2.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=someToken' or one of its dependencies. We have released a fix for this in the PowerShell Gallery. https://www.powershellgallery.com/packages/PureStoragePowerShellSDK2/2.43.46. This was the only fix for this release and the issue does not affect the cmdlet when used with PowerShell version 7.x. To upgrade, run Install-Module: Install-Module -Name PureStoragePowerShellSDK2 -Repository PSGallery -RequiredVersion 2.43.46 -Verbose -Force We do apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.New Pure Code site is live!
After many months of messing with some very old code, we have launched a revised site for the Pure Code Portal. It is much more minimalistic and cleaner than the old one, and we have plans to add our Code videos and Pure Employee website links in the near future. Have a look and feel free to leave a comment if you would like to see something on the site. https://code.purestorage.com/ Cheers, //MikeSome Fleet Python code using the response module
This is the Python sister script to the posted PowerShell version. This script is a Python script that uses the response module to do the tasks. It does not use the Pure Storage pyClient. This is for folks who do raw API calls using automation packages, runbooks, and scripts. It is not intended to use in it's entirety, but rather to be used as code snippets and starters for your own scripts. The full script is available in this GitHub repository. This script will: Use native Python calls to the FlashArray API Authenticates an API Token user and gets the x-auth-token for requests Query a fleet and determine the fleet members Query fleet Presets & Workloads List fleet volumes and hosts (top X, configurable) Create a host, volume, and then connect the volume to the host on a member array. #!/usr/bin/env python3 import json import requests import urllib3 urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning) # Set target array address target = "10.0.0.10" # API version to use # TO-DO: dynamically get the latest version latest_api_version = "2.45" # Authenticate and get x-auth-token session = requests.Session() login_url = f'https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/login' session.headers.update({ "api-token": "<your_api_token_here>" }) response = session.post(login_url, verify=False) x_auth_token = response.headers.get("x-auth-token") if x_auth_token: session.headers.update({"x-auth-token": x_auth_token}) else: print("Error: x-auth-token not found in response headers.") print(x_auth_token) Query the fleet: # Get fleet info fleets_url = f'https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/fleets' fleets_response = session.get(fleets_url, verify=False) fleets_json = fleets_response.json() fleet_name = fleets_json['items'][0]['name'] print (f"Selected fleet: {fleet_name}") # Get fleet members members_url = f"https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/fleets/members?fleet_name={fleet_name}" fleets_response_members = session.get(members_url, verify=False) VAR1 = fleets_response_members.json() VAR_RESULTS = [item['member']['name'] for item in VAR1['items']] print(f"Fleet members: {VAR_RESULTS}") Enumerate volumes and hosts with pagination: # Enumerate all volumes in the fleet with pagination print("\nEnumerating volumes in the fleet:") limit = 10 # Adjust as needed continuation_token = None all_volumes = [] volumes_base_url = f"https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/volumes?context_names={','.join(VAR_RESULTS)}" while True: params = {'limit': limit} if continuation_token: params['continuation_token'] = continuation_token volumes_response = session.get(volumes_base_url, params=params, verify=False) volumes_json = volumes_response.json() all_volumes.extend(volumes_json.get('items', [])) continuation_token = volumes_response.headers.get('x-next-token') if not continuation_token: break print(f"Total volumes found: {len(all_volumes)}") print(json.dumps(all_volumes, indent=2)) # Enumerate hosts in the fleet with pagination print("\nEnumerating hosts in the fleet:") limit = 10 # Adjust as needed continuation_token = None all_hosts = [] hosts_base_url = f"https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/hosts?context_names={','.join(VAR_RESULTS)}" while True: params = {'limit': limit} if continuation_token: params['continuation_token'] = continuation_token hosts_response = session.get(hosts_base_url, params=params, verify=False) hosts_json = hosts_response.json() all_hosts.extend(hosts_json.get('items', [])) continuation_token = hosts_response.headers.get('x-next-token') if not continuation_token: break print(f"Total hosts found: {len(all_hosts)}") print(json.dumps(all_hosts, indent=2)) Enumerate Presets and Workloads in the fleet: # Enumerate all Presets in the fleet print("\nEnumerating presets in the fleet:") presets_url = f"https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/presets?context_names={','.join(VAR_RESULTS)}" presets_response = session.get(presets_url, verify=False) presets_json = presets_response.json() print(f"Total presets found: {len(presets_json.get('items', []))}") # Enumerate all Woorkloads in the fleet print("\nEnumerating workloads in the fleet:") workloads_url = f"https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/workloads?context_names={','.join(VAR_RESULTS)}" workloads_response = session.get(workloads_url, verify=False) workloads_json = workloads_response.json() print(f"Total workloads found: {len(workloads_json.get('items', []))}") Create a host on a member array, create a volume, and connect the volume to the host: # Select a member array (not the target) member_array = next((name for name in VAR_RESULTS if name != target), None) if not member_array: print("No other member array found in the fleet.") exit(1) print(f"Selected member array for operations: {member_array}") # Create a new host on the member array host_name = "demo-host-01" host_iqn = "iqn.2025-08.com.fleetdemo:host01" host_payload = { "names": host_name, "iqn": [host_iqn], "context": { "name": member_array } } hosts_url = f"https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/hosts" host_resp = session.post(hosts_url, json=host_payload, verify=False) print(f"Host creation response: {host_resp.json()}") # Create a new volume on the member array volume_name = "APIDemo-vol1" volume_payload = { "names": volume_name, "provisioned": 10737418240, # 10 GB in bytes "context": { "name": member_array } } volumes_url = f"https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/volumes" volume_resp = session.post(volumes_url, json=volume_payload, verify=False) print(f"Volume creation response: {volume_resp.json()}") # Connect the volume to the host connect_payload = { "volume_names": volume_name, "context_names":member_array, "host_names": host_name, } connections_url = f"https://{target}/api/{latest_api_version}/connections" connect_resp = session.post(connections_url, json=connect_payload, verify=False) print(f"Connection response: {connect_resp.json()}")Some Fleet PowerShell code using Invoke-RestMethod
Hello fellow scripters! This script is a PowerShell script that uses native PowerShell cmdlets to do the tasks. It does not use the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK2. This is for folks who do raw API calls using automation packages, runbooks, and scripts. It is not intended to use in it's entirety, but rather to be used as code snippets and starters for your own scripts. The full script is available in this GitHub repository. This script will: Use native PowerShell (non-SDK) Invoke-RestMethod calls to the FlashArray API Authenticates an API Token user and gets the x-auth-token for requests Query a fleet and determine the fleet members Query fleet Presets & Workloads List fleet volumes and hosts (top X, configurable) Create a host, volume, and then connect the volume to the host on a member array. <# .SYNOPSIS Authenticates to Pure Storage FlashArray REST API and retrieves session token. .DESCRIPTION - Authenticates using API token. - Retrieves the x-auth-token from response headers for subsequent requests. - Dynamically queries the FlashArray for the latest available API version and uses it for requests. .PARAMETER Target Required. The FQDN or IP address of the FlashArray to target for REST API calls. .PARAMETER ApiToken Required. The API token used for authentication with the FlashArray REST API. .EXAMPLE .\Connect-FAApi.ps1 -Target "10.0.0.100" -ApiToken "<Your API Token here>" .NOTES Author: mnelson@purestorage.com Origin Date: 10/23/2023 Version: 1.1 #> param ( [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$Target, [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)] [string]$ApiToken ) ################ SETUP ################ # Query the array for the latest available API version try { $apiVersions = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://$Target/api/api_version" -Method Get -SkipCertificateCheck $numericApiVersions = $apiVersions.version | Where-Object { $_ -match '^\d+(\.\d+)*$' -and $_ -notmatch '^2\.x$' } $latestApiVersion = ($numericApiVersions | Sort-Object { [version]$_ } -Descending)[0] Write-Host "Latest API Version detected:" $latestApiVersion } catch { Write-Host "Could not retrieve API version, defaulting to 2.45" $latestApiVersion = "2.45" } # Set the Base Uri if ($latestApiVersion) { $baseUrl = "https://$Target/api/$latestApiVersion" } # Prepare headers for authentication $headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]" $headers["api-token"] = $ApiToken # Authenticate and get session token $response = Invoke-RestMethod "https://$Target/api/$latestApiVersion/login" -Method 'POST' -Headers $headers -SkipCertificateCheck -ResponseHeadersVariable "respHeaders" # Display the value of "username" from the response, if present if ($response.items -and $response.items[0].username) { Write-Host "Username:" $response.items[0].username } else { Write-Host "Username field not found in response." } # TO-DO: Check if user is LDAP or local # Parse "x-auth-token" from response headers and store in $xAuthHeader $xAuthHeader = $respHeaders["x-auth-token"] Write-Host "x-auth-token:" $xAuthHeader # Add x-auth-token to headers for subsequent requests $headers.Add("x-auth-token", $xAuthHeader) # You can now use $headers for further authenticated requests to the FA API ########################################################################### Add pagination, query the fleet: # optional pagination & limit code $continuation_token = $null $limit = 10 # Adjust as needed ################ FLEETS ################ # Get Fleet name $fleetsResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "$baseUrl/fleets" -Method Get -Headers $headers -SkipCertificateCheck $fleetName = $fleetsResponse.items[0].name #Write-Host "Fleet Name: $fleetName" # Get fleet members $membersUrl = "$baseUrl/fleets/members?fleet_name=$fleetName" $membersResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $membersUrl -Method Get -Headers $headers -SkipCertificateCheck if (-not $membersResponse.items -or $membersResponse.items.Count -eq 0) { Write-Error "No fleet members found." exit 1 } # Extract Fleet member names $VAR_RESULTS = @() foreach ($item in $membersResponse.items) { if ($item.member -and $item.member.name) { $VAR_RESULTS += $item.member.name } elseif ($item.name) { $VAR_RESULTS += $item.name } } if ($VAR_RESULTS.Count -eq 0) { Write-Error "No member names found in fleet members response." exit 1 } # Write out the fleet members #Write-Host "Extracted Member Names: $($VAR_RESULTS -join ', ')" Query for volumes, hosts: ################ FLEET VOLUMES QUERY ################ # Query volumes for extracted member names $volumesUrl = "$baseUrl/volumes?context_names=$($VAR_RESULTS -join ',')" ## uncomment for full response - no limit, and comment out pagination code below #$volumesResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $volumesUrl -Method Get -Headers $headers -SkipCertificateCheck #$volumesResponse | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 ## with paginated reponse do { ## Build the query string for pagination $queryString = "?limit=$limit" if ($continuation_token) { $queryString += "&continuation_token=$continuation_token" } $volumesUrl = "$baseUrl/volumes$queryString" ## Invoke REST method and capture response headers $volumesResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $volumesUrl -Method Get -Headers $headers -SkipCertificateCheck -ResponseHeadersVariable respHeaders ## Output volumes data $volumesResponse | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 ## Extract x-next-token from response headers for next page $continuation_token = $respHeaders["x-next-token"] ## Continue if x-next-token is present } while ($continuation_token) ################ FLEET HOSTS QUERY ################ # Query hosts for extracted member names $hostsUrl = "$baseUrl/hosts?context_names=$($VAR_RESULTS -join ',')" ## full response - no limit, and comment out pagination code below #$hostsResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $hostsUrl -Method Get -Headers $headers -SkipCertificateCheck #$hostsResponse | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 ## with paginated reponse do { ## Build the query string for pagination $queryString = "?limit=$limit" if ($continuation_token) { $queryString += "&continuation_token=$continuation_token" } $hostsUrl = "$baseUrl/hosts$queryString" ## Invoke REST method and capture response headers $hostsResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $hostsUrl -Method Get -Headers $headers -SkipCertificateCheck -ResponseHeadersVariable respHeaders ## Output hosts data $hostsResponse | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 ## Extract x-next-token from response headers for next page $continuation_token = $respHeaders["x-next-token"] ## Continue if x-next-token is present } while ($continuation_token) Query for Presets & Workloads: ################ FLEET PRESETS QUERY ################ $presetsUrl = "$baseUrl/presets?context_names=$($VAR_RESULTS -join ',')" $presetsResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $presetsUrl -Method Get -Headers $headers -SkipCertificateCheck -ResponseHeadersVariable respHeaders $presetsResponse | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 ################ FLEET WORKLOADS QUERY ################ $workloadsUrl = "$baseUrl/workloads?context_names=$($VAR_RESULTS -join ',')" $workloadsResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $workloadsUrl -Method Get -Headers $headers -SkipCertificateCheck -ResponseHeadersVariable respHeaders $workloadsResponse | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 Create a Host on a fleet member array, create a volume, connect the volume to the host: ################ CREATE VOLUME, HOST, AND CONNECT THEM ON ANOTHER FLASHARRAY IN THE FLEET ################ # Select a secondary FlashArray in the fleet $otherArrayName = $VAR_RESULTS | Where-Object { $_ -ne $Target } | Select-Object -First 1 if (-not $otherArrayName) { Write-Error "No other FlashArray found in the fleet." exit 1 } Write-Host "Selected secondary FlashArray for operations: $otherArrayName" # Create a new volume on the secondary FlashArray $newVolumeName = "APIDemo-Vol01" $volumePayload = @{ name = $newVolumeName size = 10737418240 # 10 GiB in bytes context = @{ name = $otherArrayName } } $createVolumeUrl = "$baseUrl/volumes" $createVolumeResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $createVolumeUrl -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body ($volumePayload | ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json" -SkipCertificateCheck Write-Host "Created volume:" $newVolumeName "on" $otherArrayName # Create a new host on the secondary FlashArray $newHostName = "FleetDemoHost01" $IQN = "iqn.2023-07.com.fleetdemo:host01" $hostPayload = @{ name = $newHostName iqn = @($IQN) context = @{ name = $otherArrayName } } $createHostUrl = "$baseUrl/hosts" $createHostResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $createHostUrl -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body ($hostPayload | ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json" -SkipCertificateCheck Write-Host "Created host:" $newHostName "with IQN:" $IQN "on" $otherArrayName # Connect the newly created volume to the newly created host $connectPayload = @{ volume = @{ name = $newVolumeName context = @{ name = $otherArrayName } } host = @{ name = $newHostName context = @{ name = $otherArrayName } } } $connectUrl = "$baseUrl/host-volume-connections" $connectResponse = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $connectUrl -Method Post -Headers $headers -Body ($connectPayload | ConvertTo-Json) -ContentType "application/json" -SkipCertificateCheck Write-Host "Connected volume" $newVolumeName "to host" $newHostName "on" $otherArrayName # Output results $createVolumeResponse | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 $createHostResponse | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5 $connectResponse | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 5
Configure Fusion with Powershell!
Here's a little Powershell script to get a new FlashArray Fusion Fleet up and running and verify you can deploy a 1GB test volume on array 2 even though you're connected to array 1! You'll need PureStoragePowershellSDK2 v2.4.30 or newer, Purity 6.8.1 or newer, and both arrays configured to use the same LDAP or Active Directory infrastructure for management to run it. The script will prompt you for two FlashArrays to connect to, what you'd like to name the new fleet, and LDAP/Active Directory credentials with array admin rights on both arrays. If you haven't tried Fusion yet and like automating with Powershell, give it a try! #################################################################################### # Script to create a new Fusion fleet, add a second array to the fleet, and # create a new 1GB test volume on array 2 via a command sent to array 1. # # Mike Sasse - 8/15/2025 - v1.0 #################################################################################### #Stop the script if any command throws an error $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop" #Display script function and requirements Write-Host "This script will create a new Fusion fleet, add a second array to the fleet, and" Write-Host "create a new test volume on array 2 via a command sent to array 1." Write-Host "`nPure Storage SDK2 2.43.30+ must be installed and both arrays must be running Purity 6.8.1+." #Import Pure Storage PowerShell SDK2 Import-Module PureStoragePowerShellSDK2 #Prompt user for the two FlashArrays $FlashArray1Name = Read-Host "Enter the first FlashArray FQDN or IP" $FlashArray2Name = Read-Host "Enter the second FlashArray FQDN or IP" #Prompt user for new fleet name $Fleet = Read-Host "Enter the new fleet name" #Get credentials to connect to the two FlashArrays Write-Host "Enter LDAP/Active Directory credentials with array admin rights to be used to connect to both FlashArrays:" $Creds = Get-Credential #Connect to both FlashArrays Write-Host "`nConnecting to $FlashArray1Name..." $FlashArray1 = Connect-Pfa2Array -Endpoint $Flasharray1Name -Credential $Creds -IgnoreCertificateError Write-Host "`nConnecting to $FlashArray2Name..." $FlashArray2 = Connect-Pfa2Array -Endpoint $Flasharray2Name -Credential $Creds -IgnoreCertificateError #Store the new test volume name as a variable $volumeName = "FusionTestVolume" #Store the new test volume size as a variable $Size = "1GB" #Create the new fleet via FlashArray 1 and pipe the output to null Write-Host "`nCreating new fleet named $Fleet on $FlashArray1Name..." New-Pfa2Fleet -Array $FlashArray1 -Name $Fleet | Out-Null #Create a new fleet key and store as a variable Write-Host "`nFetching new fleet key..." $FleetKey = New-Pfa2FleetKey -Array $FlashArray1 #Grab FlashArray 2 and store as a variable $FA2 = Get-Pfa2Array -Array $FlashArray2 #Join FlashArray 2 to the fleet and pipe the output to null Write-Host "`nJoining $Flasharray2Name to $Fleet..." New-Pfa2FleetMember -Array $FlashArray2 -FleetName $Fleet -MembersKey $FleetKey._FleetKey -MemberName $FA2.Name -MemberResourceType remote-arrays | Out-Null #Create a new test volume on FlashArray 2 via FlashArray 1 and pipe the output to null Write-Host "`nCreating new volume $volumeName on $Flasharray2Name through $Flasharray1Name..." New-Pfa2Volume -Array $FlashArray1 -Name $volumeName -Provisioned $Size -ContextNames $FA2.Name | Out-Null Write-Host "`nComplete!"PowerShell SDK v2.43.30 released!
The Pure PowerShell SDK version 2.43.30 has been released! There are a boatload of changes in this release, and all of those changes can be found in the release notes. New cmdlets for Fleets, tags, realms, and more. New parameters for context_names (fleets) and Allow_Errors. Install the SDK today! Install-Module PureStoragePowerShellSDK2 Update your current version: Update-Module PureStoragePowerShellSDK2 PowerShell Gallery Link
