Pure Protect - What Do I Need For Initial Setup With FlashArray?

Gathering the details needed for installation, and reviewing the steps before hand, are an important part of any implementation.  With Pure Protect v2.6, there are a few details to review and gather to ensure your deployment goes smoothly.

1. Review the Quick Start Guide on the Pure1 Support Portal
2. Review and verify or modify your firewall rules to support Pure Protect communication & workflows
3. Create a vCenter user in each vCenter you will be connecting as a Site, which should be at least 2.  You may use an administrative service account, or a limited role service account as defined in our vCenter Roles/Permissions document on the Pure1 Support Portal
4. Verify that vSphere/vCenter is at v 7.0 or higher
5. Verify that any FlashArrays that will be managed are at 6.6.3 or higher.  Releases below 6.6.3 are not supported.  Use the Pure1 NDU service for a quick, easy, and painless upgrade!
6. Connect the FlashArrays that will be used in source/target pairs.  Best Practice details for configuring FlashArray replication should be reviewed, and reach out to your Systems Engineer or Principal Technologist if you have any questions.
7. Complete the Pure Protect Pre-Install Checklist - reach out to your Cyber Resilience FSA and/or Systems Engineer for a copy with the full details.

Details of the Pre-Install checklist needed for initial Site setup are here.  Additional may be needed for configuration of Policies, Groups, and Plans.

For Each FlashArray:

Management IP Address & API Token.  If you create an API token with an expiration, you will need to remember to rotate the token in the Pure Protect Site Configuration before it expires.

For Each vCenter:

Site Name
DRaaS VM Management IP Address & DRaaS VM name
Subnet Mask & Default Gateway
Domain name
DNS Server
Quota (if also using non-FlashArray replication)

We look forward to hearing how you are using Pure Protect!