I am immensely proud to announce that the FlashArray PowerShell SDK 2.16 has been released! The latest version of the PowerShell SDK has been a long time in [...]
The PowerShell SDK was released in 2015 and has been downloaded over 14,000 times. It is the most comprehensive automation SDK that we have delivered to [...]
REST API 1.17 support has been added to the PowerShell SDK. The new SDK supports FlashArray REST API 1.0 — 1.17. For full documentation on the REST API use [...]
Microsoft Ignite is just around the corner from November 4 - 8th in Orlando, FL, and Pure Storage is proud to be a Silver Sponsor in 2019. Make plans to stop [...]
Breakout sessions are the meat and potatoes of Pure//Accelerate but the next best side is the panel discussions. They're like the gravy on the potatoes.
I [...]
A long awaited update to the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK is here! The new SDK supports FlashArray REST API 1.0 -- 1.16. For full documentation on the REST [...]
The New-PfaCliCommand is a cmdlet we introduced for situations that the REST API is updated in a new version of Purity but the new REST endpoints are not [...]
The Pure Storage PowerShell SDK supports our REST API from 1.0 -- 1.13 today. If you want to know what the highest version that is supported by a FlashArray [...]
There were a few bugs discovered in Test-WindowsBestPractices cmdlet.
CustomPathRecoveryTime -- Was not setting the actual value from the system setting to [...]
We have developed PowerShell Modules to support management and automation for the FlashArray, VMware, Windows Server, Exchange, Pure1 and soon FlashBlade. As [...]
In my previous post I discussed how to achieve data mobility between on-premises and the cloud which focused on a Microsoft SQL Server production and dev/test [...]
I am happy to announce a HUGE release of the PowerShell SDK, version 1.13. With this new release the version naming adopts the REST API version that is [...]
Today we launched the Pure Storage Hackathon! We ran a hackathon at Pure//Accelerate 2017 and we got a few participants so this year we went a bit bigger to [...]
I'd like to introduce my first guest blogger, Miranda Steele. Miranda works on our REST API and FlashArray programmability team. She is extremely knowledgeable [...]
Update 10/6/2017 — Updated the PowerShell script to support the cmdlets in the PowerShell SDK (1.7.4.0+).
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Having Active Directory [...]
This is a follow-up blog based on Overwriting a Volume in Windows Server.
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Our snapshots offer an incredible amount of flexibility. One of the [...]
Update 7/5/2017 -- Added https://pscodeinvite.azurewebsites.net/ using slackin for quick and easy sign-up!
Along with the upcoming hackathon we have [...]
Pure//Accelerate 2017 starts next week and I wanted to build up some excitement for the Pure/Code() Hackathon that will be happening during the event. This [...]
This new release of the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK provides easier access to IO and Space reporting metrics. For those customers that are interested in [...]
Pure Storage support uses Remote Assist to help customers upgrade and troubleshoot should an issue arise. There have been a few requests from our System [...]
Cody Hosterman, Argenis Fernandez and I have posted a lot of content to GitHub and one of the details I always wanted to know was "# of downloads for project [...]
I’m so excited, it’s already been fun to develop demos for the capabilities of the Pure Storage platform but now its time for some new demos. First off, [...]
All-flash arrays are the new normal in the data center. Pure Storage simplicity meets SolarWinds® end-to-end IT infrastructure management
After several [...]
There was a Pure1 Community forum question asking how to identify what volume is connected to what host?
Here are some simple scripts to display with no [...]
Today we released the new Pure Storage® PowerShell SDK 1.5. This new release addresses some core changes to the SDK that include:
Upgraded to support [...]
A question that is coming up often as more and more customers leverage the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK for automation management is, “How do I control [...]
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The solution is as simple as our management interface:
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A picture (or video in this case) is worth a thousand words. In this video I walk through the following:
Installing the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK [...]
The Pure Storage PowerShell SDK covers all aspects of management and automation for the FlashArray FA-400 series and the FlashArray//m series. In many of the [...]
I have been fielding a few questions about the new release of the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK and I wanted to share the answers more broadly to ensure everyone [...]
What?!? The Python Toolkit on the PowerShell Guy’s blog? Hell yeah I say, a cook is only as good as the number of spices and how to use those spices. I [...]
We started supporting automation and management of the Pure Storage FlashArray with Windows PowerShell almost a year ago with the Pure Storage PowerShell [...]
Microsoft SQL Server is one of the primary workloads that Pure Storage customers run on our FlashArray and a frequent question we get is on the topic of [...]
The PowerShell Toolkit has been moved to a new GitHub repository. With the soon to be released PowerShell SDK coming which provides full support through our [...]
There are a lot of exciting things happening at Pure Storage today. Announcing the new FlashArray//m, our new cloud-based management and support with Pure1 and [...]
The history of the Pure Storage PowerShell Toolkit started with some simple work in Windows PowerShell ISE with 5 basic cmdlets (Get-PfaApiToken, [...]
Version 2.8.0.403 was released yesterday with a new SUPER helpful parameter, HttpTimeOut, on for Connect-PfaController cmdlet. I mistakenly introducing a very [...]
A great question came in yesterday about how to use the new –Credential parameter that was implemented in v2.5 Toolkit.
Question: What if someone wants to [...]
Ever wanted to work with our REST API without the need to install the PowerShell or Python toolkits? Take the REST API for a test drive using a REST client. [...]
@8arkz - September 11/17 -- The "Original" version of the PowerShell Toolkit v2.8.0.430 has been deprecated in favor of the PowerShell SDK. Read all about it [...]
In my Part 1 post I discussed the basics of how to use the REST API with the Post method to authenticate and establish a session then using the Get method [...]
After a brief hiatus I’m back and to start things off I wanted to share an example of how to use the new REST API we have created as part of our Purity [...]