I just uploaded new packages to v2.8.0.430 GitHub (v2.4.0.305). I had some recent exchange with a user of the toolkit and updated a few cmdlets to adhere to [...]
Documentation and examples are what I consider to be the most important element to any PowerShell library. Although I implemented a comprehensive Get-Help [...]
Worked in the lab this past weekend setting up a new Windows Server 2012 R2 failover cluster (WSFC) using 8 diskless servers. SAN booting provides the ultimate [...]
Now that the new toolkit has been released its time to start with an example of using some of the new cmdlets. The focus of this post is setting up [...]
The long awaited update for the PowerShell Toolkit is now available. I track issues and/or suggestions via GitHub. I have implemented about 95%+ of the current [...]
[Updated: 5/16/2017]
I created the Pure Storage PowerShell Toolkit with two major goals; (1) as a way to automate the various operational tasks to manage [...]
Updated -- June 20/17
I have been asked this question more than I have fingers and toes so I figured I would do a quick post providing the Windows [...]
One of the demonstrations that I created for VMworld 2014 was to create a simple orchestration for refreshing a SQL Server 2014 database volume and [...]
@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 [...]
New Microsoft Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Reference Architecture for Pure Storage FlashArray’s is available. This document provides a reference architecture [...]
With the release of the Purity Operating Environment 4.0 comes the new Pure Storage Volume Shadow Copy Service Provider (Pure VSS Provider). The Pure VSS [...]
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 [...]
As I add more virtual machines and physical servers to my Microsoft environment there are a few Windows features/settings I tend to always tweak for my own [...]
@8arkz -- June 20/17 -- Added new Get-HotFix cmdlet details and example output from both methods.
Recently I have been tracking down all the updates that I [...]
@8arkz -- June 20/17 -- I need to re-write this to use the new PowerShell SDK.
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While working on the early testing for the SQL Server 2012 Reference [...]
@8arkz -- June 20/17 -- This was the start of all things Windows PowerShell at Pure Storage. Pretty cool to look back at some posts and see how it all got [...]
Pure Storage PowerShell History
PowerShell Toolkit 0.1 implementing FlashRecover Snapshots for SQL Server.
I’ve been focusing on some automation scripts [...]
I had the best Christmas at home and at Pure. The week before Christmas I spent time racking the gear and getting everything squared away so I could start [...]
I’ve been building out some new servers with Windows Server 2012 R2 to start working on a new Microsoft SQL Server Reference Architecture on Pure Storage and [...]
When setting up connectivity between SANs and hosts knowing the HBA information is important. With Pure Storage the WWNs are automatically discovered if zoned [...]