Farewell
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by Barkz
8M ago
After 9.5yrs at Pure Storage I am moving on to new adventures. Sharing knowledge about the work I delivered at Pure has been great. I appreciate all who have read, commented and used code from my posts. My blog will stay up for reference for a bit. As I focused my blogging on all things ..read more
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ChatGPT to the Rescue for SDK Help
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by Barkz
1y ago
It is both cool and a little scary how ChatGPT can not only write poems but also write code. My ask: “Write a Pure Storage PowerShell SDK connect script“ It is missing some parameters but is ~80% of the way there. Here is an example of a PowerShell script that connects to a Pure Storage ..read more
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Make Some Noise for the new FlashArry Pure Storage PowerShell SDK version 2.16!
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by Barkz
1y ago
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 making, but where did it all start? It was 2015 in a dimly lit room in our Mountain View office that I implemented the PowerShell Toolkit ..read more
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Swordfish™ + PowerShell + Open Source = Goodness
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by Barkz
1y ago
At the PowerShell + DevOps Global Summit there was a lot of great content on creating PowerShell solutions, using cross-platform, new announcements from Microsoft and more. The title of this blog has so many different topics to unpack and I don’t want to make it a novel. Lots of references will be mentioned and I ..read more
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Sneak Peek: Pure Storage PowerShell SDK 2.2
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by Barkz
4y ago
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 manage the FlashArray. The current SDK supports REST API 1.x versions from 1.0 – 1.17. With the release of Purity 5.3 we introduced the REST API 2.x version which ..read more
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Pure Storage PowerShell SDK 1.17 is Out!
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by Barkz
4y ago
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 the FlashArray GUI from the Help menu of the left-hand side. All the new cmdlets have Get-Help support (eg. Get-Help -Name New-PfaArray). The official release version ..read more
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FlashArray Management Extension for SQL Server Management Studio is now GA!
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by Barkz
4y ago
Today we are announcing the General Availability (GA) of the Pure Storage® FlashArray Management Extension for Microsoft® SQL Server® Management Studio. At Microsoft Ignite 2019 we talked about the extension and now you can download from the Pure1 Support site. The extension is accessible from the main menu in Management Studio. Once the backup configurations ..read more
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Creating a Writable VSS Snapshot
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by Barkz
4y ago
By default a Volume Shadow Copy snapshot is Read-Only. So when you create a new volume (purevol copy) you cannot modify the volume. Below are the steps to make the VSS snapshot writable. The steps show end-to-end how to: Connect to the FlashArray, Locate a VSS snapshot Create a new volume Connect new volume to ..read more
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First Look at the Technical Preview of Pure Storage Cloud Block Store for Microsoft™ Azure
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by Barkz
4y ago
As you start to build your hybrid- or multi- cloud environment differences in storage capabilities across various private and public clouds become more and more prominent, hindering easy data and application mobility. Pure Storage Cloud Block Store is aimed at bridging the differences between you private and public cloud environments providing consistent data services, automation ..read more
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Announcing the Pure Storage® FlashArray Management Extension for Microsoft® SQL Server® Management Studio
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by Barkz
4y ago
Today marks a significant milestone for Pure Storage as we announce the release of a new extension for Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS). This extension provides the capability to create application consistent snapshots of databases directly from SMSS to simplify backup and restore operations for the Pure Storage FlashArray.  Access the new extension from ..read more
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