The Manual

FlashArray: Getting Started
1. Connect workstation (ssh or PuTTY)
VMDK
2. Create volumes
user@FA> purevol create --size 100G VMDK ORAvol
VMDK
ORAvol
ORAvol
2.
4.
1.
3. Identify hosts to the array
3.
user@FA> purehost create --wwn 01:23:45:67:89:ab:cd:e1 VMhost
VMhost 01:23:45:67:89:ab:cd:e1
user@FA> purehost create --iqn
iqn.1994-05.com.esx-01:1ebb3ee47fb ORAsrv
ORAsrv iqn.1994-05.com.esx-01:1ebb3ee47fb
4. Connect hosts to volumes
user@FA> purehost connect --vol VMDK VMhost
VMDK VMhost
user@FA> purehost connect --host ORAsrv ORAvol
ORAsrv ORAvol
FlashArray: Daily Management
 Grow and shrink volumes
user@FA> purevol setattr --size 1t VMDK
VMDK 1024G --- <serial number>
user@FA> purevol truncate --size 50G ORAvol
ORAvol 50G --- <serial number>
VMDK
VMDK
ORAvol
ORAvol
 Monitor capacity and performance
user@FA> puremonitor --nrep 1000 –-interval –-vollist VMDK
Name
Reads (B/s) Writes (B/s) op/s(read)
op/s(write)
VMDK
164.76M 2.76M
8273
323
user@FA> purevol list --space ORAvol
Name
Size
Data Reduction
Total
ORAvol 1T
3.9 to 1
574G
 Manage hosts
user@FA> purehost create –-wwnlist 21000000abcdef00 newLinuxHost
newLinuxHost 21:00:00:00:AB:CD:EF:00
user@FA> purehost setatt –-iqnlist r
iqn.1994-05.com.esx-01:1ebb3ee47fb esxHost1
esxHost1 iqn.1994-05.com.esx-01:1ebb3ee47fb
 Manage host groups
user@FA> purehgroup create --hostlist LinuxHost-01 newhostgrp
Name
Hosts
newhostgrp
LinuxHost-01
user@FA> purehgroup setattr --addhostlist LinuxHost-02 newhostgrp
Name
Hosts
newhostgrp
LinuxHost-02
user@FA> purehgroup setattr --remhostlist LinuxHost-02 newhostgrp
Name
Hosts
newhostgrp
LinuxHost-02
 Manage snapshots
volume
user@FA> purevol snap --suffix Monday ORAvol VMDK
Name
Size Source
ORAvol.Monday 50G
ORAvol
VMDK.Monday
1T
VMDK
user@FA> purevol copy ORAvol.Monday ORAcopy
Name
Size Source
ORAcopy 50G
ORAvol.Monday
snapshot
test/dev
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FlashArray: Troubleshooting
 Identify SNMP Manager and Authenticate
user@FA>
user@FA>
user@FA>
user@FA>
puresnmp
puresnmp
puresnmp
puresnmp
create –h --host 21:00:00:00:ab:cd:ef:00
create –h --authpassphrase SNMPv3
setattr –h --authprotocol
setattr –h --user
SNMP
Server
 Remote Assist
user@FA>
user@FA>
remoteassist –h --connect
remoteassist –h --help
 Phone Home
user@FA>
user@FA>
user@FA>
user@FA>
Pure Storage, Inc.
purearray
purearray
purearray
purearray
–h
–h
–h
–h
--phonehome
--diagnose
--logiostat
--remoteassist
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