Microsoft Platform Guide Updates
Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2 and 2016 Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot
When an initiator makes a connection to the Pure Storage array, the FlashArray will advertise preferred parameters for that communication. Unfortunately UEFI Windows boot from SAN is a little different in that it ignores what the FlashArray requests and tries to do especially large reads anyway. The FlashArray is unable to allocate an appropriately-sized buffer and the attempt fails.
Pure Storage is currently working to develop a way to allow situations like this to still work properly. Ideas are being brainstormed and tested and we hope to have a resolution to the issue in a future version of Purity. In the meantime UEFI Windows boot from SAN will not be reliable and legacy boot from SAN or another such implementation may be needed.
2019
2018
August
- Updated the following PowerShell SDK articles to reflect latest 1.13.1.12 release.
June
- Separated Windows Server 2008/2008R2 and Windows Server 2012/2012R2/2016 multipath configuration steps.
May
- Pure Storage PowerShell Toolkit updated to 1805.11.1 and fixes issue with Test-WindowsBestPractices cmdlet. Read more http://www.purepowershellguy.com/?p=18133.
- Updated multipath configuration for enabling PathVerificationState and PathVerifyEnabled.
February
- See updated article on Fibre Channel Connectivity for QLogic and Emulex HBA Settings.
January
- New article on Volume Shadow Copy Management
- New SQL Server content added:
- New KB, Hotfix & Cumulative Update Policy --- Pure Storage is no longer tracking individual KBs, Hotfixes or Cumulative Updates for the individual Windows Server versions we support. See the details in the new Windows Server Updates section.