What's New with Pure Storage and VMware

Blogs

• What's New with Purity 6.0: ActiveDR - Cody Hosterman
• What's New with Purity 6.0: Tagging - Cody Hosterman

• Pure Storage: Management Pack 3.0.1 for vRealize Operations Manager (vROps) - Jacob Hopkinson

• Tanzu with Pure Storage vVols: Part 1 Deploying TKG - Cody Hosterman

• Using PowerShell with FlashArray REST 2.x - Cody Hosterman

• What's New in the Pure Storage vRealize Orchestrator Plugin 3.5 - David Stamen

• Naming PowerShell tabs by vCenter with Windows Terminal - Cody Hosterman

Videos

• Tech Preview: SRM and ActiveDR
• Lightboard video with VMware: vVols isn't just for the VMware admin
• Pure Storage vSphere Plugin: vVols Management
• Install and Configure the Pure Storage Plugin for vRealize Orchestrator
• Pure Storage vSphere Plugin: Authenticate with Pure1
• Pure Storage vSphere Plugin: Using the Home Screen

Documentation

• vSphere Plugin Guide: Installing the vSphere Plugin
• vSphere Plugin Guide: Uninstalling the vSphere Plugin
• vSphere Plugin Guide: vSphere Plugin Authentication
• vSphere Plugin Guide: Volume Group Management
• vSphere Plugin Guide: ESXi Host Configuration
• vSphere Plugin Guide: VMFS Management
• vSphere Plugin Guide: vVols Management
• vROps 3.x Management Pack Release Notes (Updated)
• Installing the Pure Storage Plugin into vRealize Orchestrator 7.x 
• Pure Storage Plugin Authentication with vRealize Orchestrator 7.x 

Code Releases

• vROps 3.0.1
• vRO 3.5.0
  • Solution Exchange Download
  • VMware Compatibility Guide Listing

Miscellaneous

Blogs

• Configuring vRealize Orchestrator to use Pure1 Integration - David Stamen

• Unable to Provision a vVol Hard Disk on a VM Located on VMFS Datastore - David Stamen

• Data Replication: Fundamentals - Cody Hosterman

• Using the VMware Event Broker Appliance to Automatically Expand a Pure Storage FlashArray Datastore - David Stamen

• Data Replication Part I: Replication Fundamentals - Cody Hosterman

• Data Replication Part II: FlashArray Replication Options - Cody Hosterman

• Using Terraform to Deploy the Pure1 VM Analytics Collector - David Stamen

Videos

• SRM and vVols lightboard 
• VMware and Pure Storage Containers - Gestalt IT

Documentation

• SRM and vVol User Guide (VASA 1.1.0)
• SRM SRA User Guide (SRA 3.1.0)
• Why the vCenter Server should not run on vVols
• What's new with VASA Version 1.1.0?
• VASA Operation Lifecycle Deep Dive
• ActiveDR VMware Implementation Guide

Code Releases

Miscellaneous 

• vSphere Plugin certification for 6.5

Blogs

• Installing the vSphere Plugin with PowerShell Core -Cody Hosterman
• Is NVMe-oF Ready for Primetime with vSphere 7? - Cody Hosterman
• vROps 8.x: Alert triggered for potentially stale objects - Jacob Hopkinson

• Running vVols in VMware Cloud on AWS (VMC) on Pure Storage Cloud Block Store (CBS) on AWS - David Stamen

• What's New in the 4.3.1 Pure Storage vSphere Client Plugin - David Stamen

Videos

• Installing the Pure Storage vSphere Client Plugin
• Using the Pure Storage vSphere Client Plugin
• vVols Lightboard: Using your array the way it was meant to be used!
• Gestalt IT Round Table: NVMe-oF with vSphere 7 - Cody Hosterman

Documentation

• FlashStack Deployment Automation with SmartConfig and VMware Cloud Foundation
• FlashArray SRA 3.1 User Guide 
• FlashArray SRA 3.1 Release Notes
• Raw Device Mapping (RDM)
• vVols and SRM Requirements and Best Practices
• VMware Validated Design 5.0 KB
• Configuring Site Recovery Manager vVol-Based Storage Policy Discovery KB
• Troubleshooting: vVols report " LOGICAL BLOCK ADDRESS OUT OF RANGE" SCSI errors

Code Releases

• Pure1 PowerShell Module 1.0.1.0
• FlashArray SRA 3.1.0
• SRM 8.3 SRA Certification
• vSphere Plugin 4.3.1
• Pure Storage VMware PowerShell Module 1.4.2.0

Miscellaneous 

• VASA and vVols related ESXi fixes - 6.7 P02 - Build 16075168 

Blogs

• Replacing the Pure Storage FlashArray VASA Certificate --David Stamen
• vVol refresh with PowerCLI or vRealize--Jase McCarty
• vSphere 7 and Pure Storage--Cody Hosterman
• Part 1: Deploying vSphere with Kubernetes - Prerequisites
• Part 2: Deploying vSphere with Kubernetes - Configuring vCenter Server
• Part 3: Deploying vSphere with Kubernetes - Deploy and Configure NSX-T
• Part 4: Deploying vSphere with Kubernetes - Enabling vSphere with Kubernetes
• Part 5: Deploying vSphere with Kubernetes - Using vSphere with Kubernetes
• Part 6: Deploying vSphere with Kubernetes - Provisioning and Managing a Tanzu Kubernetes Cluster
• Using PowerCLI to Deploy the Site Recovery Manager 8.3 Appliance
• Introducing the FlashArray vSphere Plugin version 4.3.0 -- David Stamen
• What's New in the Pure Storage vRealize Operations Management Pack 3.0

Videos

• Migration to vVols lightboard
• Pure and vVols lightboard
• Configuring NVMe-oF with vSphere

Documentation

• NVMe-oF documentation
• VCF with Pure White Paper
• Configuring Multiple Non-Linked vCenters with the same VASA provider
• Using Site Recovery Manager with the FlashArray Web Guide
• vROPs management pack 3.0.0 release notes
• Updated web guide for vROPs management pack 3.0.0

Code Releases

• vSphere Plugin 4.3.0
• VASA version 1.1.0/vSphere 7.0 certification
• SRM vVol certification
• vROPs 8.x certification/mgmt pack 3.0.0

Miscellaneous 

• Podcast: vSphere 7 and Pure Storage
• Compatibility listing for NVMe-oF and ESXi
• VMUG Webinar: What's New with vSphere 7 and Pure Storage

Blogs

• Replacing the Pure Storage FlashArray Management Certificate -- David Stamen
• Configuring and Using the Pure Storage vSphere Plugin with Pure1 Authentication -- David Stamen
• Using vRealize Automation with the Pure Storage vRealize Orchestrator Plugin -- David Stamen
• Using the Pure Storage vRealize Orchestrator Plugin -- David Stamen
• Using the Pure Storage vRealize Operations Management Pack -- David Stamen
• Using the Pure Storage vSphere Plugin -- David Stamen
• Installing and Updating the Pure Storage vSphere Plugin -- David Stamen
• vVols and Ransomware --Cody Hosterman
• VMware Cloud Foundation and vVols --Kyle Grossmiller
• What's New with vVols in vSphere 7 -- Cody Hosterman

Videos

KB Articles

Code Releases

Miscellaneous