Table of Contents: Pure Storage Plugin for the vSphere Client User Guide

Table of Contents 

• Installing the Remote vSphere Plugin (Current)

  • Online Deployment Procedure
  • Offline Deployment Procedure
• Configuring Authentication
  • Network Requirements
  • Authenticating a Pure1 Connection
    • Create Public Private Key Pair
      • OpenSSL
      • Windows Certificate Store
    • Add the Public Key to Pure1
    • Generating a JWT
      • Generating a JWT with Python
      • Generating a JWT with PowerShell
    • Adding a JWT to the vSphere Client
  • Editing a Pure1 Connection
  • Removing a Pure1 Connection
  • Authenticating a FlashArray Connection
    • Adding a FlashArray
    • Adding One or More FlashArrays through Pure1
  • Editing a FlashArray Connection
  • Removing a FlashArray Connection
  • User Accounts and Privileges
    • Required vCenter Privileges
    • Required Pure1 Privileges
    • Required FlashArray Privileges
    • Audit Trail
• Using the Plugin Home Screen
  • Pure1 Tags
  • Pure1 Load Meter
  • Volume Groups/QoS Management
    • Viewing and Searching for Volume Groups or Volumes
    • Creating a Volume Group
    • Editing a Volume Group
    • Editing a Datastore
• ESXi Host Configuration
  • Viewing Host Configuration
  • Viewing Host Group Configuration
  • Creating Host Groups
  • Creating a Host and adding it to a Host Group
  • Renaming a Host
  • Disconnecting a Host
  • Configuring iSCSI
    • iSCSI Configuration Workflow
• NFS Management
  • Creating an NFS Datastore
  • NFS Datastore Details
• Virtual Volumes (vVols) Management
  • Registering VASA Providers
  • Mounting a vVol Datastore
  • Importing Protection Groups as SPBM Policies
  • Viewing VM vVol details
  • Viewing vVol Datastore Details
  • Creating a FlashArray Snapshot of a vVol Disk
  • Restoring a vVol from a FlashArray Snapshot
  • Creating a vVol Copy
  • Recovering a Deleted VM from a FlashArray Snapshot (VM Undelete)
• VMFS Management
  • Creating a VMFS Datastore
  • Resizing a VMFS Datastore
  • Adding/Removing a VMFS Datastore to/from a Cluster
    • Plugin 4.4.0 and earlier
    • Plugin 4.5.0 and later
      • Host Connection Screen
      • Understanding Status Warnings
      • Add Datastore to Host or Cluster
        • Mount Datastore is Grayed out
      • Remove Datastore from Host or Cluster
  • VMFS Snapshot Management
    • Creating a Snapshot on Demand
    • Destroying a Snapshot
    • Restore a VMFS Datastore from a Snapshot
    • Creating a VMFS Copy from a Snapshot
  • Destroying a VMFS Datastore
  • Viewing a VMFS Datastore Details
    • VMFS Capacity Metrics
    • VMFS Performance Metrics
  • Adding/Removing a VMFS Datastore from a Protection Group
  • Running/Scheduling UNMAP on a VMFS Datastore
    • Running UNMAP on a VMFS Datastore
    • Scheduling UNMAP on a VMFS Datastore

• Installing the Local vSphere Plugin (Legacy)

  • Installing with the FlashArray Web Interface
  • Installing with vRealize Orchestrator
• Uninstalling the vSphere Plugin (Legacy)
  • Uninstalling with the FlashArray Web Interface
  • Uninstalling with PowerShell
  • Uninstalling manually with vCenter Managed Object Brower