FlashArray: Getting Started 1. Connect workstation (ssh or PuTTY)
VMDK
2. Create volumes
user@FA> purevol create --size 100G VMDK ORAvol VMDK ORAvol
ORAvol
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3. Identify hosts to the array
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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 --- user@FA> purevol truncate --size 50G ORAvol ORAvol 50G ---
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>
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–h –h –h –h
--phonehome --diagnose --logiostat --remoteassist
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