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User Guides for VMware Solutions
VMware Cloud Foundation User Guide
Deploying VCF Management Domains with Everpure
Deploying VCF Management Domains with NFS as Principal Storage
Deploying VCF Management Domains with FC as Principal Storage
Deploying VCF Workload Domains with Everpure
Create a New Workload Domain Using VCF Operations with FC as Principal Storage
Everpure Plugin for the vSphere Client User Guide
Installing the vSphere Plugin with the Everpure VMware Appliance
vSphere Plugin: Online Deployment Procedure
vSphere Plugin: Offline Deployment Procedure
Configure the VMware Appliance and Register the vSphere Plugin
Upgrading the VMware Appliance and Remote Plugin
Unregister the vSphere Plugin
vSphere Plugin: vCenter Strong Security Mode Configuration
Installing the vSphere Plugin: Demo Video
vSphere Plugin User Guide: Configuring Authentication
Remote vSphere Plugin Network Requirements
vSphere Plugin: User Accounts and Privileges
vSphere Plugin: Authenticating a Pure1 Connection - Plugin Managed Keys
vSphere Plugin: Authenticating a Pure1 Connection - User Managed Keys
vSphere Plugin: Authenticating a FlashArray Connection
vSphere Plugin: Editing a Pure1 Connection
vSphere Plugin: Removing a Pure1 Connection
vSphere Plugin: Editing a FlashArray Connection
vSphere Plugin: Removing a FlashArray Connection
vSphere Plugin: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
vSphere Plugin: Minimum Permissions Matrix for Everpure vSphere RBAC
Which versions of the Everpure Plugin Implement the RBAC Feature?
vSphere Plugin RBAC: References
vSphere Plugin RBAC: Video Demo
vSphere Plugin: Using the Home Screen
vSphere Plugin: Fleets
vSphere Plugin: Storage Policy Wizard (5.2.0 and higher)
vSphere Plugin: Role-Based Access Control (RBAC)
vSphere Plugin: Minimum Permissions Matrix for Everpure vSphere RBAC
Which versions of the Everpure Plugin Implement the RBAC Feature?
vSphere Plugin RBAC: References
vSphere Plugin RBAC: Video Demo
vSphere Plugin: Replication Manager
vSphere Plugin: Replication Manager Views
vSphere Plugin: Replication Workflows and Actions
vSphere Plugin: Settings
vSphere Plugin: Authenticating a Pure1 Connection - Plugin Managed Keys
vSphere Plugin: Authenticating a Pure1 Connection - User Managed Keys
vSphere Plugin: Feedback
vSphere Plugin: Registering FlashArray VASA Providers
vSphere Plugin: Datastore Management
vSphere Plugin: Creating a Pod
vSphere Plugin: Editing a Pod
vSphere Plugin: Creating a Volume Group
vSphere Plugin: Editing a Volume Group
vSphere Plugin: Viewing a Datastore
vSphere Plugin: Editing a Datastore
vSphere Plugin: Virtual Machine Management
vSphere Plugin: Pure1 Load Meter
vSphere Plugin: Pure1 Tags
vSphere Plugin Home Screen: Video Demo
vSphere Plugin: vCenter Folder Usage
vSphere Plugin: Host Management
vSphere Plugin: Viewing Host Configuration
vSphere Plugin: Viewing Host Group Configuration
vSphere Plugin: Creating Host Groups
vSphere Plugin: Creating an Individual Host Group
vSphere Plugin: Creating a Host and Adding it to a Host Group
vSphere Plugin: Renaming a Host
vSphere Plugin: Disconnecting a Host
vSphere Plugin: Configuring iSCSI
vSphere Plugin: Virtual Volumes (vVols) Management
vSphere Plugin: Registering FlashArray VASA Providers
vSphere Plugin: Creating the vVol Datastore
vSphere Plugin: Edit a vVol Datastore
vSphere Plugin: Destroy a vVol Datastore
vSphere Plugin: Storage Policy Wizard (5.2.0 and higher)
vSphere Plugin: Viewing the Virtual Machine vVol Details (versions 5.2.0 or higher)
vSphere Plugin: Viewing the vVol Datastore Details
vSphere Plugin: Create a Snapshot of a vVol Disk
vSphere Plugin: Restoring a vVol from a FlashArray Snapshot
vSphere Plugin: Creating a vVol Copy
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a vVols based Virtual Machine
vSphere Plugin: Using a storage policy to enable VM Undelete Protection and the policy's configuration
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a Deleted vVol VM pending eradication with the Everpure vSphere Plugin - VM Undelete
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a Deleted vVol VM that has been eradicated with the Everpure vSphere Plugin - PiT VM Undelete
vSphere Plugin: Reverting a vVol VM with the Everpure vSphere Plugin - PiT VM Revert
vSphere Plugin: vVol Video Demo
vSphere Plugin: VMFS Management
vSphere Plugin: Creating a VMFS Workload from a Fusion Preset
vSphere Plugin: Creating a VMFS Datastore
vSphere Plugin: Resizing a VMFS Datastore
vSphere Plugin: Adding/Removing a VMFS Datastore to/from a Cluster
vSphere Plugin: Creating a VMFS Snapshot on Demand
vSphere Plugin: Destroying a VMFS Snapshot
vSphere Plugin: Restore a VMFS Datastore from a Snapshot
vSphere Plugin: Creating a VMFS Copy from a Snapshot
vSphere Plugin: Recover a VMFS VM from FlashArray Snapshot
vSphere Plugin: Destroying a VMFS Datastore
vSphere Plugin: Viewing a VMFS Datastore Details
vSphere Plugin: Adding/Removing a VMFS Datastore from a Protection Group
vSphere Plugin: Running and Scheduling UNMAP on VMFS
NFS Datastore Management with the vSphere Plugin
Creating a NFS Datastore with a New File System
Creating a NFS Datastore with an Existing File System
NFS Datastore Details, Editing and Mounting to Additional Hosts
Editing a NFS Datastore's FlashArray Policy
NFS Datastore and Virtual Machine Capacity Metrics
NFS Datastore and Virtual Machine Performance Metrics
NFS Datastore Virtual Machine Undelete
NFS Datastore Virtual Machine Point in Time Recovery
vSphere Plugin: Replication Manager
vSphere Plugin: Replication Workflows and Actions
vSphere Plugin: Replication Manager Views
vSphere Plugin: Uninstalling The Remote Plugin
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vSphere Plugin: Local vSphere Client Plugin Network Requirements (Legacy)
vSphere Plugin: Importing FlashArray Protection Groups as SPBM Policies with the Everpure vSphere Plugin (5.1.1 and lower workflow)
vSphere Plugin: Viewing the Virtual Machine vVol Details with the Everpure vSphere Plugin (versions 5.1.0 or lower)
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a vVols based Virtual Machine - VM Undelete (Purity//FA 6.1 and Lower)
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a Deleted vVol VM with the Everpure vSphere Plugin
vSphere Plugin: Adding/Removing a VMFS Datastore to/from a Cluster: Plugin 4.4.0 and earlier
vSphere Plugin: Uninstalling with the FlashArray Web Interface (Legacy)
vSphere Plugin: Uninstalling with PowerShell (Legacy)
vSphere Plugin: Uninstalling manually with vCenter Managed Object Browser (MOB) (Legacy)
Virtual Volumes User Guide
vVols Terminology
vVols Replication Terminology
Introduction to vVols
vVol Architecture
The FlashArray VASA Provider
VASA Provider Certificate Management
Recommendation: Create Local vVol/VASA Admin if the FlashArray is on Purity 5.1+
Registering the FlashArray VASA Provider
Registering the VASA Providers with the Everpure vSphere Plugin
Manually Registering the FlashArray VASA Providers with the vCenter UI
Manually Registering the FlashArray VASA Providers with PowerShell
Verifying VASA Provider Registration
Un-registering and Removing the Storage Providers
Removing Storage Providers in the vCenter Server UI
Removing Storage Providers via PowerCLI
vVols Best Practices Summary
vVols Best Practices Quick Guidance Points
Purity Version
vSphere Version
vSphere Environment
FlashArray Environment
VASA Provider/Storage Provider
Managed Snapshots for vVols based VMs
Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM)
FlashArray SafeMode with vVols
ActiveCluster vVols
ActiveCluster vVols Overview
ActiveCluster vVols Requirements
ActiveCluster vVols Concepts
ActiveCluster vVols Configuration
ActiveCluster vVols: How to Create a Stretched Storage Container
ActiveCluster vVols: How to Create a Stretchable Storage Container
ActiveCluster vVols: How to Stretch a Stretchable Storage Container
NVMe-oF vVols
Using NVMe-oF with vVols
Creating NVMe-vVols Hosts on the FlashArray
Creating NVMe-vVols Storage Containers on the FlashArray
Creating the NVMe-vVols Datastores in vSphere
Configuring Host Connectivity for vVols
Using the Everpure vSphere Plugin to Create and Configure FlashArray Host Groups
vSphere Plugin: Viewing Host Configuration
vSphere Plugin: Viewing Host Group Configuration
vSphere Plugin: Creating Host Groups
vSphere Plugin: Creating a Host and Adding it to a Host Group
vSphere Plugin: Renaming a Host
vSphere Plugin: Disconnecting a Host
vSphere Plugin: Configuring iSCSI
Types of vVols
VM Datastore Structures
Config vVols
Data vVols
Swap vVols
Memory vVols
Recovering Deleted vVols
Restoring a Destroyed vVol with the Everpure vSphere Plugin
Rolling Back a vVol with the Everpure vSphere Plugin
Protocol Endpoints
The FlashArray PE Implementation
Protocol Endpoints in vSphere
vVol Binding
vVol Datastore
The FlashArray Implementation of vVol Datastores
Creating a Storage Container on the FlashArray (Optional)
Mounting a vVol Datastore
Using a vVol Datastore
Snapshots of vVols
Taking Managed Snapshots of vVol-based VMs
Unmanaged Snapshots - FlashArray Snapshots
Snapshot Management with the Plugin
Viewing VM vVol details
vSphere Plugin: Viewing the Virtual Machine vVol Details (versions 5.2.0 or higher)
vSphere Plugin: Viewing the Virtual Machine vVol Details with the Everpure vSphere Plugin (versions 5.1.0 or lower)
Creating a FlashArray Snapshot of a vVol Disk
vSphere Plugin: Create a Snapshot of a vVol Disk
vSphere Plugin: Restoring a vVol from a FlashArray Snapshot
vSphere Plugin: Creating a vVol Copy
Replicating vVols
vVols Array Based Replication Overview
vVols Replication Operations
vVols Replication with Site Recovery Manager
vVols Replication PowerCLI Commands
vVols Replication with vRealize Orchestrator
Migrating VMs to vVols
Migrating a VMFS or NFS-based VM to a vVol-based VM
Migration of a VM with VMDK Snapshots
Migrating Raw Device Mappings
Storage Policy Based Management
FlashArray Storage Capabilities
Creating a Storage Policy
Checking VM Storage Policy Compliance
Assigning a Storage Policy to a VM or Virtual Disk
vVols Reporting
Storage Consumption Reporting
Data Reduction with vVol Managed Snapshots on Purity 5.1.3+
Performance Reporting
Web Guide: Implementing vSphere Virtual Volumes with FlashArray
Audience
vVols Best Practices Summary
vVols Best Practices Quick Guidance Points
Purity Version
vSphere Version
vSphere Environment
FlashArray Environment
VASA Provider/Storage Provider
Managed Snapshots for vVols based VMs
Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM)
FlashArray SafeMode with vVols
vVols Terminology
Introduction to vVols
vVol Architecture
The FlashArray VASA Provider
VASA Provider Certificate Management
Recommendation: Create Local vVol/VASA Admin if the FlashArray is on Purity 5.1+
Registering the FlashArray VASA Provider
vSphere Plugin: Registering FlashArray VASA Providers
Manually Registering the FlashArray VASA Providers with the vCenter UI
Manually Registering the FlashArray VASA Providers with PowerShell
Verifying VASA Provider Registration
Un-registering and Removing the Storage Providers
Removing Storage Providers in the vCenter Server UI
Removing Storage Providers via PowerCLI
Configuring Host Connectivity
Using the Everpure vSphere Plugin to Create and Configure FlashArray Host Groups
vSphere Plugin: Creating Host Groups
vSphere Plugin: Creating an Individual Host Group
vSphere Plugin: Creating a Host and Adding it to a Host Group
vSphere Plugin: Renaming a Host
vSphere Plugin: Disconnecting a Host
vSphere Plugin: Configuring iSCSI
Protocol Endpoints
The FlashArray PE Implementation
Protocol Endpoints in vSphere
vVol Datastore
The FlashArray Implementation of vVol Datastores
Creating a Storage Container on the FlashArray (Optional)
Mounting a vVol Datastore
Using a vVol Datastore
Types of vVols
VM Datastore Structures
Config vVols
Data vVols
Swap vVols
Memory vVols
Recovering Deleted vVols
vSphere Plugin: Restoring a vVol from a FlashArray Snapshot
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a vVols based Virtual Machine
vSphere Plugin: Using a storage policy to enable VM Undelete Protection and the policy's configuration
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a Deleted vVol VM pending eradication with the Everpure vSphere Plugin - VM Undelete
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a Deleted vVol VM that has been eradicated with the Everpure vSphere Plugin - PiT VM Undelete
vSphere Plugin: Reverting a vVol VM with the Everpure vSphere Plugin - PiT VM Revert
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a vVols based Virtual Machine - VM Undelete (Purity//FA 6.1 and Lower)
vSphere Plugin: Recovering a Deleted vVol VM with the Everpure vSphere Plugin
vVol Binding
Snapshots of vVols
Taking Managed Snapshots of vVol-based VMs
Unmanaged Snapshots - FlashArray Snapshots
Snapshot Management with the Plugin
Viewing VM vVol details
vSphere Plugin: Viewing the Virtual Machine vVol Details (versions 5.2.0 or higher)
vSphere Plugin: Viewing the Virtual Machine vVol Details with the Everpure vSphere Plugin (versions 5.1.0 or lower)
Creating a FlashArray Snapshot of a vVol Disk
vSphere Plugin: Create a Snapshot of a vVol Disk
vSphere Plugin: Restoring a vVol from a FlashArray Snapshot
vSphere Plugin: Creating a vVol Copy
Replicating vVols
vVols Array Based Replication Overview
vVols Replication Operations
vVols Replication with Site Recovery Manager
vVols Replication PowerCLI Commands
Running a Replication Group Failover with PowerCLI
vVols Replication with vRealize Orchestrator
vVols Reporting
Storage Consumption Reporting
Data Reduction with vVol Managed Snapshots on Purity 5.1.3+
Performance Reporting
Migrating VMs to vVols
Migrating a VMFS or NFS-based VM to a vVol-based VM
Migration of a VM with VMDK Snapshots
Migrating Raw Device Mappings
Data Mobility with vVols
Appendices
Appendix I: Authenticating FlashArray to the Plugin
Appendix II: FlashArray CLI Commands for Protocol Endpoints
Appendix III: VMware ESXi CLI Commands for vVols
Appendix IV: Disconnecting a Protocol Endpoint from a Host
Appendix V: vVols and Volume Group Renaming
Appendix Vi: CISCO FNIC Driver Support for vVols
Web Guide: Virtual Volumes Quick Start Guide
Quick Start Checklist
vVols Best Practices Summary
vVols Best Practices Quick Guidance Points
vSphere Version
Purity Version
vSphere Environment
FlashArray Environment
VASA Provider/Storage Provider
Managed Snapshots for vVols based VMs
Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM)
FlashArray SafeMode with vVols
Introduction to Virtual Volumes
Configuring the vSphere Client Plugin
Download Location
vSphere Plugin: Online Deployment Procedure
Configure the VMware Appliance and Register the vSphere Plugin
Adding a FlashArray Manually
Registering the FlashArray VASA Provider
vSphere Plugin: Registering FlashArray VASA Providers
Mounting the FlashArray vVol Datastore
vSphere Plugin: Creating the vVol Datastore
NVMe-vVols
Creating NVMe-vVols Hosts on the FlashArray
Creating NVMe-vVols Storage Containers on the FlashArray
Creating the NVMe-vVols Datastores in vSphere
Creating VM Storage Policies
Moving a VM to vVols
Virtual Volume Reporting
Creating a Snapshot
Additional vVols Features of the FlashArray vSphere Web Client Plugin
Viewing VM vVol details
vSphere Plugin: Viewing the Virtual Machine vVol Details (versions 5.2.0 or higher)
vSphere Plugin: Viewing the Virtual Machine vVol Details with the Everpure vSphere Plugin (versions 5.1.0 or lower)
Creating a FlashArray Snapshot of a vVol Disk
vSphere Plugin: Create a Snapshot of a vVol Disk
Recovering a Deleted VM from a FlashArray Snapshot (VM Undelete)
Restoring a Destroyed vVol with the Everpure vSphere Plugin
Rolling Back a vVol with the Everpure vSphere Plugin
vSphere Plugin: Creating a vVol Copy
VMware vSphere Client Plugin Demonstration
Troubleshooting
References
vVols Deep Dive: Lifecycle of a VASA Operation
Terminology Review
vVol Architecture
What is a VASA Operation?
Performance of a VASA Operation
SPS and vvold Services
FlashArray VASA Service
FlashArray DB Service
FlashArray Core Service
Conclusion
References
vVols Deep Dive: Understanding Virtual Volumes and Failure Scenarios
Terminology Review
vVol Architecture
Failure Scenarios
Impact on the Management Path
Impact to Data Path
Closing Thoughts
Reference Material
vVols Deep Dive: What Happens when a Single VASA Service is Unreachable?
How does vCenter and ESXi handle the Issue?
Summary of Findings
vVols Deep Dive: Array Based Replication with vVols
vVols Replication Terminology
vVols Replication Operations
vVols Replication PowerCLI Commands
Running a Replication Group Failover with PowerCLI
vVols Replication with the Everpure vSphere Client Plugin
vVols Replication with vRealize Orchestrator
vVols Replication with Site Recovery Manager
FlashArray VMFS RDM VMware Best Practices User Guide
Configuring FlashArray
Host and Host Group Creation
Host
Host Group
Setting the FlashArray “ESXi” Host Personality
Connecting Volumes to Hosts
Datastore Management
Volume Sizing and Count
VMFS Version Recommendations
Datastore Performance Management
Datastore Capacity Management
Deleting a Datastore
ESXi Host Configuration
VMware Native Multipathing Plugin (NMP) Configuration
Disk.DiskMaxIOSize
VAAI Configuration
iSCSI Configuration
Set Login Timeout to a Larger Value
Disable DelayedAck
iSCSI Port Binding
Jumbo Frames
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
iSCSI Failover Times
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Remote Syslog Server
Quick Reference: Best Practice Settings
Raw Device Mappings (RDM)
RDM Compatibility Modes
Managing Raw Device Mappings
Multipathing
RDM SCSI Inquiry Data
Multi-Writer
Queue Depth
UNMAP
Managing RDMs with PowerShell
Helpful Links
Space Management and Reclamation
VMware Dead Space Overview
Space Reclamation with VMFS
Space Reclamation In-Guest
What to expect after UNMAP is run on the FlashArray
Virtual Machine and Guest Configuration
Virtual Disk Choice
Virtual Hardware Configuration
Template Configuration
Guest-level Settings
High-IOPS Virtual Machines
Web Guide: FlashArray® VMware Best Practices
Goals and Objectives
Audience
Best Practice Checklist
FlashArray and VMware Integration
FlashArray Configuration
Configuring FlashArray
Host and Host Group Creation
Host
Host Group
Setting the FlashArray “ESXi” Host Personality
Connecting Volumes to Hosts
VMware ESXi Host Configuration
ESXi Host Configuration
VMware Native Multipathing Plugin (NMP) Configuration
Disk.DiskMaxIOSize
VAAI Configuration
iSCSI Configuration
Set Login Timeout to a Larger Value
Disable DelayedAck
iSCSI Port Binding
Jumbo Frames
Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
iSCSI Failover Times
Network Time Protocol (NTP)
Remote Syslog Server
Datastore Management
Datastore Management
Volume Sizing and Count
VMFS Version Recommendations
Datastore Performance Management
Datastore Capacity Management
Deleting a Datastore
Virtual Machine and Guest Configuration
Virtual Machine and Guest Configuration
Virtual Disk Choice
Virtual Hardware Configuration
Template Configuration
Guest-level Settings
High-IOPS Virtual Machines
Space Management and Reclamation
Space Management and Reclamation
VMware Dead Space Overview
Space Reclamation with VMFS
Space Reclamation In-Guest
What to expect after UNMAP is run on the FlashArray
VMware Horizon 7 Configuration and Tuning
Horizon Connection Server Tuning
References
Web Guide: VMware Storage APIs for Array Integration with the Everpure® FlashArray
Goals and Objectives
Audience
Everpure Introduction
VAAI Best Practices Checklist
Introduction to VAAI
Enabling VAAI
Hardware Assisted Locking or Atomic Test and Set
Full Copy or Hardware Accelerated Copy
Deploy from Template
Simultaneous Deploy from Template Operations
Storage vMotion
Virtual Disk Type Effect on Xcopy Performance
Block Zero or Write Same
Deploying Eagerzeroedthick Virtual Disks
Zeroedthick and Thin Virtual Disks Zero-On-New-Write Performance
Dead Space Reclamation or UNMAP
UNMAP Operation Duration
In-Guest UNMAP in ESXi 6.x
Monitoring VAAI with ESXTOP
References
FlashArray NFS Datastore User Guide
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Setting Up File Services on FlashArray
Creating a New File Server Using the File Server Wizard
Installing the Everpure VAAI-NAS Plugin
Creating a NFS Datastore with the vSphere Plugin
NFS Datastores: Configuring Automatic Directory Policies
Managing the FlashArray NFS VAAI VIB Component
Installing the VAAI VIB Component
How to Install the Everpure VAAI VIB using VMware vLCM
Upgrading the VAAI VIB Component
VMware NFS Datastores Snapshot Management
ActiveCluster with VMware User Guide
Audience
Important Notes
Solution Overview and Introduction
VMware vSphere High Availability
VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster
ActiveCluster Introduction
ActiveCluster Glossary of Terms
Implementing vSphere Metro Storage Cluster With ActiveCluster: Configuring ActiveCluster
Creating a Synchronous Connection
Creating a Pod
Adding Volumes to a Pod
Creating a New Volume in a Pod
Stretching a Pod
Unstretching a Pod
Configuring ESXi Hosts
Configuring hosts with FC/iSCSI
Configuring hosts with NVMe-oF
Clustered VMDK support
RDM SCSI Inquiry Data
Implementing vSphere Metro Storage Cluster With ActiveCluster: Configuring vSphere HA
Host Failure Response
Datastore with PDL
Datastore with APD
VM Monitoring
Heartbeat Datastores
Response for Host Isolation
Virtual Machine Overrides
VM and Host Groups and Affinity Rules
Implementing vSphere Metro Storage Cluster With ActiveCluster: Failure Scenarios
vSphere HA Host Failure Response
vSphere HA and Storage Failure Response
FlashArray Storage Access
Host and Storage Network Failures
Array, Replication Network, and Site Failures
Conclusion
References
ActiveDR with VMware User Guide
Guidelines for ActiveDR in VMware Environments
Best Practices
VAAI and ActiveDR
VMware and ActiveDR Integration Requirements and Limitations
Enabling ActiveDR for ESXi Storage
Enabling ActiveDR on a FlashArray Pair
Provisioning with the Everpure Plugin for the vSphere Client
Provisioning a VMFS Datastore into an ActiveDR Pod
Provisioning an RDM into an ActiveDR Pod
Promoting an ActiveDR Pod in a VMware environment
Recovery: Promoting a Target Pod after Source Pod Demotion
Connecting Volumes in a newly-promoted Pod
Resignaturing Datastores
Updating Raw Device Mappings
Re-Promoting a Source Pod
Demoting an ActiveDR Pod in a VMware Environment
Preparing the VMware Environment for a Pod Demotion
Identify Storage with the Everpure Plugin for the vSphere Client
Identify Storage with the FlashArray UI and the vSphere Client
Shutdown and Unregister Virtual Machines
Prepare VMFS datastores for ActiveDR Demotion
Prepare RDMs for ActiveDR Demotion
Demoting a Source ActiveDR Pod
Demoting a Target ActiveDR Pod
Using VMware Site Recovery Manager with the Everpure FlashArray
SRM User Guide: Installing the FlashArray Storage Replication Adapter
Downloading the SRA
Installing the SRA with Linux-based SRM
Use NVMe-oF datastores in Linux-based SRM
Installing the SRA with Windows-based SRM
SRM User Guide: Upgrading the FlashArray Storage Replication Adapter
Upgrading the Photon-based FlashArray SRA
Upgrading the Windows-based FlashArray SRA
Confirming the SRA Upgrade in SRM
SRM User Guide: Configuring the FlashArray SRA Array Managers
FlashArray Array Manager Credentials
Array Manager Configuration for Periodic Replication
Array Manager Configuration for Pod-based Periodic Replication
Periodic Replication from a Pod
Configuring Arrays Managers for Periodic Replication from an Unstretched Pod
Configuring Arrays Managers for Periodic Replication from a Stretched Pod
Multi-Array to Multi-Array Replication Configuration
Array Manager Configuration for Pod-based Continuous Replication (ActiveDR)
Array Manager Configuration for Stretched Storage Support
Enabling or Disabling Array Pairs
Changing the FlashArray Membership of a Pod
Stretching a Local Pod to a Second FlashArray
Unstretching a Pod
Moving a Pod to a different FlashArray
Deleting an Array Manager
Troubleshooting Array Pairs
An Array Pair is not Listed
Array Pair Not Found Error during Array Discovery
SRM User Guide: Site Recovery Manager Advanced Options
SRM User Guide: Configuring and Using Preferred Protection Groups
SRM User Guide: Configuration of Replication for SRM with the FlashArray Plugin for the vSphere Client
SRM User Guide: Discovering Replicated Devices with the FlashArray SRA
Device Status
SRM User Guide: Periodic Replication SRM Workflow Behavior
Prerequisites
Test Recovery
Test Recovery Cleanup
Recovery
Reprotect
Failback
SRM User Guide: Pod-based Periodic Replication SRM Workflow Behavior
Prerequisites
Example Environment
Test Recovery
Test Recovery from a Pod to Asynchronous Target Site
Test Recovery from an Asynchronous Target Site to a Pod
Test Recovery Cleanup
Recovery & Reprotect
Recovery from a Pod to an Asynchronous Target Site
Reprotection of an Asynchronous Target Site
Recovery from an Asynchronous Site to a Pod-based Site
Reprotection of a Pod-based Site
SRM User Guide: FlashArray vVols Array Based Replication and SRM - Requirements and Limitations
SRM User Guide: Configuring Site Recovery Manager vVol-Based Storage Policy Discovery
Register VASA Providers
Mount vVol Datastore
Configuring vVol-based Storage Policies
Assigning vVol-based Storage Policies to Virtual Machines
Creating vVol Storage Policy Mappings
SRM User Guide: vVol Periodic Replication SRM Workflows
Prerequisites
Example Environment
Test Recovery
Recovery
Reprotect
Failback
SRM User Guide: FlashArray Continuous Replication (ActiveDR) Workflows
Example Environment
Synchronization with ActiveDR
Test Recovery
Recovery
Disaster Recovery
Reprotect
Failback
Troubleshooting
SRM User Guide: Stretched Storage (ActiveCluster) SRM Workflows
Example Environment
Protection Configuration
Test Recovery
Recovery
Reprotect
Failback
SRM User Guide: Configuring Site Recovery Manager (8.4 and lower) Tag-Based Storage Policy Discovery
Storage Policy Groups
Tag Management Strategies
Creating a Tag Category
Default SRM Tag Categories
Creating a Tag
Assigning Tags to a Datastore
Assigning Tags to a Datastore Cluster
Creating a Tag-based Storage Policy
Assigning a Tag-based Storage Policy to a VM
Creating Storage Policy Mappings
SRM User Guide: Site Recovery Manager Protection Groups
Creating an SRM Protection Group
Datastore Group Based Protection Groups
Storage Policy Based Protection Groups
vVol Storage Policy Based Protection Groups
SRM Protection Groups vs. a FlashArray Protection Groups
Everpure FlashArray Management Pack for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations
Introduction
Everpure VCF Operations Management Pack Release Timeline
Before You Begin
About the Management Pack
Metrics Supported by the Management Pack
Installing the Everpure Management Pack
Installing the Everpure Management Pack for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations 8.x
Configuring a Everpure FlashArray Adapter Instance
Configuring a Everpure FlashArray Adapter for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations 8.x
Upgrading the Management Pack
Uninstalling the Management Pack
Configuring a Pure1 Adapter Instance
Configuring a Pure1 Adapter for VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Operations 8.x
Monitoring the FlashArray Environment and Resources
Object Hierarchy
Object Types
The Everpure World
Dashboards
FlashArray Capacity Dashboard
FlashArray Performance Dashboard
Pure Environment Dashboard
Pure Hosted VMs Dashboard
Volume Overview Dashboard
Alerts
Reports
End User Agreement
Related KB Articles and Blog Posts
Using VCF Automation (vRealize) Orchestrator 8 with Everpure
VCF Automation Orchestrator 8 User Guide: Authentication
Network Requirements
Authenticating with Pure1
Adding a Pure1 Connection
Updating a Pure1 Connection
Removing a Pure1 Connection
Automated Fleet Authentication via Pure1
Authenticating with a FlashArray or Cloud Block Store
Adding a FlashArray Connection
Updating a FlashArray Connection
Removing a FlashArray Connection
Authenticating with a FlashBlade
Adding a FlashBlade Connection
Updating a FlashBlade Connection
Removing a FlashBlade Connection
VCF Automation Orchestrator 8 User Guide: Installing the Everpure Plugin
VCF Automation Orchestrator 8 User Guide: Everpure Inventory
Custom Scripting
FlashArray or Cloud Block Store Connections
FlashBlade Connections
VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) Automation Orchestrator 8 User Guide: Running Custom REST API Operations
Running Custom REST API Operations against the FlashArray or Cloud Block Store
Run Basic REST Operations
Run REST Operations with a JSON Request Body
Integrating a REST Operation into a Workflow
Running Custom REST API Operations against the FlashBlade
Run Basic REST Operations
Run REST Operations with a JSON Request Body
Integrating a REST Operation into a Workflow
VCF Automation Orchestrator 8 User Guide: Workflows
Running Workflows
Editing Workflows
Creating New Workflows
VDI User Guide
Best Practices: Configuration and Tuning
Best Practices: Omnissa Horizon
Guide: Design Guide for Horizon View
VMware Cloud Foundation on FlashStack Deployment Guide
VMware Cloud Foundation Overview
Goals of SmartConfig and VMware Cloud Foundation Automation with FlashStack
Part 1: Deploy FlashStack with SmartConfig
Part 2: Deploy VMware Cloud Foundation
Part 3: Using Everpure with VMware Cloud Foundation
How To Use vVols as Supplemental Storage with VCF
Narrated Demo Videos
VMware Tanzu User Guide
Tanzu User Guide: Creating A Tanzu Kubernetes Guest Cluster
Tanzu User Guide: Enabling vSphere Workload Management
Enabling vSphere Workload Management
Tanzu User Guide: Persistent Storage Usage with Everpure
Persistent Volume Claims, Persistent Volumes and StorageClass
Dynamic and Static Provisioning
Persistent Volume Reclaim Policy
Persistent Volume Expansion
Persistent Volume Usage and Monitoring
Using Static Provisioning to Migrate a Persistent Volume Between Tanzu Kubernetes Clusters
Tanzu User Guide: Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) with VMFS
Tanzu User Guide: Storage Policy Based Management (SPBM) with vVols
Creating an SPBM Policy for vVols
Creating Categories and Tags in vSphere for vVols (Optional)
Tanzu User Guide: vSphere Namespace Overview and Setup
Namespace Overview and Setup
vRealize Log Insight User Guide
Download: vRealize Log Insight FlashArray Content Pack
Web Guide: FlashArray Content Pack for vRealize Log Insight User Guide
Executive Summary
Audience
Introduction
Content Packs
Everpure Content Pack
FlashArray Configuration
Using Everpure Content Pack
Dashboards
Extracted Fields
Alerts
Summary
Everpure on Equinix Metal
Equinix Metal Guide: Configure iSCSI in Bonded Mode
Video Demo
Assign VLANs to Equinix Metal server interfaces
Add iSCSI Port Groups
Add VMkernel Ports
Configure iSCSI Targets
Confirm Connectivity
Equinix Metal Guide: Configure Virtual Volumes
Equinix Metal Guide: Configure VMFS
Equinix Metal Guide: Configuring LACP on ESXi
Video Demo
Create the Virtual Distributed Switch
Add ESXi Host to vCenter and the VDS
Equinix Metal Guide: Deploying ESXi hosts
Equinix Metal Guide: Initial FlashArray Configuration
Configure FlashArray
Equinix Metal Guide: Network Design
Overview
Layer 3 Bonded mode
Hybrid Bonded mode
Hybrid Unbonded mode
Layer 2 Bonded mode
Layer 2 Unbonded mode
Changing Network Mode
Equinix Metal Guide: Provision SSH Keys
Equinix Metal Guide: Setup and Deploy VMware Cloud Foundation
VMware Cloud Foundation on Equinix Metal Overview
Equinix Metal Guide: VLAN Management
Creating a VLAN
Add a VLAN to a Equinix Metal Server
Adding the VLAN to ESXi
Everpure VLAN Connectivity Requirements
Virtual Volumes
VMFS
Management Integrations
Using vRealize Orchestrator 7 with Everpure
vRealize Orchestrator 7 User Guide: Authentication
Network Requirements
Authenticating with Pure1
Adding a Pure1 Connection
Updating a Pure1 Connection
Removing a Pure1 Connection
Automated Fleet Authentication via Pure1
Authenticating with a FlashArray or Cloud Block Store
Adding a FlashArray Connection
Updating a FlashArray Connection
Removing a FlashArray Connection
Authenticating with a FlashBlade
Adding a FlashBlade Connection
Updating a FlashBlade Connection
Removing a FlashBlade Connection
vRealize Orchestrator 7 User Guide: Installing the Everpure Plugin
vRealize Orchestrator 7 User Guide: Everpure Inventory
Custom Scripting
FlashArray or Cloud Block Store Connections
FlashBlade Connections
vRealize Orchestrator 7 User Guide: Running Custom REST API Operations
Running Custom REST API Operations against the FlashArray or Cloud Block Store
Run Basic REST Operations
Run REST Operations with a JSON Request Body
Integrating a REST Operation into a Workflow
vRealize Orchestrator 7 User Guide: Workflows
Running Workflows
Editing Workflows
Creating New Workflows

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