purearray 10 Commands

Display and manages Flash Array attributes and monitors I/O performance

• purearray list
  Display the array name and firmware version
• purearray list --connect
  Display remotely connected arrays for replication
• purearray list --connect --throttle
  Display the replication throttle limit
• purearray list --connection-key
  Display the connection key that can be used to connect to the array
• purearray list --controller
  List all the controllers connected to the Array. This will also display the model and status of each controller
• purearray list --phonehome
  Display the dial home configuration status of the Array
• purearray list --space
  Display the capacity and usage statistics information of the Array.
• purearray list --space --historical 30d
  Display the capacity and usage statistics information of the Array since last 30 days
• purearray monitor --interval 4 --repeat 5
  Display the array-wide IO performance of a Flash Array in every 4 seconds for 5 times.
• purearray rename MYARRAY001
  Set the name of the array to MYARRAY001

pureconfig 1 Command

Display commands to reproduce the current array configuration

• pureconfig list
  Display list of commands to reproduce the volumes, hosts, host groups, connections, network, alert and array configurations. Copying this and running in another array will create an exact copy.

puredrive 5 Commands

Display information about the Flash Drives and NVRAM modules in the FlashArray

• puredrive list
  List all the flash drive modules in an Array. This will also display the capacity of each module.
• puredrive list --spec
  List all the flash drive modules in an Array along with Protocol( SAS/NVME) information
• puredrive list --total
  List all the flash drive modules in an Array with the total capacity figure
• puredrive list CH0.BAY10
  Display information about flash drive BAY10 in CH0
• puredrive list CH0.BAY10 --pack
  Display information about flash drive BAY10 in CH0 and all other drives in the same pack

purehgroup 13 Commands

List and manages HostGroup objects

• purehgroup connect MY-HOSTS --vol MY_VOL_001
  Connect volume MY_VOLUME_001 to hostgroup MY-HOSTS
• purehgroup connect MY-HOSTS --vol MY_VOL_001 --lun 100
  Connect volume MY_VOLUME_001 to hostgroup MY-HOSTS and assign LUN id 100
• purehgroup create MY-HOSTS
  Create a hostgroup called MY-HOSTS
• purehgroup create MY-HOSTS -hostlist MY-HOST-001,MY-HOST-002
  Create hostgroup MY-HOSTS and add existing hosts MY-HOST-001 and MY-HOST-002 in to it
• purehgroup delete MY-HOSTS
  Delete empty hostgroup MY-HOSTS.
• purehgroup delete MY-HOSTS_1 MY-HOSTS-2
  Delete empty hostgroups MY-HOSTS-1 and MY-HOSTS-2
• purehgroup disconnect MY-HOSTS --vol MY_VOL_001
  Disconnect volume MY_VOLUME_001 from hostgroup MY-HOSTS
• purehgroup list
  List all the hostgroups a with member hosts
• purehgroup list --connect
  List all the hostgroups and connected volumes
• purehgroup rename MY-HOSTS YOUR-HOSTS
  Rename hostgroup MY-HOSTS with YOUR-HOSTS
• purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --addhostlist MY-HOST-002,MY-HOST-003
  Add MY-HOST-002 and MY-HOST-003 to existing hostgroup MY-HOSTS
• purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --hostlist MY-HOST-002,MY-HOST-003
  Replace members of MY-HOSTS with new hosts MY-HOST-002 and MY-HOST-003
• purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --remhostlist MY-HOST-002,MY-HOST-003
  Remove MY-HOST-002 and MY-HOST-003 from hostgroup MY-HOSTS

purehost 18 Commands

List and manage Host objects

• purehost connect MY-SERVER-001 --vol MY_VOL_001
  Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to host MY-SERVER-001. This will Provide the R/W access to the volume.Next available lun address will used by default.
• purehost connect MY-SERVER-001 --vol MY_VOL_001 --lun 10
  Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to host MY-SERVER-001 and assign LUN id 10. This will Provide the R/W access to the volume.
• purehost connect MY-SERVER-001 MY-SERVER-002 --vol MY_VOL_001
  Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to hosts MY-SERVER-001 and MY-SERVER-002
• purehost create MY-SERVER-001
  Create a host object called MY-SERVER-001. HBA wwns can be added later using purehost setattr command.
• purehost create MY-SERVER-001 --wwnlist 1000000000000001,10:00:00:00:00:00:00:01
  Create a host object called MY-SERVER-001 and add HBA wwns to it
• purehost create MY-SERVER-001 MY-SERVER-002
  Create hosts MY-SERVER-001 and MY-HOST-002
• purehost delete MY-SERVER-001
  Delete host MY-SERVER-001
• purehost delete MY-SERVER-001 MY-SERVER-002
  Delete hosts MY-SERVER-001 MY-SERVER-002
• purehost disconnect MY-SERVER-001 --vol MY_VOL_001
  Disconnect volume MY_VOL_001 from host MY-SERVER-001. This will remove the visibility of the volume to the host.
• purehost disconnect MY-SERVER-001 MY-SERVER-002 --vol MY_VOL_001
  Disconnect volume MY_VOL_001 from hosts MY-SERVER-001 and MY-SERVER-002
• purehost rename MY-SERVER-001 YOUR-SERVER-001
  Rename host MY-SERVER-001 to YOUR-SERVER-001
• purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --addwwnlist 1000000000000003
  Add new HBA wwn 1000000000000003 to host MY-HOST-001. 1000000000000003 should not be part of any other host.
• purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --remwwnlist 1000000000000003
  Remove HBS wwn 1000000000000003 from host MY-SERVER-001
• purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --wwnlist ""
  Remove all wwns from MY-HOST-001
• purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --wwnlist 1000000000000003
  Update the contents of an existing host with new wwn 1000000000000003
• purevol connect MY_VOL_001 --host MY-SERVER-001
  Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to host MY-SERVER-001. This will Provide the R/W access to the volume.Next available lun address will used by default.
• purevol connect MY_VOL_001 --host MY-SERVER-001 --lun 10
  Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to host MY-SERVER-001 and assign LUN id 10. This will Provide the R/W access to the volume.
• purevol disconnect MY_VOL_001 --host MY-SERVER-001
  Disconnect volume MY_VOL_001 from host MY-SERVER-001. This will remove the visibility of the volume to the host.

purehw 9 Commands

Displays FlashArray hardware components and updates visual identifications

• purehw list
  List all the hardware components along with information like status, temperature, voltage etc.
• purehw list --spec
  List all the hardware components along with information like Model name, Part number and serial number
• purehw list --type bay
  List all the Drive modules in an Array
• purehw list --type bay --spec
  List all the Drive modules in an Array along with part number and serial number
• purehw list --type ct
  List all the Controller in an Array
• purehw list --type eth
  List all the Ethernet ports in an Array
• purehw list --type fc
  List all the FC ports in an Array with status and speed information
• purehw list CT0 --spec
  Display model, part number, and serial number of Controller 0
• purehw list CT0.FC0
  Display information about FC port 0 on controller 0. Port status and speed also be displayed.

purevol 30 Commands

List and manage VIrtual volumes and Snapshots

• purehgroup list --space
  List all the hostgroups with the total capacity of volumes provisioned to each and the consumption
• purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --hostlist ""
  Remove all the hosts from hostgroup MY-HOSTS
• purevol connect MY_VOL_001 --hgroup MY-HOSTS
  Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to hostgroup MY-HOSTS
• purevol connect MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002 --host MY-SERVER-001
  Connect volumes MY_VOL_001 and MY_VOL_002 to host MY-SERVER-001
• purevol copy MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002
  Create a copy MY_VOL_001 and name it as MY_VOL_002. If MY_VOL_002 already exists this will throw and error.
• purevol copy MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002 --overwrite
  Copy data from MY_VOL_001 to an existing volume MY_VOL_002. Contents of MY_VOL_002 will be overwritten.
• purevol create --size 10G MY_VOLUME_001
  Create a Virtual volume called MY_VOLUME_001 of size 10GB
• purevol create --size 10G MY_VOLUME_001 --bw-limit 10M
  Create a Virtual volume MY_VOLUME_001 of size 10GB and limit is bandwidth to 10MB/s
• purevol create --size 10G MY_VOLUME_001 MY_VOLUME_002
  Create Virtual volumes MY_VOLUME_001 and MY_VOL_SIZE_002 of size 10GB
• purevol destroy MY_VOL_001
  Destroy virtual volume MY_VOL_001. This volume can be recovered within 24hrs. After that, physical storage occupied this volume will be reclaimed.
• purevol destroy MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002
  Destroy virtual volumes MY_VOL_001 and MY_VOL_001. These volumes can be recovered within 24hrs. After that, physical storage occupied these volumes will be reclaimed.
• purevol discconnect MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002 --host MY-SERVER-001
  Disconnect volumes MY_VOL_001 and MY_VOL_002 from host MY-SERVER-001
• purevol disconnect MY_VOL_001 --hgroup MY-HOSTS
  Disconnect volume MY_VOL_001 from hostgroup MY-HOSTS
• purevol eradicate MY_VOL_001
  Eradicate virtual volume MY_VOL_001 which is destroyed earlier. This will fully destroy the volume and not be able to recover further.
• purevol eradicate MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002
  Eradicate virtual volumes MY_VOL_001 and MY_VOL_002 which are destroyed earlier. This will fully destroy the volumes and not be able to recover further.
• purevol list
  List all the Virtual Volume
• purevol list --pending
  List all the Virtual Volumes including destroyed but pending for eradication
• purevol list --pending-only
  List all the destroyed Virtual Volumes pending for eradication
• purevol list --snap
  List all the snap shots
• purevol list MY_VOL*
  List all the Virtual Volumes prefixed with MY_VOL
• purevol list MY_VOL_001
  List information about MY_VOL_001
• purevol recover MY_VOL_001
  Recover virtual volume MY_VOL_001 which is destroyed earlier.
• purevol rename MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002
  Rename virtual volume MY_VOL_001 to MY_VOL_002
• purevol setattr --bw-limit 1M MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_001
  Change the bandwidth limit of MY_VOL_001 to 1MB/s
• purevol setattr --bw-limit 1M MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002
  Change the bandwidth limit of MY_VOL_001 and MY_VOL_002 to 1MB/s
• purevol setattr --size 2G MY_VOL_001
  Increase the size of MY_VOL_001 to 2GB
• purevol setattr --size 2G MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_001
  Increase the size of MY_VOL_001 and MY_VOL_002 to 2GB
• purevol snap MY_VOL_001
  Create snap shot of MY_VOL_001. If it is first snap then MY_VOL_001.2 will be created
• purevol snap MY_VOL_001 --suffix PRD
  Create snap shot of MY_VOL_001 with PRD as a suffix. MY_VOL_001.PRD will be created
• purevol truncate --size 1G MY_VOL_001
  Reduce the size of MY_VOL_001 to 1GB