Pure Storage CLI Questions

The How to guide for Pure Storage CLI Commands

• How to display serial number of a specific hardware component of a Pure Flash Array

  purehw list CT0 --spec

  Display model, part number, and serial number of Controller 0

• How to change the password for a user in Flash Array

  pureadmin setattr testuser --password

  Change the password for the user testuser

• How to list all the HBA WWNs logged in to a Flash Array target FC port

  pureport list --initiator --raw --filter "name='CT0.FC0'"

  Display all HBA WWNs logged to the FC port CT0.FC0

• How to add new HBA wwn to a host object in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to set the personality for a host

  purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --personality esxi

  Set the personality of host MY-SERVER-001 to esxi. Some other values are aix, solaris etc..

• How to generate API token for a user in Flash Array

  pureadmin create testuser --api-token

  Generate an API token for the user testuser

• How to rename a host object in a Pure Flash Array

  purehost rename MY-SERVER-001 YOUR-SERVER-001

  Rename host MY-SERVER-001 to YOUR-SERVER-001

• How to check the Remote Assist is active or inactive in a Pure Flash Array

  purearray remoteassist --status

  check the Remote Assist is active or inactive

• How to list all the hardware components of a Pure Flash Array along with part and serial number

  purehw list --spec

  List all the hardware components along with information like Model name, Part number and serial number

• How to list all the Ethernet ports in a Pure Flash Array

  purehw list --type eth

  List all the Ethernet ports in an Array

• How to list all the destroyed Virtual Volumes pending for eradication in a Pure Flash Array

  purevol list --pending-only

  List all the destroyed Virtual Volumes pending for eradication

• How to display all the FC Ports in a controller within the Flash Arrays

  pureport list --raw --filter "name='CT0.FC*'"

  Display all the Fibre Channel Ports in Controller 0 with its WWNs in the Flash Arrays

• How to rename a Pure Flash Array

  purearray rename MYARRAY001

  Set the name of the array to MYARRAY001

• How to connect volume to hostgroup with specific lun id in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup connect MY-HOSTS --vol MY_VOL_001 --lun 100

  Connect volume MY_VOLUME_001 to hostgroup MY-HOSTS and assign LUN id 100

• How to disconnect multiple volumes from a host in Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to list the hosts and personality assigned to each

  purehost list --personality

  Display the list hosts along with the personality set against each. The personality is define using the purehost setattr command.

• How to list all the hardware components of a Pure Flash Array

  purehw list

  List all the hardware components along with information like status, temperature, voltage etc.

• How to list all the hostgroups and connected volumes in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup list --connect

  List all the hostgroups and connected volumes

• How to eradicate multiple Virtual Volumes in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to stretch a POD

  purepod add --array PFAX70-REMOTE MYPOD001

  Add the remote array PFAX70-REMOTE to the POD MYPOD001. This will stretch the POD and volume data inside the POD synchronously replicated between two arrays. The arrays in a stretched POD are considered as peers, there is no concept of source and target. Volumes within the POD will be visible in each arrays with same serial numbers.

• How to display the replication throttle limit of a Pure Flash Array

  purearray list --connect --throttle

  Display the replication throttle limit

• How to eradicate a Volume in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to unstretch a POD

  purepod remove --array PFAX70-REMOTE MYPOD001

  Remove the remote array PFAX70-REMOTE from the POD MYPOD001. This will unstretch the POD and volume data inside the POD no longer synchronously replicated between two arrays. Volumes within the POD will be only visible in local array.

• How to change the bandwidth of multiple Volume in Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to add hosts to existing hostgroups in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --addhostlist MY-HOST-002,MY-HOST-003

  Add MY-HOST-002 and MY-HOST-003 to existing hostgroup MY-HOSTS

• How to list all the arrays included in a POD

  purepod listobj --type array MYPOD001

  List all the arrays included in MYPOD001

• How to set the syslog servers for Pure Flash Array

  purearray setattr --syslogserver log.server.com

  set the syslog server for pure array

• How to delete host object in a Pure Flash Array

  purehost delete MY-SERVER-001

  Delete host MY-SERVER-001

• How to remove all the hosts from a hostgroup in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --hostlist ""

  Remove all the hosts from hostgroup MY-HOSTS

• How to display all the host initiators know to the Flash Array

  pureport list --initiator

  Display all the host initiator WWNs, IQNs, NQNs known for the Flash Array. This also shows the target ports on which the initiators are eligible to communicate.

• How to create multiple PODs

  purepod create MYPOD001 MYPOD002

  Create PODs named MYPOD001 and MYPOD002

• How to recover a POD that is destroyed earlier

  purepod recover MYPOD001

  Recover MYPOD001 which is destroyed earlier.

• How to display the historical capacity and usage statistics information of a Pure Flash Array

  purearray list --space --historical 30d

  Display the capacity and usage statistics information of the Array since last 30 days

• How to display the connection key that can be used to connect to a Pure Flash Array

  purearray list --connection-key

  Display the connection key that can be used to connect to the array

• How to list the Virtual Volumes with a specific prefix in Pure Flash Array

  purevol list MY_VOL*

  List all the Virtual Volumes prefixed with MY_VOL

• How to connect host with volume in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to connect multiple volumes to host in a Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to disconnect a volume from multiple hosts in Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to list all the users with api tokens configured in the Flash Array

  pureadmin list --api-token

  List all the users with api tokens configured

• How to remove all the syslog servers configured for Pure Flash Array

  purearray setattr --syslogserver ''

  Remove all the syslog server servers configured for pure array

• How to create a host object and add HBA wwns in a Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to destroy multiple Virtual Volumes in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to search for HBA WWN and on which FC port its been logged in to on Flash Array

  pureport list --initiator --raw --filter "initiator.wwn='1000000000000001'"

  Search for HBA WWN 1000000000000001 and on which FC port its been logged in to.

• How to list all the connected volumes for a hostgroup

  purehgroup list --connect MY-HOSTS

  List all the connected volumes for hostgroup MY-HOSTS

• How to display information about a specific Pure Flash Array drive

  puredrive list CH0.BAY10

  Display information about flash drive BAY10 in CH0

• How to recover a Volume in Pure Flash Array

  purevol recover MY_VOL_001

  Recover virtual volume MY_VOL_001 which is destroyed earlier.

• How to copy data from one Volume to another in a Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to remove all the wwns from a host object in Pure Flash Array

  purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --wwnlist ""

  Remove all wwns from MY-HOST-001

• How to disconnect volume from hostgroup in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup disconnect MY-HOSTS --vol MY_VOL_001

  Disconnect volume MY_VOLUME_001 from hostgroup MY-HOSTS

• How to display all the Flash Array Target Ports

  pureport list

  Display all the target ports within the Flash Array. This includes FC, iSCSI and NVME ports. This command also displays WWNs of FC ports iSCSI Qualified Names(IQNs) for iSCSI ports and NVMe Qualified Names(NQNs) for NVMe ports.

• How to list all the Host initiators and connected volumes

  purehost list --all

  List all the hosts in a Flash Array along with its member initiators connected to volumes through target ports

• How to create a user in Flash Array

  pureadmin create testuser --role storage_admin

  Create user testuser with storage_admin role. Possible roles are readonly, ops_admin, storage_admin, array_admin

• How to delete API Token for a specific user in Flash Array

  pureadmin delete testuser --api-token

  Delete API Token for user testuser

• How to list all the PODs including destroyed

  purepod list --pending

  List all the PODs including destroyed, but not eradicated

• How to list the audit record for a particular command executed in Pure Flash Array

  pureaudit list --filter 'command="purepod"'

  List all the audit records for purepod command executed in the array

• How to list all the controllers connected to a Pure Flash Array

  purearray list --controller

  List all the controllers connected to the Array. This will also display the model and status of each controller

• How to display the capacity and usage statistics information of a Pure Flash Array

  purearray list --space

  Display the capacity and usage statistics information of the Array.

• How to list all the Controllers in a Pure Flash Array

  purehw list --type ct

  List all the Controller in an Array

• How to list all the destroyed volumes pending for eradication in a Pure Flash Array

  purevol list --pending

  List all the Virtual Volumes including destroyed but pending for eradication

• How to list the information about a specific Virtual Volume in Pure Flash Array

  purevol list MY_VOL_001

  List information about MY_VOL_001

• How to remove hba wwn from a host object in Pure Flash Array

  purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --remwwnlist 1000000000000003

  Remove HBA wwn 1000000000000003 from host MY-SERVER-001

• How to delete multiple hostgroups in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup delete MY-HOSTS_1 MY-HOSTS-2

  Delete empty hostgroups MY-HOSTS-1 and MY-HOSTS-2

• How to display all the iSCSI Ports in aFlash Array

  pureport list --raw --filter "name='*ETH*'"

  Display all the iSCSI Ports with its IQNs in the Flash Arrays

• How to set the NTP server for Pure Flash Array

  purearray setattr --ntpserver time.google.com

  Set the NTP server

• How to list the audit record for a particular command and subcommand executed in Pure Flash Array

  pureaudit list --filter 'command="purepod" and subcommand="create"'

  List all the audit records for purepod create command executed in the array

• How to display remotely connected arrays for replication

  purearray list --connect

  Display remotely connected arrays for replication

• How to increase the size of a Volume in Pure Flash Array

  purevol setattr --size 2G MY_VOL_001

  Increase the size of MY_VOL_001 to 2GB

• How to create snap shot of a Volume with a specific suffix in a Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to connect volume to host in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to delete a hostgroup in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup delete MY-HOSTS

  Delete empty hostgroup MY-HOSTS.

• How to display all the FC Ports in the Flash Arrays

  pureport list --raw --filter "name='*FC*'"

  Display all the Fibre Channel Ports with its WWNs in the Flash Arrays

• How to list all the volumes sorted by size in a Flash Array

  purevol list --sort size

  List all the volumes sorted by size in descending order

• How to list all the FC ports in a Pure Flash Array

  purehw list --type fc

  List all the FC ports in an Array with status and speed information

• How to list all flash drives and NVRAM modules in a Pure Flash Array

  puredrive list

  List all the flash drive modules in an Array. This will also display the capacity of each module.

• How to connect volume to host with specific LUN id in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to list all the volumes sorted by serial number in a Flash Array

  purevol list --sort serial

  List all the volumes sorted by serial number descending order

• How to list all the volume with a specific size in a Flash Array

  purevol list --filter "size='20T'"

  List all the volumes with 20TB size

• How to display audit log records in Pure Flash Storage

  pureaudit list

  Display the list of audit records. Audit trail records are created whenever administrative actions are perfromed by a user (for eg: creating, destroying, eradicating a volume)

• How to destroy multiple PODs

  purepod destroy MYPOD001 MYPOD002

  Destroy or delete PODs MYPOD001 MYPOD002. The PODs must be empty and unstretched to destroy. PODs will not be destructed immediately, but placed under 24hr eradication pending period.

• How to eradicate multiple PODs

  purepod eradicate MYPOD001 MYPOD002

  Completely delete or eradicate PODs MYPOD001 MYPOD002. The PODs will not recover after this.

• How to eradicate a POD

  purepod eradicate MYPOD001

  Completely delete or eradicate POD MYPOD001. The POD will not recover after this.

• How to display the details of all the hosts with a particular name

  purehost list MY-SERVER*

  Display the details of all the Hosts those name start with MY-SERVER

• How to display the NTP servers configured in a Pure Flash Array

  purearray list --ntpserver

  List the NTP servers configured

• How to list all flash drives and NVRAM modules in a Pure Flash Array with total capacity

  puredrive list --total

  List all the flash drive modules in an Array with the total capacity figure

• How to list all flash drives and NVRAM modules in a Pure Flash Array along with protocol info

  puredrive list --spec

  List all the flash drive modules in an Array along with Protocol( SAS/NVME) information

• How to display information about a specific Pure Flash Array drive and all other drives in same pack

  puredrive list CH0.BAY10 --pack

  Display information about flash drive BAY10 in CH0 and all other drives in the same pack

• How to rename a Volume in Pure Flash Array

  purevol rename MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002

  Rename virtual volume MY_VOL_001 to MY_VOL_002

• How to change the bandwidth a Volume in Pure Flash Array

  purevol setattr --bw-limit 1M MY_VOL_001

  Change the bandwidth limit of MY_VOL_001 to 1MB/s

• How to destroy Volume in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to list all the Volumes in a Pure Flash Array

  purevol list

  List all the Virtual Volume

• How to disconnect volume from host in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to create a hostgroup in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup create MY-HOSTS

  Create a hostgroup called MY-HOSTS

• How to replace hostgroup members with other hosts in Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to rename hostgroup in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup rename MY-HOSTS YOUR-HOSTS

  Rename hostgroup MY-HOSTS with YOUR-HOSTS

• How to connect volume to hostgroup in Pure Flash Array

  purevol connect MY_VOL_001 --hgroup MY-HOSTS

  Connect volume MY_VOL_001 to hostgroup MY-HOSTS

• How to list all the volumes sorted by created time in a Flash Array

  purevol list --sort created

  List all the volumes sorted by create time in descending order

• How to unlock a locked user in Flash Array

  pureadmin reset testuser --lockout

  Unlock locked user testuser

• How to display the name serial number and firmware version of Pure Flash Array

  purearray list

  Display the array name,serial number and firmware version

• How to create a hostgroup with existing hosts in Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to connect volume with hostgroup in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup connect MY-HOSTS --vol MY_VOL_001

  Connect volume MY_VOLUME_001 to hostgroup MY-HOSTS

• How to list all the Hosts in a Flash Array

  purehost list

  List all the hosts in a Flash Array with its member WWNs or IQNs or NQNs. This will also show the Host Groups if it part of any.

• How to change the role of a user in Flash Array

  pureadmin setattr testuser --role array_admin

  Change the role of the user testuser to array_admin role. Possible roles are readonly, ops_admin, storage_admin, array_admin

• How to list only the destroyed PODs

  purepod list --pending-only

  List only the PODs which are destroyed, but not eradicated

• How to display a HostGroup with a specific Host as member

  purehgroup list --filter "host_list='MY-SERVER-001'"

  Display the Host Group where Host MY-SERVER-001 is a member

• How to remove all the NTP servers configured for Pure Flash Array

  purearray setattr --ntpserver ''

  Remove all the NTP servers configured for pure array

• How to display the arraywide IO performance of a Pure Flash Array

  purearray monitor --interval 4 --repeat 5

  Display the array-wide IO performance of a Flash Array in every 4 seconds for 5 times.

• How to display information about a specific hardware component of a Pure Flash Array

  purehw list CT0.FC0

  Display information about FC port 0 on controller 0. Port status and speed also be displayed.

• How to list all the drive modules in a Pure Flash Array

  purehw list --type bay

  List all the Drive modules in an Array

• How to create a copy of Volume in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to update the content of a host object in a Pure Flash Array

  purehost setattr MY-SERVER-001 --wwnlist 1000000000000003

  Update the contents of an existing host with new wwn 1000000000000003

• How to create multiple host objects in a Pure Flash Array

  purehost create MY-SERVER-001 MY-SERVER-002

  Create hosts MY-SERVER-001 and MY-HOST-002

• How to connect a volume to multiple hosts in Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to remove hosts from hostgroups in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --remhostlist MY-HOST-002,MY-HOST-003

  Remove MY-HOST-002 and MY-HOST-003 from hostgroup MY-HOSTS

• How to list all the hostgroups in Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup list

  List all the hostgroups a with member hosts

• How to list all the hosts with shared volumes assigned through hostgroup in a Flash Array

  purehost list --connect --shared

  List all the hosts with shared volumes assigned through hostgroup

• How to create a POD

  purepod create MYPOD001

  Create a POD called MYPOD001

• How to list all the volumes connected to a Host

  purehost list MY-SERVER-001 --connect

  List all the volumes connected to Host MY-SERVER-001

• How to enable phonehome in a Pure Flash Array

  purearray enable phonehome

  Enable phonehome or dialhome feature of array.

• How to create a Volume in a Pure Flash Array with limited bandwidth

  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

• How to increase the size of multiple Volume in Pure Flash Array

  purevol setattr --size 2G MY_VOL_001 MY_VOL_002

  Increase the size of MY_VOL_001 and MY_VOL_002 to 2GB

• How to delete multiple host objects in a Pure Flash Array

  purehost delete MY-SERVER-001 MY-SERVER-002

  Delete hosts MY-SERVER-001 MY-SERVER-002

• How to disconnect a specific volume from the host in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to list all the Hosts with connected volumes

  purehost list --connect

  List all the hosts in a Flash Array which have connected volumes

• How to list all the hosts with non shared volumes

  purehost list --connect --private

  List all the hosts with non shared volumes. Volumes are not assigned through hostgroup.

• How to expose the api token for the current user

  pureadmin list --api-token --expose

  List all the users with api tokens configured and expose the api token for the current user loggedin.

• How to rename a POD

  purepod rename MYPOD001 YOURPOD001

  Change the name of POD from MYPOD001 to YOURPOD001

• How to list the audit record for a particular command executed in Pure Flash Array by a specific user

  pureaudit list --filter 'command="purepod" and user="pureuser"'

  List all the audit records for purepod commands executed by pureuser in the array

• How to list all the drive modules in a Pure Flash Array along with part number and serial number

  purehw list --type bay --spec

  List all the Drive modules in an Array along with part number and serial number

• How to create a Volume in a Pure Flash Array

  purevol create --size 10G MY_VOLUME_001

  Create a Virtual volume called MY_VOLUME_001 of size 10GB

• How to create snap shot of a Volume in a Pure Flash Array

  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

• How to display the audit records for a specific user

  pureaudit list --filter 'user = "root"'

  Display the list of audit records for the root user

• How to destroy a POD

  purepod destroy MYPOD001

  Destroy or delete POD MYPOD001. The POD must be empty and unstretched to destroy. POD will not be destructed immediately, but placed under 24hr eradication pending period.

• How to list all the volumes included in a POD

  purepod listobj --type vol MYPOD001

  List all the volumes included in MYPOD001

• How to list all the PODs in the Pure Flash array

  purepod list

  List all the PODs in the Pure Flash array. This will shows the arrays in POD and status of each.

• How to display the Dial Home status of a Pure Flash Array

  purearray list --phonehome

  Display the dial home configuration status of the Array

• How to create multiple Volume in a Pure Flash Array

  purevol create --size 10G MY_VOLUME_001 MY_VOLUME_002

  Create Virtual volumes MY_VOLUME_001 and MY_VOL_SIZE_002 of size 10GB

• How to reduce the size of a Volume in Pure Flash Array

  purevol truncate --size 1G MY_VOL_001

  Reduce the size of MY_VOL_001 to 1GB

• How to list all the snap shots in a Pure Flash Array

  purevol list --snap

  List all the snap shots

• How to create a host object in Pure Flash Array

  purehost create MY-SERVER-001

  Create a host object called MY-SERVER-001. HBA wwns can be added later using purehost setattr command.

• How to connect host to volume with a specific LUN id in Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to display all the commands to reproduce the entire configuration of a Pure Flash Array

  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.

• How to display the audit records sorted by user

  pureaudit list --sort user

  Display the list of audit records sorted by the user field. By default the records are sorted by the time field

• How to display the details of a Host

  purehost list MY-SERVER-001

  Display the details of Host MY-SERVER-001

• How to list all the users configured in the Flash Array

  pureadmin list

  List all the users configured in the Flash Array

• How to delete API Token for current user in Flash Array

  pureadmin delete --api-token

  Delete API Token for current user

• How to delete a user from Flash Array

  pureadmin delete testuser

  Delete user testuser from Flash Array

• How to create a volume and include in POD

  purevol create --size 1G MYPOD001::MY_VOL_001

  Create a volume of 1GB size and include it in MYPOD001.

• How to display the syslog server setting for a Pure Flash Array

  purearray list --syslogserver

  List the syslog server names configured to push the logs in pure array

• How to disable phonehome in a Pure Flash Array

  purearray disable phonehome

  Disable phonehome or dialhome feature of array.

• How to display the capacity report for hostgroups in a Pure Flash Array

  purehgroup list --space

  List all the hostgroups with the total capacity of volumes provisioned to each and the consumption

• How to display first few rows of audit records

  pureaudit list --limit 10

  Display the first 10 rows of audit records

• How to remove all the members from a hostgroup

  purehgroup setattr MY-HOSTS --hostlist ""

  Remove all the hosts from hostgroup MY-HOSTS

• How to list the details of a specific POD

  purepod list MYPOD001

  List the detail of POD MYPOD001

• How to display the host with a specified WWN

  purehost list --filter "wwn='1000000000000003'"

  Display the host with WWN 1000000000000003 as a member

• How to display the personality of a host

  purehost list MY-SERVER-001 --personality

  Display the personality of host MY-SERVER-001

• How to create API Token for a user valid with a limited timeframe in Flash Array

  pureadmin create testuser --api-token --timeout 2h

  Create API Token for testuser valid for 2 hours

• How to disconnect volume from hostgroup in Pure Flash Array

  purevol disconnect MY_VOL_001 --hgroup MY-HOSTS

  Disconnect volume MY_VOL_001 from hostgroup MY-HOSTS