What's New in Pure1 VM Analytics and OVA Collector 3.1.0

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The Pure Storage OVA is a single OVA deployment that can be configured for different roles. Today VM Analytics is the only available role, with more coming. Version 3.1.0 includes some new features and fixes, lets dive in and take a look.

A link to the documentation can be found here

New Features

puredns: New CLI command to configure DNS servers on the appliance

 1puredns -h
 2usage: puredns [-h] {list,setattr} ...
 3
 4Pure Storage DNS configuration commands
 5
 6positional arguments:
 7  {list,setattr}
 8    list          list dns information
 9    setattr       set dns attributes
10
11optional arguments:
12  -h, --help      show this help message and exit

purenetwork: new CLI command to configure networking on the appliance

 1purenetwork -h
 2usage: purenetwork [-h] {list,setattr} ...
 3
 4Pure Storage network configuration commands
 5
 6positional arguments:
 7  {list,setattr}
 8    list          list network interface attributes
 9    setattr       set network interface attributes
10
11optional arguments:
12  -h, --help      show this help message and exit

puresw repair: Repair and reset the appliance package management subsystem

1usage: puresw repair [-h]
2
3optional arguments:
4  -h, --help  show this help message and exit

Improved logging capabilities: Common OVA CLI commands are logging information/errors to pure-vmware-appliance.log.

Bug fixes

  • Fixed an issue with the VMA collector locking the configuration file that could cause the collection to be stuck.
  • Fixed puresw to allow installed new dependencies.
  • CVE-2021-3156 - Sudo Privilege Escalation.

Known issue

  • puredns/purenetwork commands will not work after the first upgrade and will require a second “puresw upgrade start”.

Upgrade Instructions

The upgrade process is very simple!

To check for updates run the following command:

1puresw list

To install the updates run the following command:

1puresw upgrade start vm-analytics-collector

Don’t forget to be able to use the new puredns and purenetwork commands you’ll need to kickoff the upgrade once again!

1pureuser@pure1-collector:~$ puredns list
2There are missing software dependencies for this command. Please run "puresw upgrade start vm-analytics-collector" to detect and install all required software packages.
3
4puresw upgrade start vm-analytics-collector
5Installing...
6
7Installation complete!

Conclusion

Super easy right? Stay tuned to new features and roles to be added to the Pure Storage OVA!

If you have any additional questions or comments, please leave them below!

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