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  • Using PowerCLI to Deploy the Pure Storage VMware Appliance

    Jul 29, 2021 PowerCLI VM Analytics vSphere Plugin
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    Now that the latest Pure Storage vSphere Client Plugin is available as a remote plugin is is now deployed as an OVA. I have put together this quick script to automate deploying of the Pure Storage VMware Appliance.

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  • Using Pure1 Meta for Intelligent Datastore Selection and VM Provisioning

    Nov 11, 2020 vSphere vRealize Orchestrator VMFS Pure1 PowerCLI Powershell
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    When it comes to monitoring your Pure Storage environment Pure1 is a great place for that. It is also a great place to use your analytic’s data to your advantage and use it for intelligent VMware provisioning! In this blog post I will cover how to use this data to your advantage to make sure you can easily deploy VM’s to the most optimal array and datastore.

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  • Using PowerCLI to Provision your Pure Storage Infrastructure

    Aug 17, 2020 PowerCLI
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    In the continuation of my Automating your Pure Storage Infrastructure blog series, next I will be covering how to use PowerCLI to provision your Pure Storage Infrastructure. This has been one of the most popular ways to automate provisioning, and alot of work has been put into making this an ideal automation solution.

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  • Using the VMware Event Broker Appliance to Automatically Expand a Pure Storage FlashArray Datastore

    Jun 24, 2020 VMware Event Broker Appliance PowerCLI vSphere FlashArray
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    Something we get asked quite often it seems here at Pure Storage, is can we automatically expand a datastore when it gets full? The answer is yes! With all of the integrations with automation platformsm, Pure Storage Arrays have many options. This blog will cover how to handle this with the VMware Event Broker Appliance (VEBA)!

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  • Updating the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) with PowerCLI - Revisited

    Jun 22, 2020 PowerCLI vSphere 6.7 REST API vCenter Server vSphere 7.0
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    In previous blogs, I covered how to update your VCSA using PowerCLI and with Postman. I also had multiple code sessions at VMworld 2019 where I got great feedback on the module. It’s been a while since I have looked at the module, and time has passed so I thought it was due for an update. The module will no longer need to be manually imported, it is now located in the Powershell Gallery!

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  • Using PowerCLI to Deploy the Site Recovery Manager 8.3 Appliance

    Apr 16, 2020 PowerCLI Site Recovery Manager
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    My latest project was to rebuild one of my labs to run vSphere 7 and Site Recovery Manager 8.3. In my current role I am constantly am deploying new lab environments for certain demos. If i can avoid using a manual process for it I will, in this case I am showing how you can deploy the SRM OVF using PowerCLI. Pre-Requsites VMware PowerCLI Link to Script deploy-srm83.

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  • Glad to be part of the Inaugural VMware{code} Coach Program

    Mar 26, 2020 VMware Code Coach PowerCLI
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    VMware has been working on building an influencer program for the VMware{code} community for sometime. I am proud to announce I am one of the inaugural coaches for 2020!

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  • Installing and Updating the Pure Storage vSphere Plugin

    Mar 3, 2020 vSphere Plugin vCenter Server PowerCLI Powershell
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    Welcome to the first of many Pure Storage blogs. As I get ramped up with the latest information I plan to do a series of getting started with Pure Storage features. These blogs will cover things such as the vSphere Client (HTML5) Plugin, FlashArray, FlashBlade and integrations with other VMware products. First up is learning to install and update the Pure Storage vSphere Client Plugin.

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  • Patching the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) using the REST API - Part 2 (PowerCLI Module)

    Jan 31, 2019 PowerCLI vSphere 6.7" REST API vCenter Server vSphere 7.0 Powershell vSphere
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    Previously I covered how to use the VCSA Installer to do a scripted upgrade and then I covered Patching the vCenter Server Appliance (VCSA) using the REST API - Part 1 (Postman Collection) However, after learning recently how to call API’s from Powershell I thought to myself, why not write a Powershell Module for this? Introduction Using tools such as Postman can make it utilizing API’s a bit easier, but you still need to be familiar with a separate tool or UI.

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  • Using PowerCLI to Add vRealize Operations License Key

    Jul 27, 2017 vROPS PowerCLI
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    I have been working on doing a vCenter Consolidation Project. This included migrating our systems to a new vRealize Operations Server. This particular one included 73 different vSOM keys, and as you may know there is currently no way to enter in multiple keys at a time. I reached out to Kyle Ruddy and he informed me there is an API to do this, and that started my adventure to get this working.

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