release_notes.txt

Pure Storage PowerShell SDK 1.13.0 Release Notes
 
The Pure Storage PowerShell SDK provides integration with the Purity Operating Environment and FlashArray. It provides functionalities of Purity's REST API as PowerShell cmdlets.
 
RELEASE COMPATIBILITY
 
This release requires PowerShell 3.0 or higher.
This release requires .NET 4.5.
This release is compatible with Purity FlashArrays that support Pure Storage REST API 1.0 to 1.13 inclusive.
This release requires a 64-bit operating system.
 
INSTALLATION AND UNINSTALLATION
 
To install the PowerShell SDK, extract and run PurePowerShellSDKInstaller.msi, and follow the instructions. Administrator privilege is required to install. To verify the installation, run "Get-Command -Module PureStoragePowerShellSDK" in a new PowerShell prompt. The newly installed cmdlets should be listed. The PowerShell SDK can be uninstalled from "Programs and Features" of the Control Panel.
 
The PowerShell SDK can also be installed using the PowerShell Gallery. See https://www.powershellgallery.com/ for details on how to discover resources on the PowerShell Gallery.
 
KNOWN ISSUES
 
Get-PfaProtectionGroupVolumeSnapshots does not work if the array is connected using REST API 1.4.
 
RELEASE 1.13.1
Release 1.13.0 adds the following changes to Release 1.13.0
- Fixed bug where Get-PfaArrayAttributes was interpreting Purity version string as a date
 
RELEASE 1.13.0
 
Release 1.13.0 adds the following changes to Release 1.7
 
Support for REST 1.12 and REST 1.13, bug fixes.
- Added notification property to SNMPManager object. New cmdlet:
    Set-PfaSnmpManagerNotification
- Added -Filter parameter to cmdlets that return multiple objects to enable server side filtering. See new help topic about_Purity_Filtering.
- Added the following new cmdlets related to Pod and sync-rep management
    Add-PfaArrayToPod
    Copy-PfaPod
    Get-PfaAllPodFootprint
    Get-PfaAllPodMediator
    Get-PfaAllPodSpaceHistory
    Get-PfaAllPodSpaces
    Get-PfaNamedPodFootprint
    Get-PfaNamedPodMediator
    Get-PfaNamedPodSpace
    Get-PfaNamedPodSpaceHistory
    Get-PfaNamedPods
    Get-PfaPendingDeletePods
    Get-PfaPendingPodFootprint
    Get-PfaPendingPodMediator
    Get-PfaPendingPodSpace
    Get-PfaPod
    Get-PfaPods
    New-PfaPod
    Remove-PfaArrayFromPod
    Remove-PfaPod
    Rename-PfaPod
    Restore-PfaPod
- Added the following cmdlets to support named certificate management.
    Get-PfaNamedCertificate
    Get-PfaNamedCertificateAttribute
    Get-PfaNamedCertificateAttributes
    Import-PfaNamedCertificate
    Remove-PfaNamedCertificate
    New-PfaNamedCertificateImport
    New-PfaNamedSelfSignedCertificate
- Added the following cmdlets to support reading mirrored IO statistics.
    Get-PfaAllHostGroupIOMetricsMirrored
    Get-PfaAllHostIOMetricsMirrored
    Get-PfaAllPodIOMetricsMirrored
    Get-PfaAllVolumeIOMetricsMirrored
    Get-PfaArrayIOMetricsMirrored
    Get-PfaHostGroupIOMetricsMirrored
    Get-PfaHostIOMetricsMirrored
    Get-PfaPodIOMetricsMirrored
    Get-PfaVolumeIOMetricsMirrored
- Added the following cmdlets to support KMIP.
    Get-PfaKmip
    Get-PfaKmips
    New-PfaKmip
    Remove-PfaKmip
    Test-PfaKmip
    Update-PfaKmip
 - Added the following cmdlets to support Purity //Run apps
    Get-PfaPureAppAttributes
    Get-PfaPureAppsAttributes
- Added the following cmdlets to support volume groups and vvols.
    Get-PfaAllVolumeGroupIOMetrics
    Get-PfaAllVolumeGroupIOMetricsByTimeRange
    Get-PfaAllVolumeGroupsIOMetricsAverage
    Get-PfaAllVolumeGroupsIOMetricsTotal
    Get-PfaVolumeGroupIOMetrics
    Get-PfaVolumeGroupIOMetricsAverage
    Get-PfaVolumeGroupIOMetricsByTimeRange
    Get-PfaVolumeGroupSpaceMetrics
    Get-PfaVolumeGroupSpaceMetrics
    Get-PfaNamedVolumeGroupsIOMetricsByTimeRange
    Get-PfaNamedVolumeGroups
    Get-PfaPendingDeleteVolumeGroups
    Get-PfaProtocolEndpointVolumes
    Get-PfaProtocolEndpointVolume
    Get-PfaVolumeGroups
    Get-PfaVolumeGroup
    New-PfaHostGroupProtocolEndpointVolumeConnection
    New-PfaHostProtocolEndpointVolumeConnection
    New-PfaProtocolEndpointVolume
    New-PfaVolumeGroup
    Remove-PfaVolumeGroup
    Restore-PfaVolumeGroup
- Added the following cmdlets to support remote host/hostgroup/volume operations
    Get-PfaRemoteHost
    Get-PfaRemoteHostGroup
    Get-PfaRemoteHostGroupVolumeConnections
    Get-PfaRemoteHostGroups
    Get-PfaRemoteHosts
    Get-PfaRemoteVolumeHostConnections
    Get-PfaRemoteVolumeHostGroupConnections
    Get-PfaVolumeConnection
Added the following cmdlets:
    Get-PfaArrayTCPConnection
Bug fixes and cmdlets to support REST 1.7
- Fixed Get-PfaProtectiongGroupVolumeSnapshot to work with REST 1.2 - REST 1.7. It still doesn't work with REST 1.4 (see KNOWN ISSUES above.)
- Fixed bug where cmdlets were ignoring -ErrorAction.
- Added mode (primary/secondary) property on the controller object returned by Get-PfaControllers.
- Added cmdlets Get-PfaAllVolumeIOMetricsByTimeRange (Lists historical IO metrics for all volumes for a specified range) and Get-PfaNamedVolumesIOMetricsByTimeRange (Lists historical IO metrics for specified volumes for a specified range.)
- Add Get-PfaProtectionGroupRetentions (retrieve snapshot replication retention policy for all protection groups.)
- Add Get-PfaVolumeSnapshot (retrieve a particular snapshot by name.)
- Set-PfaProtectionGroupRetention should have optional params, so that the user can change one property at a time and doesn't have to specify all properties.
- Added Get cmdlets that support filtering by names. The names parameter accepts a single name or a comma-separated list for multiple values. The names parameter also accepts an asterisk ( * ) as a wildcard character.
    Get-PfaNamedVolumes
    Get-PfaNamedProtectionGroups
    Get-PfaNamedHosts
    Get-PfaNamedHostGroups
 
RELEASE 1.7
 
ADDITIONS
Support for Pure Storage arrays with IPv6 addresses
 
RELEASE 1.6
 
ADDITIONS
The last release for the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK was 1.5
  
The following cmdlets have been added since the last release to support REST 1.5
- Added Update-PfaArrayConnectionsThrottlingInformation.
- Added Get-PfaArrayConnectionsThrottlingInformation.
- Added Get-PfaAllHostIOMetrics.
- Added Get-PfaHostIOMetrics.
- Added Get-PfaAllHostGroupIOMetrics.
- Added Get-PfaHostGroupIOMetrics.
 
The following cmdlets have been added since the last release to support REST 1.6
- Added Get-PfaArraySpaceMetricsByTimeRange.
- Added Get-PfaAllVolumeSpaceMetricsByTimeRange.
- Added Get-PfaVolumeSpaceMetricsByTimeRange.
 
The following cmdlets have been added since the last release to support REST 1.7
- Added Get-PfaArrayIOMetricsAverage.
- Added Get-PfaAllHostIOMetricsTotal.
- Added Get-PfaAllHostIOMetricsAverage.
- Added Get-PfaHostIOMetricsAverage.
- Added Get-PfaAllHostGroupIOMetricsTotal.
- Added Get-PfaAllHostGroupIOMetricsAverage.
- Added Get-PfaHostGroupIOMetricsAverage.
- Added Get-PfaAllVolumeIOMetricsAverage.
- Added Get-PfaAllVolumeIOMetricsTotal.
- Added Get-PfaVolumeIOMetricsAverage.
 
Other additions:
- Added New-PfaCLICommand to be able to run any CLI command on the FlashArray
- Added Get-PfaVolumeIOMetricsByTimeRange (old name was Get-PfaVolumeIOMetrics - see section CHANGES)
- Added Get-PfaProtectionGroupSchedules.
- Added Get-PfaSourceProtectionGroupSchedules.
The following cmdlets related to Purity's integration with Active Directory to provide authentication.
- Added Set-PfaDirectoryServiceStatus to enable/disable Active Directory integration.
- Added Set-PfaDirectoryServiceAuthenticationStatus to enable/disable server authenticity enforcement using configured CA certificate.
- Added Set-PfaDirectoryServiceGroupBase to set base OU for ArrayAdmin/StorageAdmin/Readonly security groups.
 
CHANGES
1) Removed CheckPeer and Enabled switch parameters from Set-PfaDirectoryServiceConfiguration - the functionality is provided by new cmdlets Set-PfaDirectoryServviceAuthenticationStatus and Set-PfaDirectoryServiceStatus.
2) In 1.5 version of the SDK, Get-PfaVolumeIOMetrics would get historical performance data for the specified volume. This has been renamed to Get-PfaVolumeIOMetricsByTimeRange.
  A new cmdlet with the same name (Get-PfaVolumeIOMetrics) is added to list IO metrics attributes for the specified volume.
3) In 1.5 version of the SDK, Get-PfaAllVolumeIOMetrics would get IO metrics for a specific volume - this has been renamed to Get-PfaVolumeIOmetrics (see change#2 above)
4) Fixed bug with Get-PfaInitiatorPorts where it was only returning array ports.
5) Added the ability to connect to an array using API token (see help for New-PfaArray)
 
PERFORMANCE TESTING
 
No performance testing was done for this release.
 
OPEN SOURCE LICENSES
 
Json.NET:
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Copyright (c) 2007 James Newton-King
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