PSC Virtualization & Container Integration 3

Question 1

Which Microsoft technology enables Pure Storage FlashArray to perform server-side data copy operations in Windows Server and Hyper-V environments without transferring data through the host?

Accepted Answer

Offloaded Data Transfer (ODX)

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Storage Replica (SR) synchronous replication

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Distributed File System Replication (DFSR)

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Windows Server Deduplication (WSD)

Question 2

What protocol does Pure Storage FlashBlade use for shared storage integration with Microsoft Windows Server and Hyper-V Scale-Out File Servers (SOFS)?

Accepted Answer

SMB 3.0 (Server Message Block)

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iSCSI over TCP/IP

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NVMe over TCP (NVMe/TCP)

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FC-NVMe over Fibre Channel

Question 3

What OpenStack component does Pure Storage provide a certified driver for to enable block storage volume provisioning from FlashArray?

Accepted Answer

Cinder (Block Storage service)

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Nova (Compute service)

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Neutron (Networking service)

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Swift (Object Storage service)

Question 4

Which Pure Storage REST API version is recommended for new integrations, automation scripts, and third-party tool development?

Accepted Answer

REST API 2.x, which provides improved consistency, better filtering, and token-based authentication

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REST API 1.x, which has broader community support and more third-party libraries

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GraphQL API, which replaced REST for all FlashArray management operations

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SNMP v3, which is the recommended protocol for all Pure Storage programmatic access

Question 5

What does the Pure Storage Hardware VSS (Volume Shadow Copy Service) Provider enable in Windows environments?

Accepted Answer

Application-consistent snapshots by coordinating with Microsoft VSS writers to quiesce applications before the array captures a point-in-time copy

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Automatic replication of VSS shadow copies to a remote FlashArray at a disaster recovery site

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Conversion of FlashArray snapshots into Windows-native shadow copy format for browsing in File Explorer

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Offloading of VSS snapshot I/O processing from Windows hosts to FlashArray NVRAM buffers

Question 6

What is the primary purpose of the Pure Storage Ansible Collection available on Ansible Galaxy?

Accepted Answer

To provide certified Ansible modules for automating FlashArray and FlashBlade provisioning, configuration, and management as infrastructure-as-code

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To deploy Ansible Tower directly onto FlashArray NVMe storage for low-latency playbook execution

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To monitor Pure Storage arrays through Ansible and feed alerts into Red Hat Satellite

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To enable Ansible to manage guest OS configurations on VMs stored on Pure Storage volumes

Question 7

When integrating Pure Storage FlashArray with Microsoft SQL Server, what capability does the Pure Storage PowerShell SDK's snapshot functionality primarily enable?

Accepted Answer

Near-instantaneous, space-efficient database clones and backups by creating array-level snapshots of SQL Server volumes without impacting production I/O

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Automatic SQL Server query plan optimization by analyzing I/O patterns stored in FlashArray metadata

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Live migration of SQL Server databases between different FlashArray systems using PowerShell cmdlets

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Integration with SQL Server Agent jobs to schedule and manage Windows Backup to FlashBlade object storage