pure-plugin for Xen Orchestra
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Just checking if Vates actively working with PureStorage (aka now EverPure) on replicating the vmware pure-plugin app (i.e. that gives you the ability to restore individual VMs from SafeMode Snapshots)? I know this would be highly valuable, with as many XO/Pure customers that there are out there.
Why I am asking, is I'm starting to look into building a pure-plugin myself, but didn't want to go too far down the road if an official plugin is forthcoming anytime soon.
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There is a public alliance, announced back in April: Vates joined Everpure's Technology Alliance Program, and Everpure came in as an associate member of the Vates Alliance Network (https://vates.tech/blog/vates-joins-the-everpure-technology-alliance-program/).
What that post actually commits to is validated reference architectures and compatibility documentation, with backup, disaster recovery and automation workflows named as planned expansion, so the area you're asking about is at least in scope.
Whether any of that becomes an equivalent of the VMware pure-plugin, with per-VM restore from SafeMode snapshots, I genuinely don't know, and I'd rather not guess while you're deciding whether to spend weeks on it.
Before you go far it might be worth a mention to @Team-Storage, since they'd know whether the array-side work is heading that way.
Selfishly I'd rather you asked first than quietly built something that ends up overlapping. I'm not close enough to the storage roadmap to give you a straight yes or no. -
@poddingue Thank you for all the details and advise. I will reach out to them to see if it is anywhere on the project horizon. Thanks much, and have a great day!
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@poddingue Sorry for my ignorance on this, but I went to the @Team-Storage page and it appears to be private (with no way to post my question). I hit the "Request Invitation" button, but not sure that's what I need to do to post a question either...
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No need to go to this page (which I wasn't aware of). Just using "@" followed by the team name is enough to get them a notification.
So... They already got one, as I used this contraption in a previous message of this thread. -
@poddingue Oh yes (dumb me). Very good, we'll see if they respond (as now there's two @ refferences). Happy Day
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