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Infrastructure as Code with VxRail Made Easier with Ansible Modules for Dell VxRail

Many customers are looking at Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as a better way to automate their IT environment, which is especially relevant for those adopting DevOps. However, not many customers are aware of the capability of accelerating IaC implementation with VxRail, which we have offered for some time already—Ansible Modules ...

What's New in the PowerMax API 10.2

Unisphere 10.2 has just been released, and as usual I will try to give the 1000 foot overview of the top changes in the REST API, and why you should consider upgrading. The full API documentation is available, as always, at https://developer.dell.com/apis/ . Just search for PowerMax and you can ...

REST API in IIQ 5.0.0

REST APIs have been introduced in IIQ 5.0.0, providing the equivalent of the CLI command in the previous IIQ version. CLI will not be available in IIQ 5.0.0. In order to understand how REST APIs work in IIQ, we will cover: REST API Authentication Creating a REST API Session Getting ...

PowerProtect Data Manager Deployment Automation – Deploy PowerProtect Data Manager in Minutes

In the spirit of automating EVERYTHING , this blog will showcase the complete deployment of PowerProtect Data Manager (PPDM). In the PPDM universe, we have auto-policy creation and ad-hoc VM backup solutions, use-case driven tasks, and so on -- all available in the official PowerProtect Data Manager GitHub repository . ...

REST API and Dell Technologies Storage - Unity

In this post, we will discuss how you can use manage Dell Unity storage using REST API. We will use the Postman tool during the entire blog series. Feel free to download and install in your system to follow along. The first post in this series provides more details about ...

Local Replication with the PowerMax REST API, Working with Clones

PowerMax arrays have several local replication features for administrators to use, depending on their needs. Happily, the PowerMax REST API supports all of these. Dell Technologies also provides them in pre-written Python functions as part of PyU4V (a Python package for managing the PowerMax RESasasT API) and as Ansible modules ...

Getting Started with REST API

What is REST API? REST stands for Representational State Transfer, and it is an architectural style for building APIs, or application programming interfaces. JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation, a lightweight format for storing and transmitting data between a server and a client application. REST and JSON are popular technologies ...

Ansible Modules for Dell VxRail – Automating Satellite Node Management

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REST API and Dell Technologies Storage - Introduction

REST API with Dell Technologies What is REST? REST stands for Representational State Transfer. REST provides access to resources on a tree-like structure. In order to reference a resource (like a volume, an initiator group, etc ) we use a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier), which essentially looks like a path ...

Infrastructure as Code with VxRail Made Easier with Ansible Modules for Dell VxRail

Many customers are looking at Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as a better way to automate their IT environment, which is especially relevant for those adopting DevOps. However, not many customers are aware of the capability of accelerating IaC implementation with VxRail, which we have offered for some time already—Ansible Modules ...

Dell PowerStore REST API Part 2 - SwaggerUI

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PowerFlex REST API Introduction

This document contains information about PowerFlex REST API. It provides code examples in PowerShell and Python.

Journey to Infrastructure as Code

Infrastructure as code (IaC) has become a key enabler of today’s highly automated software deployment processes. In this blog, let’s see how today’s fast growing IaC paradigms evolved from traditional programming. On the surface IaC might just imply using coding languages to provision, configure, and manage infrastructure components. While the ...

What’s New in PowerMax REST API 10.0

Unisphere for PowerMax 10.0 has been released, bringing support for the new PowerMax 2500, and 8500 models, and a host of other improvements in the updated API. Documentation for all Dell APIs are viewable from https://developer.dell.com . The PowerMax documentation features a “ What’s New ” section, with links back ...

RecoverPoint for VMs Automation – Advanced VM Protection

In the spirit of automating everything, this blog will discuss a new automation solution in the RecoverPoint for VMs (RP4VMs) collection of automation solutions. We have a variety of automation solutions for RP4VMs, including per-tag and per-cluster VM protection and use-case driven tasks, as well as a complete deployment automation ...

VxRail Edge Automation Unleashed - Simplifying Satellite Node Management with Ansible

VxRail Edge Automation Unleashed Simplifying Satellite Node Management with Ansible In the previous blog, Infrastructure as Code with VxRail made easier with Ansible Modules for Dell VxRail , I introduced the modules which enable the automation of VxRail operations through code-driven processes using Ansible and VxRail API. This approach not ...

Dell PowerStore REST API Part 1 - Introduction

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Local Replication with the PowerMax REST API, Working with SnapVX Snapshots

PowerMax arrays provide feature rich local replication options in SnapVX and clone technologies. The PowerMax REST API supports all of these features, and Dell Technologies provides pre-written Python functions as part of PyU4V -- a Python package for managing the PowerMax REST API as well as Ansible modules that support ...

Integrating CloudIQ Webhooks with BigPanda Events

This tutorial blog demonstrates how to use CloudIQ Webhooks to integrate CloudIQ health notifications with BigPanda ( https://www.bigpanda.io/ ), an event management processing tool. This allows users to integrate CloudIQ notifications with events from other IT tools into BigPanda. We will show how to create a REST API Integration in ...

REST API and Dell Technologies Storage - PowerStore

Today we live in a world powered by REST APIs. And when it comes to REST APIs, Dell PowerStore is one of the best. Why? An important thing to understand is that PowerStore is a REST API-first system, which means all functionality that is exposed externally has been made available ...

Getting Started with the PowerMax REST API: Time for a REST

So, a few years down the line and over 15,000 views later, I’ve decided to refresh my infamous “Time for a REST” post and put it in a new, permanent location on Info Hub. The original site has been retired, so I’ve rewritten and updated the post here. This blog ...

A Single RAG Solution to Generate CLI, REST API, and Ansible Tasks for PowerScale

Code generation is one of the use cases where existing Generative AI models really excel. Using coding assistants like Codeium and GitHub Copilot is becoming the norm for developers. While coding assistants and genAI chat tools work great for general coding tasks in various programming languages, their underlying models may ...

REST API and Dell Technologies Storage - PowerMax

In this post, we will discuss how you can use the REST API to manage Dell PowerMax storage arrays. We will use the Postman tool during the entire blog series. Feel free to download and install in your system to follow along. The first post in this series provides more ...

RESTing on our Laurels - What’s New with the PowerMax API and Unisphere 10.1

Unisphere 10.1 has just been released! Although the internal code name was Laurel, we are doing a lot in the API, so we definitely haven’t been RESTing on our laurels! With this release the Unisphere for PowerMax team focused on what could be done better in the PowerMax API, to ...

Dell PowerEdge: Getting Started with Redfish Ansible Modules

This white paper provides guidelines for getting started with Ansible and Redfish Ansible modules for PowerEdge systems. Techniques, practices, and the Ansible foundation described in this paper apply to other Dell Ansible modules and Ansible in general.

What’s New in PowerFlex 4.0 REST API?

Wow, it’s been a busy year for PowerFlex! It started with the major announcement of PowerFlex on AWS at Dell Technologies World 2022. Then, in late summer of 2022 we announced a major update in PowerFlex v4.0. PowerFlex v4.0 added NVMe/TCP support, File Storage services, and a new management & ...