Linked clones from VM Templates with Proxmox 9 and NetApp E-Series
Rapid provisioning of VMs on the cheap with PVE, E-Series and Linux NFS VMs
automation
Monitor and prune object versions on NetApp StorageGRID S3
No, you don't need a new "feature" for that
CouplaReleases
What I've been up to this weekend
Volume Copy in santricity-client (Python)
santricity-client adds Volume Copy
SANtricity Client (Python) update
Interfaces, snapshots and more
Script Editor in NetApp E-Series SANtricity 12
Why I don't like the new Script Editor feature in SANtricity 12
Applications and Workloads in NetApp SANtricity Web UI
Step-by-step guide to using SANtricity workloads in 2026 (not)
Linux, NVMe/RoCE and HA NetApp EF-Series NVMe-oF storage
Linux NVMe/RoCE clients with NetApp EF-Series NVMe-oF
Terraform provider for SolidFire update for Feb 2026
Latest and greatest Terraform provider for SolidFire status update (2026/02)
NetApp E-Series single volume and consistency group clones
How to copy a volume into another, directly, from a snapshot, or from consistency group snapshot and more
Change disk group's RAID level on NetApp E-Series
How to change a disk group's RAID protection schema on NetApp E-Series SANtricity arrays
Ansible community collection for NetApp SolidFire
Users of Ansible 2.20 looking for a SolidFire collection, here you go
SolidFire Extension for Windows Admin Center 2025
More on that extra pair of gloves…
SolidFire Gateway for Windows Admin Center 2025
Yes, someone had two pairs of gloves all this time…
Updated Terraform provider for SolidFire
What is going on with that Terraform provider for SolidFire…
The shocking truth about SolidFire ModifySchedule method
CreateSchedule and ModifySchedule are weird. It took me almost a decade to figure it out.
Firemox - an anti-plugin for Proxmox PVE with NetApp SolidFire
The best NetApp storage array gets a Proxmox PVE anti-plugin
Connecting to SolidFire from PowerShell 7.5
Dealing with Connect-SFCluster: Could not load file or assembly 'System.Net.Http.WebRequest, Version=4.0.0.0.
Boot OpenShift RCOS from NetApp SolidFire iSCSI target
Install and boot RCOS using SolidFire iSCSI device
Rapid PVC provisioning with NetApp Trident and SolidFire
Rapid volume provisioning on Kubernetes
Get SolidFire volume attributes created by Trident, other apps
Extract and use SolidFire volume attributes
Increase size of SolidFire volumes paired for replication
How to increase total size of SolidFire volumes paired for replication
Trident QoS policy sucker for SolidFire backend
Script stores SolidFire QoS policies into Trident config
Tenant (account) attributes on NetApp SolidFire
Make use of storage account attributes on NetApp SolidFire
Swagger files for NetApp E-Series
How to get Swagger files for your NetApp E-Series array
Backup NetApp SolidFire's non-Kubernetes volumes with Velero
SolidBackup with Velero - modern backup of SolidFire non-K8s volumes to S3
Windows Server 2025 with NetApp SolidFire 12 iSCSI Part Two
Notes on hardware-assisted T-SQL snapshots (SQL Server 2022, Windows Server 2025, NetApp SolidFire)
Windows Server 2025 with NetApp SolidFire 12 iSCSI Part Three
Notes on Hyper-V (Windows Server 2025, NetApp SolidFire)
Windows Server 2025 with NetApp SolidFire 12 iSCSI
Notes on using Windows Server 2025 with NetApp SolidFire iSCSI storage
NetApp SANtricity PowerShell module for E-Series
Get and use PowerShell 5.1 module for NetApp SANtricity (E-series, EF-Series)
Monitor progress and notify of E-Series media scan events
Detect, monitor, and notify of media scan jobs on NetApp E-Series
Scan NetApp StorageGRID S3 buckets for viruses and malware
How to scan on-premises object storage for viruses and malware
Kubernetes KEDA with NetApp SolidFire and E-Series
Notes on autoscaling Kubernetes workloads backed by E-Series or SolidFire using KEDA
RBAC and delegation for SolidFire JSON-RPC API with Lua
Use reverse proxy with Lua to work around SolidFire's lack of RBAC
Stand-alone and Consistency Group snapshots on NetApp E-Series
Understand and use SANtricity snapshots of both stand-alone and snapshot consistency group volume members
SolidBackup with Kopia
Use Kopia to backup cloned SolidFire volumes to S3/B2
Use Simple Backups to file-backup cloned SolidFire volumes to S3/B2
Use Simple Backups to file-backup cloned SolidFire volumes to S3/B2
Using synthetic SolidFire S3 backups for Dev/Test purposes
S3 backups enable client-less testing needed in automation testing
Monitor SolidFire clone and backup jobs through API
What are SolidFire ListSyncJobs and ListBulkVolumeJobs API methods and how to use them
Using snapshot attributes in SolidFire
Improve SolidFire snapshot workflows with snapshot attributes
Use Cloud Sync API and Elasticsearch to improve data replication
Improve sync relationship and Data Broker monitoring with Elasticsearch
Like Flask, but with PowerShell
Use PowerShell like Flask
PowerShell password change for local E-Series SANtricity OS users
Have you had enough of that SSH nonsense? If yes, read this post
E-Series SANtricity API with JWT aka Bearer Tokens
Review of JWTs initially available starting with SANtricity 11.74
SolidFire Backup to S3 with Object Lock
SolidFire Backup to S3 with Object Lock-enabled Object Store
SolidFire Operator for Kubernetes
Build and use SolidFire Operator for Kubernetes to take full advantage of SolidFire features
Manage SolidFire from Jupyter Python or .NET notebooks
Interactive SolidFire management from Jupyter and .NET notebooks
HashiCorp Nomad CSI with NetApp SolidFire and E-Series back-ends
Status of SolidFire and E-Series for Nomad CSI users
HashiCorp Nomad with NetApp SolidFire-backed iSCSI volumes
HashiCorp Nomad with NetApp SolidFire iSCSI. Kubernetes-like features, Docker-like simplicity.
Simplify data workflows with Kestra
Offload workflows and scheduling in SolidFire automation with backup and analytics examples
curl with native JSON support and SolidFire API
Using JSON-capable curl and the SolidFire API
Fix Trident's expired credentials for Kubernetes API
How to fix the error Unable to connect to the server: x509: certificate has expired or is not yet valid
Create SolidFire volumes and accounts with Terraform
How to create and maintain SolidFire volumes and accounts with Terraform
SolidFire RBAC workflow with Ansible
Basic workflow for volume management isolation between teams with SolidFire and Ansible
StorageGRID S3 in Public Cloud workflows without Data-at-Rest
Processing StorageGRID data in Public Cloud without Data-at-Rest
Using NetApp Cloud Sync API
Explore Cloud Sync API
Getting started with NetApp Cloud Sync API
Getting started with the NetApp Cloud Sync API
Getting SolidFire volume details with Powershell and Python
Getting volume information from SolidFire via the API or CLI
Using NetApp SolidFire Hybrid Cloud Control (HCC) API from PowerShell
It is easy, you just need to copy non-existing samples
Replicate volume data from Digital Ocean to SolidFire and back
High level steps for protecting or migrating Digital Ocean volumes to on-premises SolidFire storage
SolidFire monitoring with Elasticsearch
Take a look at the various approaches and methods we can use to monitor SolidFire with Elastic's ELK stack
Using Terraform 1.0.6 with SolidFire 12.3
Revisiting SolidFire provider for Terraform v1
SolidFire Support Bundle Log with Automation, OneCollect
How to automate SolidFire log gathering for Support purposes
Maximum parallelization of SolidFire Backup and Volume Copy/Clone jobs
Safely maximize the number of backup and copy jobs on your SolidFire cluster
SolidBackup with alternative backup clients
How to modify SolidBackup to use another backup client
SolidBackup for SolidFire Data Protection in Hybrid Cloud
Revisiting the idea of SolidBackup for fun and non-profit
SolidFire Maintenance Mode
Using Maintenance Mode in SolidFire 12.2 and 12.3
Backup SolidFire volumes to S3-compatible storage
SolidFire Backup to S3 feature - everything you wanted to know about it, and possibly more
NetApp SolidFire and Trident CSI failover automation with Powershell
Automate SolidFire failover for Kubernetes with Powershell
Kubernetes failover and failback with Trident CSI and SolidFire
Use Trident CSI and SolidFire to protect data and provide failover and failback to Kubernetes clusters
Use SolidFire PowerShell Tools to find low efficiency volumes
How to find low efficiency volumes on NetApp HCI, SolidFire and eSDS clusters
SolidFire PowerShell Tools, Python CLI and SDK pip packages v1.7
Upgrade or get started with SolidFire PowerShell and Python CLI v1.7
Get NetApp Hybrid Cloud Control logs via the HCC API
Use NetApp mNode API to get Hybrid Cloud Control (Docker) logs
Set Temporary Storage QoS Policy for SolidFire Volume
One way to automate temporary storage QoS with PowerShell on SolidFire
SolidFire mNode and HCC Log Fowarding
How to send SolidFire mNode and HCC logs to a remote syslog server
SolidFire Provider for Terraform
What SolidFire Provider for Terraform can do for you and how you can help make it better