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Create File System
Creates file system. The VNX File array does not allow 'root' as the beginning of a file system name. If the generated file system name begins with 'root', then the VNX File array will return an error.
NOTE: This is an asynchronous operation.
Query Parameters
project | the URN of a ViPR Project |
Required Roles
- TENANT_ADMIN
Request Payload
All parameters are required unless otherwise stated.
Field | Description | Type | Notes |
<filesystem_create> | |||
<name> | User provided name or label assigned to the file system. | String |
Valid Values:
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<size> | Total capacity of the file system in Bytes. | String | |
<vpool> | URI representing the virtual pool supporting the file system. | URI | |
<varray> | URI representing the virtual array containing the file system. | URI | |
<fs_id> | User provided id for the file system | String | |
</filesystem_create> |
Response Body
Task resource representation
This is an asychronous operation that returns a task object. For information on working with tasks, see Asynchronous Operations.
Field | Description | Type | Notes |
<task> | |||
<op_id> | The task operation id | String | |
<resource> | |||
<name> | The name of the resource | String | |
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</resource> | |||
<tenant> | |||
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</tenant> | |||
<associated_resources> | A list of links for associated resources | ||
<associated_resource> |
0-* Elements |
||
<name> | The name of the resource | String | |
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</associated_resource> | |||
</associated_resources> | |||
<state> | The state of the task | String |
Valid Values:
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<message> | The task detail message | String | |
<description> | The description of the task | String | |
<service_error> | |||
<code> | The numerical code associated with the error encountered when processing a service request | Integer | |
<description> | The description of the error | String | |
<details> | Detailed information concerning the error | String | |
</service_error> | |||
<start_time> | The date and time of when the task was started | DateTime | |
<end_time> | The date and time of when the task ended | DateTime | |
<progress> | Integer | ||
<workflow> | |||
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</workflow> | |||
<queuedStartTime> | DateTime | ||
<queueName> | String | ||
<name> | The name assigned to this resource in ViPR. The resource name is set by a user and can be changed at any time. It is not a unique identifier. | String | |
<id> | An identifier that is generated by ViPR when the resource is created. The resource ID is guaranteed to be unique and immutable across all virtual data centers for all time. | URI |
Valid Values:
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<link> | A hyperlink to the details for this resource | ||
<creation_time> | A timestamp that shows when this resource was created in ViPR | DateTime |
Valid Values:
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<tags> | Keywords and labels that can be added by a user to a resource to make it easy to find when doing a search. | ||
<tag> | String |
0-* Elements |
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</tags> | |||
<inactive> | Whether or not the resource is inactive. When a user removes a resource, the resource is put in this state before it is removed from the ViPR database. | Boolean |
Valid Values:
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<global> | Boolean | ||
<remote> | Boolean | ||
<vdc> | |||
<id> | ViPR ID of the related object | URI | |
<link> | A hyperlink to the related object | ||
</vdc> | |||
<internal> | Whether or not the resource is an internal resource. | Boolean |
Valid Values:
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</task> |
Examples
Request
POST https://192.168.0.0:4443/file/filesystems?project=urn:storageos:Project:5e93a1ec-6a2c-457f-9ef6-16487265dc98: HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: application/xml X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN> <filesystem_create> <name>fs-sarav-test-xml-1</name> <size>20MB</size> <varray>urn:storageos:VirtualArray:8192a5e7-bb39-4f75-bdad-10f8fa1d105e:</varray> <vpool>urn:storageos:VirtualPool:74cd5776-62fc-4972-ad10-da882db659b3:</vpool> </filesystem_create>
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <task> <description>Filesystem create</description> <op_id>50ab3493-8896-423b-bc8a-24c01117caef</op_id> <resource> <id>urn:storageos:FileShare:7d6dc956-9a38-4c17-bd68-9b82ef6e7111:</id> <link href="/file/filesystems/urn:storageos:FileShare:7d6dc956-9a38-4c17-bd68-9b82ef6e7111:" rel="self"/> <name>fs-sarav-test-xml-1</name> </resource> <link href="/file/filesystems/urn:storageos:FileShare:7d6dc956-9a38-4c17-bd68-9b82ef6e7111:/tasks/50ab3493-8896-423b-bc8a-24c01117caef" rel="self"/> <start_time>1380046335790</start_time> <state>pending</state> </task>