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Register Storage Provider
Required Roles
Requires one of the following roles:
- SYSTEM_ADMIN
- RESTRICTED_SYSTEM_ADMIN
Request Payload
All parameters are required unless otherwise stated.
Field | Description | Type | Notes |
<storage_provider_create> | |||
<name> | Name of the Storage Provider | String |
Valid Values:
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<ip_address> | IP address of the Storage provider. | String |
Valid Values:
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<port_number> | The port number of the Storage provider | Integer |
Valid Values:
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<user_name> | User name of the Storage provider | String |
Valid Values:
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<password> | Password of the Storage provider | String |
Valid Values:
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<use_ssl> | Specifies whether to use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) as the authentication method. | Boolean | |
<interface_type> | Interface type of the Storage Provider | String |
Valid Values:
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<sio_cli> | A command prefix to invoke the ScaleIO CLI. This is an optional parameter and is only applicable for a ScaleIO StorageProvider. | String | |
<secondary_username> | Secondary credentials that may be required for management | String | |
<secondary_password> | String | ||
<element_manager_url> | URL of the Element Management system that is associated with the Provider. | String | |
</storage_provider_create> |
Response Body
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 |
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<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> |