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Create a file system

Creates a file system on a virtual server using a storage pool. A label is assigned to the file system during the creation process. The operation returns a URI that can be accessed to retrieve detailed information about the file system.

HTTP request syntax (URI)
POST <base_URI>/v7/storage/filesystems
Parameters
Name Type Required Values Description
label BODY Y string Label of the file system to be created.
virtualServerId BODY Y number ID of the virtual server to be used.
storagePoolId BODY Y number ID of the storage pool to be used.
capacity BODY Y number Capacity of the file system to be created in bytes.
Return codes
Code Data Description
201 filesystem File system object successfully created.
400 No Data Missing or invalid request contents.
500 Error message Error associated with the storage system.
501 No Data Server has not implemented the request operation on the resource.

Any HTTP status code other than 201 indicates that the API did not complete successfully.

Request example
curl -vk -H "X-Api-Key: zrxvSDAv9x.RIP4gkmKarG3beF.or.4Tc2im7oeqYN88C9XPGHxbXC" https://172.17.11.11:8444/v7/storage/filesystems -d '{"label":"fs-test", "virtualServerId":4, "storagePoolId":4286815075241083603, "capacity":19327352832}' -X POST
Response example
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
{
   "filesystem" : {
      "blockSize" : 0,
      "capacity" : 19268632576,
      "expansionLimits" : 18446744073709551615,
      "filesystemId" : "866260F047C882190000000000000000",
      "freeCapacity" : 0,
      "isDedupeEnabled" : false,
      "isDedupeSupported" : false,
      "isNDMPRecoveryTarget" : false,
      "isNonStrictWORM" : false,
      "isObjectReplicationTarget" : false,
      "isReadCached" : false,
      "isReadOnly" : false,
      "isSysLocked" : false,
      "isUnlimitedExpansion" : true,
      "isWORM" : false,
      "label" : "fs-test",
      "objectId" : "3836363236304630343743383832313930303030303030303030303030303030",
      "status" : "NOT_MOUNTED",
      "usedCapacity" : 0
   },
   "uri" : "https://172.17.11.11:8444/v7/storage/filesystems/3836363236304630343743383832313930303030303030303030303030303030"

 

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