Create a virtual volume
Creates a virtual volume.
HTTP request syntax (URI)
POST <base_URI>/v7/storage/virtual-volumes
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Values | Description |
| virtualServerId | BODY | Y | number | Virtual server ID for newly created virtual volume. |
| filesystemId | BODY | Y | string | File system ID string to which the virtual volume belongs. |
| virtualVolumeName | BODY | Y | string | Virtual volume name. |
| fileSystemPath | BODY | Y | string | Absolute file system path to use for virtual volume. The path should be in UNIX format. |
| createPathIfNotExists | BODY | N | boolean | Boolean flag to create the path. |
| emails | BODY | N | array | An array of emails of users interested in receiving various notifications. |
Return codes
| Code | Data | Description |
| 201 | virtualVolume | Virtual volume object returned when created successfully. |
| 400 | No Data | Missing or invalid request contents. |
| 404 | Error Message | Requested resource not found. |
| 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://172.17.57.75:8444/v7/storage/virtual-volumes -d ‘{"virtualVolumeName":"xyz-xyz-unit-test1121", "virtualServerId":5, "filesystemId":"75412709E1CB9AAB0000000000000000","filesystemPath":"/xyzVirtualVolumeTest/test-11-21", "createPathIfNotExists":true,"emails": ["user1@xyz.com","user2@xyz.com"]}’ -X POST
Response example
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
{
"virtualVolume" : {
"emails" : [ "user1@xyz.com", "user2@xyz.com" ],
"fileCount" : 1,
"filesystemId" : "75412709E1CB9AAB0000000000000000",
"objectId" :"363a3a3a41414444444532373945463943323546303030303030303030303030303030303a3a3a31",
"name" : "xyz-unit-test1121",
"path" : "/xyzVirtualVolumeTest/test-11-21",
"permanentId" : 8449077299320167083,
"totalVolumeCapacity" : 19520290816,
"usageVolumeCapacity" : 0,
"virtualServerId" : 5,
"virtualVolumeId" : 12
},
"uri" : "https://172.17.57.75:8444/v7/storage/virtual-volumes/363a3a3a41414444444532373945463943323546303030303030303030303030303030303a3a3a31"
}