Create V Sphere Storage Profile

Create vSphere storage profile

Request

URI

POST

https://api.mgmt.cloud.vmware.com//iaas/api/storage-profiles-vsphere

COPY

Query Parameters

string

apiVersion

Optional

The version of the API in yyyy-MM-dd format (UTC). For versioning information please refer to /iaas/api/about

Request Body

StorageProfileVsphereSpecification of type(s) application/json

Optional

{
    "supportsEncryption": false,
    "sharesLevel": "low / normal / high / custom",
    "description": "string",
    "diskMode": "undefined / independent-persistent / independent-nonpersistent",
    "storagePolicyId": "6b59743af31d",
    "tags": [
        {
            "value": "string",
            "key": "string"
        }
    ],
    "shares": "2000",
    "provisioningType": "thin / thick / eagerZeroedThick",
    "regionId": "31186",
    "limitIops": "1000",
    "name": "string",
    "defaultItem": true,
    "datastoreId": "08d28"
}

boolean

supportsEncryption

Optional

Indicates whether this storage profile supports encryption or not.

string

sharesLevel

Optional

Shares are specified as High, Normal, Low or Custom and these values specify share values with a 4:2:1 ratio, respectively.

string

description

Optional

A human-friendly description.

string

diskMode

Optional

Type of mode for the disk

string

storagePolicyId

Optional

Id of the vSphere Storage Policy to be applied.

array of Tag

tags

Optional

A list of tags that represent the capabilities of this storage profile.

string

Optional

A specific number of shares assigned to each virtual machine.

string

provisioningType

Optional

Type of provisioning policy for the disk.

string

regionId

Required

The Id of the region that is associated with the storage profile.

string

limitIops

Optional

The upper bound for the I/O operations per second allocated for each virtual disk.

string

name

Required

A human-friendly name used as an identifier in APIs that support this option.

boolean

defaultItem

Required

Indicates if a storage profile acts as a default storage profile for a disk.

string

datastoreId

Optional

Id of the vSphere Datastore for placing disk and VM.

Responses

201

successful operation

Returns VsphereStorageProfile of type(s) application/json

{
    "owner": "[email protected]",
    "supportsEncryption": false,
    "externalRegionId": "Datacenter:datacenter-2",
    "sharesLevel": "low / normal / high / custom",
    "description": "my-description",
    "diskMode": "undefined / independent-persistent / independent-nonpersistent",
    "orgId": "9e49",
    "tags": [
        {
            "value": "string",
            "key": "string"
        }
    ],
    "organizationId": "deprecated",
    "shares": "2000",
    "createdAt": "2012-09-27",
    "provisioningType": "thin / thick / eagerZeroedThick",
    "limitIops": "1000",
    "name": "my-name",
    "id": "9e49",
    "defaultItem": false,
    "updatedAt": "2012-09-27"
}

string

owner

Optional

Email of the user that owns the entity.

object

_links

Required

HATEOAS of the entity

boolean

supportsEncryption

Optional

Indicates whether this storage profile should support encryption or not.

string

externalRegionId

Optional

The id of the region for which this profile is defined

string

sharesLevel

Optional

Shares level are specified as High, Normal, Low or Custom.

string

description

Optional

A human-friendly description.

string

diskMode

Optional

Type of mode for the disk

string

orgId

Optional

The id of the organization this entity belongs to.

array of Tag