Folder Create Storage Pod

Creates a new storage pod in this folder.

Any % (percent) character used in this name parameter must be escaped, unless it is used to start an escape sequence. Clients may also escape any other characters in this name parameter.

Required privileges: Folder.Create

Request

URI

POST

https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/Folder/{moId}/CreateStoragePod

COPY

Path Parameters

string

moId

Required

The unique identifier for the managed object to which the method attaches; the serialized managed object reference for a request has the form moType/moId, in this case Folder/{moId}.

string

release

Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.

Request Body

CreateStoragePodRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

{
    "name": "string"
}

string

name

Required

Name for the new storage pod.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

A new StoragePod instance.

Returns MoRefStoragePod of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefFolder

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

DuplicateName: if an entity with that name already exists.

InvalidName: if the name is not a valid entity name.

NotSupported: if the storage pod is being added to a folder whose childType property value does not contain "StoragePod".

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: MethodFault

{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
    "faultMessage": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "key": "string",
            "arg": [
                {
                    "_typeName": "string",
                    "key": "string",
                    "value": {
                        "_typeName": "string"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "message": "string"
        }
    ]
}

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Description

Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

Folder Operations

POST

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