Host Datastore System Create Vmfs Datastore
Creates a new VMFS datastore.
Required privileges: Host.Config.Storage
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 HostDatastoreSystem/{moId}
.
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
{
"spec": {
"_typeName": "string",
"diskUuid": "string",
"partition": {
"_typeName": "string",
"partitionFormat": "string",
"chs": {
"_typeName": "string",
"cylinder": 0,
"head": 0,
"sector": 0
},
"totalSectors": 0,
"partition": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"partition": 0,
"startSector": 0,
"endSector": 0,
"type": "string",
"guid": "string",
"logical": false,
"attributes": 0,
"partitionAlignment": 0
}
]
},
"vmfs": {
"_typeName": "string",
"extent": {
"_typeName": "string",
"diskName": "string",
"partition": 0
},
"blockSizeMb": 0,
"majorVersion": 0,
"volumeName": "string",
"blockSize": 0,
"unmapGranularity": 0,
"unmapPriority": "string",
"unmapBandwidthSpec": {
"_typeName": "string",
"policy": "string",
"fixedValue": 0,
"dynamicMin": 0,
"dynamicMax": 0
}
},
"extent": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"diskName": "string",
"partition": 0
}
]
}
}
This data object type is used when creating a new VMFS datastore, to create a specification for the VMFS datastore.
The newly created datastore.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
DuplicateName: if a datastore with the same name already exists.
InvalidArgument: if the datastore name is invalid, or the spec is invalid.
NotSupported: if the host is not an ESX Server system.
HostConfigFault: if unable to format the VMFS volume or gather information about the created volume.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
"faultMessage": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"arg": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
],
"message": "string"
}
]
}