Host Storage System Format Vffs

Host Storage System Format Vffs

Format a new VFFS on a SSD disk

Required privileges: Host.Config.Storage

Request
URI
POST
https://{vcenter-host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/HostStorageSystem/{moId}/FormatVffs
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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 HostStorageSystem/{moId}.

string
release
Required

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

Request Body
FormatVffsRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required 
{
    "createSpec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "devicePath": "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
                }
            ]
        },
        "majorVersion": 0,
        "volumeName": "string"
    }
}
HostVffsSpec
createSpec
Required

This data object type describes the VFFS creation specification.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

A data object that represents the VFFS file system.

Returns HostVffsVolume of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: HostFileSystemVolume 
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "capacity": 0,
    "majorVersion": 0,
    "version": "string",
    "uuid": "string",
    "extent": [
        {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "diskName": "string",
            "partition": 0
        }
    ]
}
integer As int32 As int32
majorVersion
Required

Major version number of VFFS.

string
version
Required

Version string.

Contains major and minor version numbers.

string
uuid
Required

The universally unique identifier assigned to VFFS.

array of HostScsiDiskPartition
extent
Required

The list of partition names that comprise this disk's VFFS extents.


500

InvalidArgument: if VFFS version is invalid, the SSD disk does not exist or is of an invalid type.

AlreadyExists: if the volume name is already being used by another volume on the host.

HostConfigFault: for all other configuration failures.

ResourceInUse: VFFS volume is being used.

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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