Host V Storage Object Manager Host Inflate Disk Task
Inflate a sparse or thin-provisioned virtual disk up to the full size.
Additional space allocated to the disk as a result of this operation will be filled with zeroes.
Currently inflateDisk API only supports the following combinations: Valid provisioning type: THIN; Valid Datastore: VMFS, NFS. Inflating a disk is not applicable for VVol/VSAN datastore.
Requires Datastore.FileManagement privilege on the datastore where the virtual storage object is located.
Required privileges: System.View
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 HostVStorageObjectManager/{moId}
.
The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 8.0.2.0 APIs.
{
"id": {
"_typeName": "string",
"id": "string"
},
"datastore": {
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
}
This data object type describes an identifier class which is globally unique to identify the associated object.
This method returns a Task object with which to monitor the operation.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"type": "string",
"value": "string"
}
FileFault: If an error occurs while inflating the virtual disk.
NotFound: If the specified virtual storage object cannot be found.
InvalidDatastore: If the operation cannot be performed on the datastore.
InvalidState: If the operation cannot be performed on the disk. The disk may be consumed and cannot be extended.
TaskInProgress: If the virtual storage object is busy.
{
"_typeName": "string",
"faultCause": "MethodFault Object",
"faultMessage": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"arg": [
{
"_typeName": "string",
"key": "string",
"value": {
"_typeName": "string"
}
}
],
"message": "string"
}
]
}