Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Create Disk Task

Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Create Disk Task

Create a virtual disk, which is a storage object with disk as consumption type.

Requires Datastore.FileManagement privilege on the datastore where the virtual disk object is created.

Required privileges: System.View

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

string
release
Required

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


Request Body
CreateDiskRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required
{
    "spec": {
        "_typeName": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "keepAfterDeleteVm": false,
        "backingSpec": {
            "_typeName": "string",
            "datastore": {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "type": "string",
                "value": "string"
            },
            "path": "string"
        },
        "capacityInMB": 0,
        "profile": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string"
            }
        ],
        "crypto": {
            "_typeName": "string"
        },
        "metadata": [
            {
                "_typeName": "string",
                "key": "string",
                "value": "string"
            }
        ]
    }
}
spec
Required

Specification to create a virtual storage object.

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
200

This method returns a Task object with which to monitor monitor the operation. The info.result property in the Task contains the newly created VStorageObject upon success.

Returns MoRefTask of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: MoRefExtensibleManagedObject
{
    "_typeName": "string",
    "type": "string",
    "value": "string"
}

500

FileFault: If an error occurs when creating the virtual disk.

InvalidDatastore: If the operation cannot be performed on the datastore.

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"
        }
    ]
}

Vcenter Vstorage Object Manager Operations
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Attach Tag To V Storage Object
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Clear V Storage Object Control Flags
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Clone V Storage Object Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Create Disk Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Create Disk From Snapshot Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Delete Snapshot Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Delete V Storage Object Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Delete V Storage Object Ex Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Detach Tag From V Storage Object
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Extend Disk Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Inflate Disk Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager List Tags Attached To V Storage Object
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager List V Storage Object
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager List V Storage Objects Attached To Tag
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Reconcile Datastore Inventory Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Register Disk
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Relocate V Storage Object Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Rename V Storage Object
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Rename V Storage Object Ex
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Retrieve Snapshot Details
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Retrieve Snapshot Info
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Retrieve V Storage Infrastructure Object Policy
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Retrieve V Storage Object
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Retrieve V Storage Object Associations
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Retrieve V Storage Object State
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Revert V Storage Object Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Revert V Storage Object Ex Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Schedule Reconcile Datastore Inventory
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Set V Storage Object Control Flags
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Update V Storage Infrastructure Object Policy Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Update V Storage Object Crypto Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Update V Storage Object Policy Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager V Center Update V Storage Object Metadata Ex Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager V Storage Object Create Snapshot Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager V Storage Object Create Snapshot Ex Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager V Storage Object Delete Snapshot Ex Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager V Storage Object Extend Disk Ex Task
POST
Vcenter V Storage Object Manager Vstorage Object V Center Query Changed Disk Areas