Datastore Namespace Manager Increase Directory Size

Datastore Namespace Manager Increase Directory Size

Increase size of the given top-level directory to the given size on vSAN backed object storage.

The top-level directory must be a full path in the form

/vmfs/volumes/[datastore-uuid]/[directory-uuid]

as returned by CreateDirectory.

Requires Datastore.Config privilege on the datastore.

See also CreateDirectory.

Since: vSphere API Release 8.0.1.0

Request
URI
POST
https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/DatastoreNamespaceManager/{moId}/IncreaseDirectorySize
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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 DatastoreNamespaceManager/{moId}.

string
release
Required

The vSphere release schema. The current specification covers vSphere 9.0.0.0 APIs.

Request Body
IncreaseDirectorySizeRequestType of type(s) application/json
Required 
"IncreaseDirectorySizeRequestType Object"
datacenter
Optional

the datacenter of the namespace path. Needs to be set when making the call to VC; ignored when the call is made to ESX.

Required privileges: System.View

string
stableName
Required

stable vmfs path of the top-level directory

integer As int64 As int64
size
Required

the desired final size in MB of the directory, not a diff from the current size; should be more than current size

Authentication
This operation uses the following authentication methods.
Responses
204

No Content

Operation doesn't return any data structure

500

FileFault: if a generic system error happened

FileNotFound: if the given directory can not be found

InvalidDatastore: if the given datastore is not supported by the DatastoreNamespaceManager

NotSupported: if resize is not supported on the directory

InvalidArgument: if passed size is not valid

Returns MethodFault of type(s) application/json
This response body class contains all of the following: InlineMethodFault0 
"MethodFault Object"
faultCause
Optional

Fault which is the cause of this fault.

array of object
faultMessage
Optional

Message which has details about the error Message can also contain a key to message catalog which can be used to generate better localized messages.


Code Samples
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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '[{}]' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/DatastoreNamespaceManager/{moId}/IncreaseDirectorySize
Availability
Added in vSphere API Release 8.0.1.0
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