Storage Pod Create Folder

Creates a new sub-folder with the specified name.

The childType property of the new folder is the same as the childType property of the current folder.

Required privileges: Folder.Create

Request

URI

POST

https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/StoragePod/{moId}/CreateFolder

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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 StoragePod/{moId}.

string

release

Required

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

Request Body

CreateFolderRequestType of type(s) application/json

Required

"CreateFolderRequestType Object"

string

name

Required

The name to be given the new folder. An entity name must be a non-empty string of less than 80 characters. The slash (/), backslash (\) and percent (%) will be escaped using the URL syntax. For example, %2F. Any percent (%) character used in this parameter must be escaped, unless it is used to start an escape sequence. Clients may also escape any other characters in this parameter.

Authentication

This operation uses the following authentication methods.

Session

Responses

200

A reference to the new folder.

Returns MoRefFolder of type(s) application/json

"MoRefFolder Object"

500

DuplicateName: if another object in the same folder has the target name.

InvalidName: if the name is not a valid entity name.

Returns VimFault of type(s) application/json

This response body class contains all of the following: InlineVimFault0

"VimFault Object"

Code Samples

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                    curl -X POST -H 'Authorization: <value>' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '[{}]' https://{api_host}/sdk/vim25/{release}/StoragePod/{moId}/CreateFolder

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Request

Path Parameters

Request Body

Authentication

Response

200 Response Body

Errors

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