Create a volume using NFS

09/29/2025 Contributors

You can use this workflow to create a volume accessed through the NFS protocol.

Choose the workflow to use based on the type of Cloud Volumes ONTAP deployment:

Single Node
HA pair

Create a volume using NFS for a single node

You can use this workflow to create a volume using NFS protocol for a single node system.

1. Select a system

Perform the workflow Create systems and choose the publicId value for the workingEnvironmentId parameter in the JSON input. From the capacityFeatures field in the response, choose the value of Blob for the capacityTier parameter.

2. Select the rules

Choose values for the exportPolicyInfo→rules→ruleAccessControl and exportPolicyInfo→rules→superUser parameters.

3. Select the aggregate

Perform the workflow Get aggregates. From the providerVolumes field in the response, you must also choose the value of the providerVolumeType parameter, the value of null for the iops parameter, and the value of null for the throughput parameter.

3. Create a volume

HTTP method	Path
POST	/occm/api/azure/vsa/volumes

curl example

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.bluexp.netapp.com/occm/api/azure/vsa/volumes?createAggregateIfNotFound=true' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'x-agent-id: <AGENT_ID>' --header 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>' --d @JSONinput

Input: The JSON input example includes the minimum list of input parameters.
JSON input example

   {
  "workingEnvironmentId": "vsaworkingenvironment-sfrf3wvj",
  "svmName": "svm_zivgcp01we02",
  "aggregateName": "ziv01agg01",
  "name": "zivagg01vol01",
  "size": {
    "size": 100,
    "unit": "GB"
  },
  "snapshotPolicyName": "default",
  "exportPolicyInfo": {
  "policyType": "custom",
    "rules": [
        {
            "index": 1,
            "ruleAccessControl": "readwrite",
            "ips": [
                "0.0.0.0/0"
            ],
            "nfsVersion": [
                "nfs3",
                "nfs4"
            ],
            "superUser": true
        }
    ]
},
"enableThinProvisioning": true,
"enableCompression": true,
"enableDeduplication": true,
"maxNumOfDisksApprovedToAdd": 0,
"evCapacityApprovedToAdd": null,
"verifyNameUniqueness": true,
"providerVolumeType": "Premium_LRS",
"iops": null,
"throughput": null,
"capacityTier": "Blob",
"tieringPolicy": "auto",
"minimumCoolingDays": 31
}

Output: None

Create a volume using NFS for a high availability pair

You can use this workflow to create a volume using NFS protocol for an HA system.

1. Select a system

2. Select rules

Choose values for the exportPolicyInfo→rules→ruleAccessControl and exportPolicyInfo→rules→superUser parameters.

3. Select the aggregate

3. Create a volume

HTTP method	Path
POST	/occm/api/azure/ha/volumes

curl example

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.bluexp.netapp.com/occm/api/azure/ha/volumes?createAggregateIfNotFound=false' --header 'Content-Type: application/json' --header 'x-agent-id: <AGENT_ID>' --header 'Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>' --d @JSONinput

Input: The JSON input example includes the minimum list of input parameters.
JSON input example

 "workingEnvironmentId": "vsaworkingenvironment-sfrf3wvj",
  "svmName": "svm_zivgcp01we02",
  "aggregateName": "ziv01agg01",
  "name": "zivagg01vol01",
  "size": {
    "size": 100,
    "unit": "GB"
  },
  "snapshotPolicyName": "default",
  "exportPolicyInfo": {
    "policyType": "custom",
    "rules": [
        {
            "index": 1,
            "ruleAccessControl": "readwrite",
            "ips": [
                "0.0.0.0/0"
            ],
            "nfsVersion": [
                "nfs3",
                "nfs4"
            ],
            "superUser": true
        }
    ]
},
"enableThinProvisioning": true,
"enableCompression": true,
"enableDeduplication": true,
"maxNumOfDisksApprovedToAdd": 0,
"evCapacityApprovedToAdd": null,
"verifyNameUniqueness": true,
"providerVolumeType": "Premium_LRS",
"iops": null,
"throughput": null,
"capacityTier": "Blob",
"tieringPolicy": "auto",
"minimumCoolingDays": 31
}

Output: None