Create an aggregate

09/29/2025 Contributors

You can create new aggregates within a Cloud Volumes ONTAP system using this workflow.

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

Single Node
HA pair

Create an aggregate for a single node

You can use this workflow to create aggregates in a single node system.

1. Select the system

Perform the workflow Get system and choose the publicId value for the workingEnvironmentId parameter in the JSON input.

2. Select the Google Cloud disk types

Perform the Get Google Cloud disk types workflow and choose the size and supportedDiskType values of the required diskSize and providerVolumeType parameters in the JSON input.

3. Create the aggregate

HTTP method	Path
POST	occm/api/gcp/vsa/aggregates

curl example

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.bluexp.netapp.com/occm/api/gcp/vsa/aggregates' --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

{
  "name": "ziv01agg01",
  "workingEnvironmentId": "vsaworkingenvironment-sfrf3wvj",
  "numberOfDisks": 1,
  "diskSize": {
    "size": 100,
    "unit": "GB"
  },
  "providerVolumeType": "pd-ssd"
}

Output: None

Create an aggregate for a high availability pair

You can use this workflow to create aggregates in an HA system.

1. Select the system

Perform the workflow Get system and choose the publicId value for the workingEnvironmentId parameter in the JSON input.

2. Select the Google Cloud disk types

Perform the Get Google Cloud disk types workflow and choose the size and supportedDiskType values of the required diskSize and providerVolumeType parameters in the JSON input.

3. Create the aggregate

HTTP method	Path
POST	occm/api/gcp/ha/aggregates

curl example

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.bluexp.netapp.com/occm/api/gcp/ha/aggregates' --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

{
  "name": "ziv01we02agg01ha",
  "workingEnvironmentId": "vsaworkingenvironment-blg9ei6u",
  "numberOfDisks": 1,
  "diskSize": {
    "size": 100,
    "unit": "GB"
  },
  "providerVolumeType": "pd-ssd"
}

Output: None