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Create a new volume

POST /fsx/volumes

Creates a new volume.

Request Body

Name Type Required Description

fileSystemId

string

True

Target file system ID

svmName

string

True

SVM name

name

string

False

Volume name, unique within the SVM

size

PositiveCapacity

True

initialSize

Capacity

False

snapshotPolicyName

string

True

Snapshot policy name

exportPolicyInfo

ExportPolicyInfo

False

shareInfo

CreateCifsShareInfoRequest

False

ProtocolIscsiInfo

CreateIscsiInfoRequest

False

enableStorageEfficiency

boolean

True

Storage efficiency

tieringPolicy

string

False

Tiering policy

awsTags

array[AwsTag]

True

Optionally, provide up to 50 key-value pairs to be used as volume tags.

numberOfConstituents

numberOfConstituents

False

Number of constituents for the FlexGroup volume

Error

Status: Default, Default response

Definitions

See Definitions

PositiveCapacity

Name Type Required Description

size

number

True

Size

unit

string

True

Unit

Capacity

Name Type Required Description

size

number

True

Size

unit

string

True

Unit

index

Export policy rule index

ExportPolicyRule

Name Type Required Description

index

index

False

Export policy rule index

ruleAccessControl

string

True

Export policy rule access control

ips

array[string]

True

Export policy rule list of IPs

nfsVersion

array[string]

False

Export policy rule protocol

superUser

boolean

True

Export policy rule super user access

ExportPolicyInfo

Name Type Required Description

policyType

string

False

Export policy type

ips

array[string]

False

Custom export policy list of IPs

nfsVersion

array[string]

False

Export policy protocol

rules

array[ExportPolicyRule]

False

Export policy rules

CifsShareUserPermissions

Name Type Required Description

permission

string

False

CIFS share permission type

users

array[string]

True

List of users with the permission

CreateCifsShareInfoRequest

Name Type Required Description

shareName

string

False

Share name

accessControl

CifsShareUserPermissions

False

IgroupCreationRequest

Name Type Required Description

initiators

array[string]

False

Initiators

igroupName

string

False

Igroup name

CreateIscsiInfoRequest

Name Type Required Description

osName

string

False

Operating system

igroupCreationRequest

IgroupCreationRequest

False

igroups

array[string]

False

Igroups

AwsTag

Name Type Required Description

tagKey

string

False

tagValue

string

False

numberOfConstituents

Number of constituents for the FlexGroup volume