Create a QoS policy

10/14/2025

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POST /storage/qos/policies

Introduced In: 9.6

Creates a QoS policy.

Required properties

svm.uuid or svm.name - The existing SVM owning the QoS policy.
name - The name of the QoS policy.
fixed.* or adaptive.* - Either of the fixed or adaptive parameters.

Default property values

If fixed.* parameters are specified, then capacity.shared is set to false by default.

qos policy-group create
qos adaptive-policy-group create

Parameters

Name	Type	In	Required	Description
return_records	boolean	query	False	The default is false. If set to true, the records are returned. Default value:
return_timeout	integer	query	False	The number of seconds to allow the call to execute before returning. When doing a POST, PATCH, or DELETE operation on a single record, the default is 0 seconds. This means that if an asynchronous operation is started, the server immediately returns HTTP code 202 (Accepted) along with a link to the job. If a non-zero value is specified for POST, PATCH, or DELETE operations, ONTAP waits that length of time to see if the job completes so it can return something other than 202. Default value: 0 Max value: 120 Min value: 0

Name

Type

Required

Description

return_records

boolean

query

False

The default is false. If set to true, the records are returned.

Default value:

return_timeout

integer

query

False

The number of seconds to allow the call to execute before returning. When doing a POST, PATCH, or DELETE operation on a single record, the default is 0 seconds. This means that if an asynchronous operation is started, the server immediately returns HTTP code 202 (Accepted) along with a link to the job. If a non-zero value is specified for POST, PATCH, or DELETE operations, ONTAP waits that length of time to see if the job completes so it can return something other than 202.

Default value: 0
Max value: 120
Min value: 0

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
adaptive	adaptive	Adaptive QoS policy-groups define measurable service level objectives (SLOs) that adjust based on the storage object used space and the storage object allocated space.
fixed	fixed	QoS policy-groups define a fixed service level objective (SLO) for a storage object.
name	string	Name of the QoS policy.
object_count	integer	Number of objects attached to this policy.
pgid	integer	Policy group ID of the QoS policy.
policy_class	string	Class of the QoS policy.
scope	string	Scope of the entity. Set to "cluster" for cluster owned objects and to "svm" for SVM owned objects.
svm	svm
uuid	string

Name

Type

Description

adaptive

Adaptive QoS policy-groups define measurable service level objectives (SLOs) that adjust based on the storage object used space and the storage object allocated space.

fixed

QoS policy-groups define a fixed service level objective (SLO) for a storage object.

name

string

Name of the QoS policy.

object_count

integer

Number of objects attached to this policy.

pgid

integer

Policy group ID of the QoS policy.

policy_class

string

Class of the QoS policy.

scope

string

Scope of the entity. Set to "cluster" for cluster owned objects and to "svm" for SVM owned objects.

svm

uuid

string

Example request

{
  "adaptive": {
    "block_size": "string",
    "expected_iops_allocation": "string",
    "peak_iops_allocation": "string"
  },
  "name": "extreme",
  "object_count": 0,
  "pgid": 0,
  "policy_class": "string",
  "scope": "string",
  "svm": {
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
}

Response

Status: 202, Accepted

Name	Type	Description
job	job_link

Name

Type

Description

job

job_link

Example response

{
  "job": {
    "uuid": "string"
  }
}

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error Code	Description
8454147	The maximum limit for QoS policies has been reached.
8454154	The name specified for creating conflicts with an existing QoS policy name.
8454260	Invalid value for maximum and minimum fields. Valid values for max_throughput_iops and max_throughput_mbps combination is for the ratio of max_throughput_mbps and max_throughput_iops to be within 1 to 4096.
8454273	Invalid value for an adaptive field. Value should be non-zero.
8454277	The name specified for creating an adaptive QoS policy conflicts with an existing fixed QoS policy name.
8454278	The name specified for creating a fixed QoS policy conflicts with an existing adaptive QoS policy name.

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name	Type	Description
href	string

Name

Type

Description

href

string

_links

adaptive

Adaptive QoS policy-groups define measurable service level objectives (SLOs) that adjust based on the storage object used space and the storage object allocated space.

Name	Type	Description
absolute_min_iops	integer	Specifies the absolute minimum IOPS that is used as an override when the expected_iops is less than this value. These floors are not guaranteed on non-AFF platforms or when FabricPool tiering policies are set.
block_size	string	Specifies the block size
expected_iops	integer	Expected IOPS. Specifies the minimum expected IOPS per TB allocated based on the storage object allocated size. These floors are not guaranteed on non-AFF platforms or when FabricPool tiering policies are set.
expected_iops_allocation	string	Specifies the size to be used to calculate expected IOPS per TB. The size options are either the storage object allocated space or the storage object used space.
peak_iops	integer	Peak IOPS. Specifies the maximum possible IOPS per TB allocated based on the storage object allocated size or the storage object used size.
peak_iops_allocation	string	Specifies the size to be used to calculate peak IOPS per TB. The size options are either the storage object allocated space or the storage object used space.

Name

Type

Description

absolute_min_iops

integer

Specifies the absolute minimum IOPS that is used as an override when the expected_iops is less than this value. These floors are not guaranteed on non-AFF platforms or when FabricPool tiering policies are set.

block_size

string

Specifies the block size

expected_iops

integer

Expected IOPS. Specifies the minimum expected IOPS per TB allocated based on the storage object allocated size. These floors are not guaranteed on non-AFF platforms or when FabricPool tiering policies are set.

expected_iops_allocation

string

Specifies the size to be used to calculate expected IOPS per TB. The size options are either the storage object allocated space or the storage object used space.

peak_iops

integer

Peak IOPS. Specifies the maximum possible IOPS per TB allocated based on the storage object allocated size or the storage object used size.

peak_iops_allocation

string

Specifies the size to be used to calculate peak IOPS per TB. The size options are either the storage object allocated space or the storage object used space.

fixed

QoS policy-groups define a fixed service level objective (SLO) for a storage object.

Name	Type	Description
capacity_shared	boolean	Specifies whether the capacities are shared across all objects that use this QoS policy-group. Default is false.
max_throughput_iops	integer	Maximum throughput defined by this policy. It is specified in terms of IOPS. 0 means no maximum throughput is enforced.
max_throughput_mbps	integer	Maximum throughput defined by this policy. It is specified in terms of Mbps. 0 means no maximum throughput is enforced.
min_throughput_iops	integer	Minimum throughput defined by this policy. It is specified in terms of IOPS. 0 means no minimum throughput is enforced. These floors are not guaranteed on non-AFF platforms or when FabricPool tiering policies are set.
min_throughput_mbps	integer	Minimum throughput defined by this policy. It is specified in terms of Mbps. 0 means no minimum throughput is enforced.

Name

Type

Description

capacity_shared

boolean

Specifies whether the capacities are shared across all objects that use this QoS policy-group. Default is false.

max_throughput_iops

integer

Maximum throughput defined by this policy. It is specified in terms of IOPS. 0 means no maximum throughput is enforced.

max_throughput_mbps

integer

Maximum throughput defined by this policy. It is specified in terms of Mbps. 0 means no maximum throughput is enforced.

min_throughput_iops

integer

Minimum throughput defined by this policy. It is specified in terms of IOPS. 0 means no minimum throughput is enforced. These floors are not guaranteed on non-AFF platforms or when FabricPool tiering policies are set.

min_throughput_mbps

integer

Minimum throughput defined by this policy. It is specified in terms of Mbps. 0 means no minimum throughput is enforced.

svm

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the SVM.
uuid	string	The unique identifier of the SVM.

Name

Type

Description

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

qos_policy

Name	Type	Description
adaptive	adaptive	Adaptive QoS policy-groups define measurable service level objectives (SLOs) that adjust based on the storage object used space and the storage object allocated space.
fixed	fixed	QoS policy-groups define a fixed service level objective (SLO) for a storage object.
name	string	Name of the QoS policy.
object_count	integer	Number of objects attached to this policy.
pgid	integer	Policy group ID of the QoS policy.
policy_class	string	Class of the QoS policy.
scope	string	Scope of the entity. Set to "cluster" for cluster owned objects and to "svm" for SVM owned objects.
svm	svm
uuid	string

Name

Type

Description

adaptive

Adaptive QoS policy-groups define measurable service level objectives (SLOs) that adjust based on the storage object used space and the storage object allocated space.

fixed

QoS policy-groups define a fixed service level objective (SLO) for a storage object.

name

string

Name of the QoS policy.

object_count

integer

Number of objects attached to this policy.

pgid

integer

Policy group ID of the QoS policy.

policy_class

string

Class of the QoS policy.

scope

string

Scope of the entity. Set to "cluster" for cluster owned objects and to "svm" for SVM owned objects.

svm

uuid

string

job_link

Name	Type	Description
uuid	string	The UUID of the asynchronous job that is triggered by a POST, PATCH, or DELETE operation.

Name

Type

Description

uuid

string

The UUID of the asynchronous job that is triggered by a POST, PATCH, or DELETE operation.

error_arguments

Name	Type	Description
code	string	Argument code
message	string	Message argument

Name

Type

Description

code

string

Argument code

message

string

Message argument

error

Name	Type	Description
arguments	array[error_arguments]	Message arguments
code	string	Error code
message	string	Error message
target	string	The target parameter that caused the error.

Name

Type

Description

arguments

array[error_arguments]

Message arguments

code

string

Error code

message

string

Error message

target

string

The target parameter that caused the error.

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Response

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