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Retrieve attributes of the origin of a FlexCache volume in the cluster

PDFs

GET /storage/flexcache/origins/{uuid}

Retrieves attributes of the origin of a FlexCache in the cluster.

Expensive properties

There is an added cost to retrieving values for these properties. They are included by default in GET results. The recommended method to use this API is to filter and retrieve only the required fields. See DOC Requesting specific fields to learn more.

  • flexcaches.ip_address - IP address of FlexCache.

  • flexcaches.size - Physical size of FlexCache.

  • flexcaches.guarantee.type - Space guarantee style of FlexCache.

  • flexcaches.state - State of FlexCache.

  • volume flexcache origin show-caches

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Parameters

Name Type In Required Description

uuid

string

path

True

Unique identifier of origin of FlexCache.

fields

array[string]

query

False

Specify the fields to return.

Response

Status: 200, Ok
Name Type Description

_links

_links

flexcaches

array[flexcache_relationship]

name

string

Origin volume name

svm

svm

Origin volume SVM

uuid

string

Origin volume UUID. Unique identifier for origin of FlexCache.
Example response 
{
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "/api/resourcelink"
    }
  },
  "flexcaches": [
    {
      "cluster": {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "name": "cluster1",
        "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
      },
      "create_time": "2018-06-04 19:00:00 UTC",
      "ip_address": "10.10.10.7",
      "size": 0,
      "state": "string",
      "svm": {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "name": "svm1",
        "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
      },
      "volume": {
        "_links": {
          "self": {
            "href": "/api/resourcelink"
          }
        },
        "name": "volume1",
        "uuid": "028baa66-41bd-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
      }
    }
  ],
  "name": "vol1, vol_2",
  "svm": {
    "_links": {
      "self": {
        "href": "/api/resourcelink"
      }
    },
    "name": "svm1",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  },
  "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563512"
}

Error

Status: Default, Error
Name Type Description

error

error
Example error 
{
  "error": {
    "arguments": [
      {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "string"
      }
    ],
    "code": "4",
    "message": "entry doesn't exist",
    "target": "uuid"
  }
}

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

Name Type Description

self

href

cluster

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

uuid

string

svm

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

volume

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the volume.

uuid

string

Unique identifier for the volume. This corresponds to the instance-uuid that is exposed in the CLI and ONTAPI. It does not change due to a volume move.

  • example: 028baa66-41bd-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7

flexcache_relationship

Name Type Description

cluster

cluster

create_time

string

Creation time of the relationship.

ip_address

string

Cluster managerment IP of the remote cluster.

size

integer

Size of the remote volume.

state

string

Volume state

svm

svm

volume

volume

svm

Origin volume SVM

Name Type Description

_links

_links

name

string

The name of the SVM.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

error_arguments

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.