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Create and provision an SVM

PDFs

POST /svm/svms

Introduced In: 9.6

Creates and provisions an SVM. If no IPspace is provided, then the SVM is created on the Default IPspace.

  • The number of parallel SVMs that can be created must not be greater than five.

  • If a sixth SVM POST request is issued, the following error message is generated: "Maximum allowed SVM jobs exceeded. Wait for the existing SVM jobs to complete and try again."

Required properties

  • name - Name of the SVM to be created.

  • ipspace.name or ipspace.uuid - IPspace of the SVM

  • ip_interfaces - If provided, the following fields are required:

  • ip_interfaces.name - Name of the interface

  • ip_interfaces.ip.address - IP address

  • ip_interfaces.ip.netmask - Netmask length or IP address

  • ip_interfaces.location.broadcast_domain.uuid or ip_interfaces.location.broadcast_domain.name - Broadcast domain name or UUID belonging to the same IPspace of the SVM.

  • routes - If provided, the following field is required:

    • routes.gateway - Gateway IP address

  • cifs - If provided, interfaces, routes and DNS must be provided. The following fields are also required:

    • cifs.name - Name of the CIFS server to be created for the SVM.

    • cifs.ad_domain.fqdn - Fully qualified domain name

    • cifs.ad_domain.user - Administrator username

    • cifs.ad_domain.password - User password

  • ldap - If provided, the following fields are required:

    • ldap.servers or ldap.ad_domain - LDAP server list or Active Directory domain

    • ldap.bind_dn - Bind DN

    • ldap.base_dn - Base DN

  • nis - If provided, the following fields are required:

    • nis.servers - NIS servers

    • nis.domain - NIS domain

  • dns - If provided, the following fields are required:

    • dns.servers - Name servers

    • dns.domains - Domains

  • fc_interfaces - If provided, the following fields are required:

    • fc_interfaces.name - Fibre Channel interface name

    • fc_interfaces.data_protocol - Fibre Channel interface data protocol

    • fc_interfaces.location.port.uuid or fc_interfaces.location.port.name and fc_interfaces.location.port.node.name - Either port UUID or port name and node name together must be provided.

  • s3 - If provided, the following field should also be specified:

    • s3.name - Name of the S3 server. If s3.name' is not specified while s3.enabled` is set to 'true', the S3 server will be created with the default name '_S3Server'.

Default property values

If not specified in POST, the following default property values are assigned:

  • language - C.UTF-8

  • ipspace.name - Default

  • snapshot_policy.name - Default

  • subtype - Default ( sync-source if MetroCluster configuration )

  • vserver create

  • vserver add-aggregates

  • network interface create

  • network route create

  • vserver services name-service dns create

  • vserver nfs create

  • vserver services name-service ldap client create

  • vserver cifs create

  • vserver services name-service nis-domain create

  • vserver iscsi create

  • vserver nvme create

  • vserver fcp create

  • vserver services name-service ns-switch create

  • vserver object-store-server create

Examples

  1. Creates an SVM with default "snapshot_policy"

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"testVs", "snapshot_policy":{"name":"default"}}'

  1. Creates an SVM and configures NFS, ISCSI and FCP

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"testVs", "nfs":{"enabled":"true"}, "fcp":{"enabled":"true"}, "iscsi":{"enabled":"true"}}'

  1. Creates an SVM and configures NVMe

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"testVs", "nvme":{"enabled":"true"}}'

  1. Creates an SVM and configures LDAP

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"testVs", "snapshot_policy":{"name":"default"}, "ldap":{"servers":["10.140.101.1","10.140.101.2"], "ad_domain":"abc.com", "base_dn":"dc=netapp,dc=com", "bind_dn":"dc=netapp,dc=com"}}'

  1. Creates an SVM and configures NIS

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"testVs", "snapshot_policy":{"name":"default"}, "nis":{"enabled":"true", "domain":"def.com","servers":["10.224.223.130", "10.224.223.131"]}}'

  1. Creates an SVM and configures DNS

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"testVs", "snapshot_policy":{"name":"default"}, "dns":{"domains":["abc.com","def.com"], "servers":["10.224.223.130", "10.224.223.131"]}}'

  1. Creates an SVM and configures a LIF

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"testVs", "ip_interfaces": [{"name":"lif1", "ip":{"address":"10.10.10.7", "netmask": "255.255.255.0"}, "location":{"broadcast_domain":{"name":"bd1"}, "home_node":{"name":"node1"}}, "service_policy": "default-management"}]}'

  1. Creates an SVM and configures a LIF with IPV6 address

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"testVs", "ip_interfaces": [{"name":"lif2", "ip":{"address":"fd22:8b1e:b255:202:2a0:98ff:fe01:7d5b", "netmask":"24"}, "location":{"broadcast_domain":{"name":"bd1"}, "home_node":{"name":"node1"}}, "service_policy": "default-management"}]}'

  1. Creates an SVM and configures CIFS

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"testVs", "cifs":{"name":"CIFDOC", "ad_domain":{"fqdn":"abc.def.com", "organizational_unit":"CN=Computers", "user":"cif_admin", "password":"abc123"}}, "ip_interfaces":[{"name":"lif1", "ip":{"address":"10.10.10.7", "netmask": "255.255.255.0"}, "location":{"broadcast_domain":{"name":"bd1"}, "home_node":{"name":"node1"}}, "service_policy": "default-management"}],"routes": [{"destination": {"address": "0.0.0.0", "netmask": "0"}, "gateway": "10.10.10.7"}], "dns":{"domains":["abc.def.com", "def.com"], "servers":["10.224.223.130", "10.224.223.131"]}}'

  1. Creates an SVM and configures an S3 server

  POST "/api/svm/svms" '{"name":"svm5", "s3":{"name":"s3-server-1", "enabled":true}}'

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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

Request Body

Name Type Description

aggregates

array[aggregates]

List of allowed aggregates for SVM volumes. An administrator is allowed to create volumes on these aggregates.

aggregates_delegated

boolean

This property is true when the administrator has delegated the aggregates for the SVM volumes.

cifs

cifs

comment

string

Comment

dns

dns

fc_interfaces

array[fc_interface_svm]

FC Interface for the SVM

fcp

fcp

ip_interfaces

array[ip_interface_svm]

IP interfaces for the SVM

ipspace

ipspace

Either the UUID or name may be supplied on input.

iscsi

iscsi

language

string

Default volume language code. UTF-8 encoded languages are valid in POST or PATCH. Non UTF-8 language encodings are for backward compatibility and are not valid input for POST and PATCH requests.

ldap

ldap

name

string

The name of the SVM.

nfs

nfs

nis

nis

nsswitch

nsswitch

Name service switch configuration

nvme

nvme

routes

array[network_route_for_svm]

Optional array of routes for the SVM

s3

s3

snapmirror

snapmirror

Specifies attributes for SVM DR protection.

snapshot_policy

snapshot_policy

This is a reference to the Snapshot copy policy.

subtype

string

SVM subtype. The SVM subtype sync_destination is created automatically when an SVM of subtype sync_source is created on the source MetroCluster cluster. A POST request with sync_destination as SVM subtype is invalid.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

volume_efficiency_policy

volume_efficiency_policy

This is a reference to the volume efficiency policy.
Example request 
{
  "aggregates": [
    {
      "name": "aggr1",
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    }
  ],
  "cifs": {
    "ad_domain": {
      "fqdn": "example.com",
      "organizational_unit": "string",
      "password": "string",
      "user": "string"
    },
    "name": "CIFS1"
  },
  "comment": "string",
  "dns": {
    "domains": [
      "example.com",
      "example2.example3.com"
    ],
    "servers": [
      "10.224.65.20",
      "2001:db08:a0b:12f0::1"
    ]
  },
  "fc_interfaces": [
    {
      "data_protocol": "string",
      "location": {
        "port": {
          "name": "0a",
          "node": {
            "name": "node1"
          },
          "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
        }
      },
      "name": "lif1",
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    }
  ],
  "ip_interfaces": [
    {
      "ip": {
        "address": "10.10.10.7",
        "netmask": "24"
      },
      "location": {
        "broadcast_domain": {
          "name": "bd1",
          "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
        },
        "home_node": {
          "name": "node1",
          "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
        }
      },
      "name": "lif1",
      "service_policy": "string",
      "services": [
        "data_nfs"
      ],
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    }
  ],
  "ipspace": {
    "name": "exchange",
    "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
  },
  "language": "c.utf_8",
  "ldap": {
    "ad_domain": "string",
    "base_dn": "string",
    "bind_dn": "string",
    "servers": [
      "string"
    ]
  },
  "name": "svm1",
  "nis": {
    "domain": "string",
    "servers": [
      "string"
    ]
  },
  "nsswitch": {
    "group": [
      "string"
    ],
    "hosts": [
      "string"
    ],
    "namemap": [
      "string"
    ],
    "netgroup": [
      "string"
    ],
    "passwd": [
      "string"
    ]
  },
  "routes": [
    {
      "destination": {
        "address": "10.10.10.7",
        "netmask": "24"
      },
      "gateway": "10.1.1.1"
    }
  ],
  "s3": {
    "certificate": {
      "name": "cert1",
      "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
    },
    "name": "s3-server-1"
  },
  "snapmirror": {
    "protected_volumes_count": 0
  },
  "snapshot_policy": {
    "name": "default",
    "uuid": "1cd8a442-86d1-11e0-ae1c-123478563412"
  },
  "subtype": "string",
  "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7",
  "volume_efficiency_policy": {
    "name": "default",
    "uuid": "02c9e252-41be-11e9-81d5-00a0986138f7"
  }
}

Response

Status: 202, Accepted
Name Type Description

job

job_link
Example response 
{
  "job": {
    "uuid": "string"
  }
}

Error

Status: Default

ONTAP Error Response Codes

Error codes Description

2621580

Cannot specify options other than SVM name, comment and ipspace for a Vserver that is being configured as the destination for SVM DR.

2621634

"sync-source" SVM can only be created in a MetroCluster configuration.

2621657

"sync-destination" SVM can only be created by the system.

13434884

Cannot create an SVM because of incorrect fields.

13434885

Non-UTF8 language(s) not supported.

13434888

IPspace UUID and IPspace name mismatch.

13434889

Internal Error. Wait and retry.

13434894

Maximum allowed SVM jobs exceeded. Wait for the existing SVM jobs to complete and try again.

13434908

Invalid SVM name. The name is already in use by another SVM, IPSpace or cluster.

13434909

Internal Error. Failed to identify the aggregate to host SVM root volume.

13434910

Internal Error. Failed to allocate new SVM ID.

13434911

Invalid SVM name. Maximum supported length is 41 if SVM is of type \"sync-source\", otherwise 47.

13434912

Failed to find IPspace.

13434913

Internal error: Failed to check if an SVM create operation is in progress. Contact technical support for assistance.

13434914

Request to create the root volume of the SVM failed because there is not enough space in specified aggregate.

13434915

Failed to unlock the SVM because SVM create or delete job is in progress. Wait a few minutes, and then try the command again.

13434916

SVM is in the process of being created. Wait a few minutes, and then try the command again.

13434917

SVM creation successful.

13434918

IPspace name not provided for creating an SVM.

Definitions

See Definitions

href

Name Type Description

href

string

_links

aggregates

Aggregate

Name Type Description

name

string

uuid

string

certificate

Certificate for incoming TLS connection requests.

Name Type Description

name

string

Certificate name

uuid

string

Certificate UUID

ad_domain

Name Type Description

fqdn

string

The fully qualified domain name of the Windows Active Directory to which this CIFS server belongs. A CIFS server appears as a member of Windows server object in the Active Directory store.

organizational_unit

string

Specifies the organizational unit within the Active Directory domain to associate with the CIFS server.

password

string

The account password used to add this CIFS server to the Active Directory. This is not audited. Valid in POST only.

user

string

The user account used to add this CIFS server to the Active Directory. Valid in POST only.

cifs

Name Type Description

ad_domain

ad_domain

enabled

boolean

Specifies whether or not the CIFS service is administratively enabled.

name

string

The NetBIOS name of the CIFS server.

dns

Name Type Description

domains

array[string]

A list of DNS domains. Domain names have the following requirements:

  • The name must contain only the following characters: A through Z, a through z, 0 through 9, ".", "-" or "_".

  • The first character of each label, delimited by ".", must be one of the following characters: A through Z or a through z or 0 through 9.

  • The last character of each label, delimited by ".", must be one of the following characters: A through Z, a through z, or 0 through 9.

  • The top level domain must contain only the following characters: A through Z, a through z.

  • The system reserves the following names:"all", "local", and "localhost".

servers

array[string]

The list of IP addresses of the DNS servers. Addresses can be either IPv4 or IPv6 addresses.

node

The node on which the FC port is located.

Name Type Description

name

string

The name of the node on which the FC port is located.

fc_port_reference

An FC port is the physical port of an FC adapter on a cluster node that can be connected to an FC network.

Name Type Description

name

string

The name of the FC port.

node

node

The node on which the FC port is located.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the FC port.

location

The location of the Fibre Channel interface is defined by the location of its port.

Name Type Description

port

fc_port_reference

An FC port is the physical port of an FC adapter on a cluster node that can be connected to an FC network.

fc_interface_svm

Name Type Description

data_protocol

string

The data protocol for which the Fibre Channel interface is configured.

location

location

The location of the Fibre Channel interface is defined by the location of its port.

name

string

The name of the Fibre Channel interface.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the Fibre Channel interface.

fcp

Name Type Description

enabled

boolean

Enable Fiber Channel Protocol (FCP)? Setting to true creates a service if not already created.

ip

IP information

Name Type Description

address

string

IPv4 or IPv6 address

netmask

string

Input as netmask length (16) or IPv4 mask (255.255.0.0).

broadcast_domain

Broadcast domain UUID along with a readable name.

Name Type Description

name

string

Name of the broadcast domain, scoped to its IPspace

uuid

string

Broadcast domain UUID

home_node

Name Type Description

name

string

uuid

string

location

Home_node is optional.

Name Type Description

broadcast_domain

broadcast_domain

Broadcast domain UUID along with a readable name.

home_node

home_node

ip_interface_svm

Interface parameters. Name and home_node are optional.

Name Type Description

ip

ip

IP information

location

location

Home_node is optional.

name

string

The name of the interface (optional).

service_policy

string

Built-in service policies for SVMs.

services

array[string]

The services associated with the interface.

uuid

string

The UUID that uniquely identifies the interface.

ipspace

Either the UUID or name may be supplied on input.

Name Type Description

name

string

IPspace name

uuid

string

IPspace UUID

iscsi

Name Type Description

enabled

boolean

Enable iSCSI? Setting to true creates a service if not already created.

ldap

Name Type Description

ad_domain

string

This parameter specifies the name of the Active Directory domain used to discover LDAP servers for use by this client. This is mutually exclusive with servers during POST.

base_dn

string

Specifies the default base DN for all searches.

bind_dn

string

Specifies the user that binds to the LDAP servers. SVM API supports anonymous binding. For Simple and SASL LDAP binding, use the LDAP API endpoint.

enabled

boolean

Enable LDAP? Setting to true creates a configuration if not already created.

servers

array[string]

nfs

Name Type Description

enabled

boolean

Enable NFS? Setting to true creates a service if not already created.

nis

Name Type Description

domain

string

The NIS domain to which this configuration belongs.

enabled

boolean

Enable NIS? Setting to true creates a configuration if not already created.

servers

array[string]

A list of hostnames or IP addresses of NIS servers used by the NIS domain configuration.

nsswitch

Name service switch configuration

Name Type Description

group

array[string]

Group sources

hosts

array[string]

Host sources

namemap

array[string]

NameMap sources

netgroup

array[string]

NetGroup sources

passwd

array[string]

Password sources

nvme

Name Type Description

enabled

boolean

Enable NVMe? Setting to true creates a service if not already created.

ip_info

IP information

Name Type Description

address

string

IPv4 or IPv6 address

netmask

string

Input as netmask length (16) or IPv4 mask (255.255.0.0). For IPv6, you must set the netmask length. The default value is 64. Output is always netmask length.

network_route_for_svm

Name Type Description

destination

ip_info

IP information

gateway

string

The IP address of the gateway router leading to the destination.

certificate

Specifies the certificate that will be used for creating HTTPS connections to the S3 server.

Name Type Description

name

string

Certificate name

uuid

string

Certificate UUID

s3

Name Type Description

certificate

certificate

Specifies the certificate that will be used for creating HTTPS connections to the S3 server.

enabled

boolean

Specifies whether or not to enable S3. Setting this value to true creates a service if one is not yet created.

is_http_enabled

boolean

Specifies whether HTTP is enabled on the S3 server. By default, HTTP is disabled on the S3 server.

is_https_enabled

boolean

Specifies whether HTTPS is enabled on the S3 server. By default, HTTPS is enabled on the S3 server.

name

string

Specifies the name of the S3 server. A server name length can range from 1 to 15 characters and can only contain the following combination of characters 0-9, A-Z, a-z, ".", and "-".

port

integer

Specifies the HTTP listener port for the S3 server. By default, HTTP is enabled on port 80.

secure_port

integer

Specifies the HTTPS listener port for the S3 server. By default, HTTPS is enabled on port 443.

snapmirror

Specifies attributes for SVM DR protection.

Name Type Description

is_protected

boolean

Specifies whether the SVM is a SnapMirror source SVM, using SnapMirror to protect its data.

protected_volumes_count

integer

Specifies the number of SVM DR protected volumes in the SVM.

snapshot_policy

This is a reference to the Snapshot copy policy.

Name Type Description

name

string

uuid

string

volume_efficiency_policy

This is a reference to the volume efficiency policy.

Name Type Description

name

string

Name of the volume efficiency policy

uuid

string

Unique identifier of the volume efficiency policy.

svm

Name Type Description

aggregates

array[aggregates]

List of allowed aggregates for SVM volumes. An administrator is allowed to create volumes on these aggregates.

aggregates_delegated

boolean

This property is true when the administrator has delegated the aggregates for the SVM volumes.

cifs

cifs

comment

string

Comment

dns

dns

fc_interfaces

array[fc_interface_svm]

FC Interface for the SVM

fcp

fcp

ip_interfaces

array[ip_interface_svm]

IP interfaces for the SVM

ipspace

ipspace

Either the UUID or name may be supplied on input.

iscsi

iscsi

language

string

Default volume language code. UTF-8 encoded languages are valid in POST or PATCH. Non UTF-8 language encodings are for backward compatibility and are not valid input for POST and PATCH requests.

ldap

ldap

name

string

The name of the SVM.

nfs

nfs

nis

nis

nsswitch

nsswitch

Name service switch configuration

nvme

nvme

routes

array[network_route_for_svm]

Optional array of routes for the SVM

s3

s3

snapmirror

snapmirror

Specifies attributes for SVM DR protection.

snapshot_policy

snapshot_policy

This is a reference to the Snapshot copy policy.

subtype

string

SVM subtype. The SVM subtype sync_destination is created automatically when an SVM of subtype sync_source is created on the source MetroCluster cluster. A POST request with sync_destination as SVM subtype is invalid.

uuid

string

The unique identifier of the SVM.

volume_efficiency_policy

volume_efficiency_policy

This is a reference to the volume efficiency policy.
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

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.