Create vVols datastore
You can create vVols datastore with new volumes or with existing volumes. You can also create vVols datastore with the combination of existing volumes and new volumes.
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Check to ensure root aggregates are not mapped to SVM. |
Generate a JWT token before creating datastores or increase the SAML token expiry by setting 'Maximum Bearer Token Lifetime' to 60m on vCenter.
You need to pass x-auth for the API. You can generate this x-auth from the new API added under Auth in Swagger.
/virtualization/api/v1/auth/vcenter-login
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Create vVols datastore with new volume.
Get Aggregate id, storage_id(SVM uuid) using ONTAP REST API. POST /virtualization/api/v1/vcenters/cdded9ad-6bsd-4c9e-b44g-691250bfe2df/vvols/datastores
Use the following URI to check the status:
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`\https://xx.xx.xx.xxx:8443/virtualization/api/jobmanager/v2/jobs/<JobID>?includeSubJobsAndTasks=true`
+ Request Body for NFS datastore
{ "name":"nfsds1", "protocol":"nfs", "platform_type":"aff", "moref":"domain-c8", "volumes":[ { "is_existing":false, "name":"vol_nfs_pvt", "size_in_mb":2048000, "space_efficiency":"thin", "aggregate":{ "id":"d7078b3c-3827-4ac9-9273-0a32909455c2" }, "qos":{ "min_iops":200, "max_iops":5000 } } ], "storage_backend":{ "storage_id":"654c67bc-0f75-11ee-8a8c-00a09860a3ff" } }
Request body for iSCSI datastore: { "name" : "iscsi_custom", "protocol" : "iscsi", "platform_type": "aff", "moref" : "domain-c8", "volumes" : [ { "is_existing" : false, "name" : "iscsi_custom", "size_in_mb" : 8034, "space_efficiency" : "thin", "aggregate" : { "id" : "54fe5dd4-e461-49c8-bb2d-6d62c5d75af2" } } ], "custom_igroup_name": "igroup1", "storage_backend": { "storage_id": "eb9d33ab-1960-11ee-9506-00a0985c6d9b" } } . Create vVols datastore with existing volumes.
Get aggregate_id and volume_id using ONTAP REST API.
POST /virtualization/api/v1/vcenters/cdded9ad-6bsd-4c9e-b44g-691250bfe2df/vvols/datastores
Request Body
{ "name" : "nfsds2", "protocol" : "nfs", "platform_type": "aff", "moref" : "domain-c8", "volumes" : [ { "is_existing": true, "id": "e632a632-1412-11ee-8a8c-00a09860a3ff" } ], "storage_backend": { "storage_id": "33a8b6b3-10cd-11ee-8a8c-00a09860a3ff" }
}