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Expand or shrink Storage of vVol Datastore

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There are APIs to increase or decrease the available storage.

Steps

Use the following API to expand or shrink the vVols datastore:

PATCH
​/virtualization​/api​/v1​/vcenters​/{vcguid}​/vvols​/datastores​/{moref}​/volumes

Examples

  • Modify vVols datastore for add new volume

  PATCH virtualization/api/v1/vcenters/cdded9ad-6bsd-4c9e-b44g-691250bfe2df/vvols/datastores/datastore-24/volumes

    Request Body
   {
    "operation": "grow",
    "volumes": [{
        "is_existing": false,
        "name": "exp3",
        "size_in_mb": 51200,
        "space_efficiency": "thin",
        "aggregate": {
            "id": "1466e4bf-c6d6-411a-91d5-c4f56210e1ab"
        },
        "storage_backend": {
            "storage_id": "13d86e4f-1fb1-11ee-9509-005056a75778"
        },
        "qos": {
            "max_iops": 5000
        }
    }]
}

  • Modify vVols datastore for add existing volume

  PATCH virtualization/api/v1/vcenters/cdded9ad-6bsd-4c9e-b44g-691250bfe2df/vvols/datastores/datastore-24/volumes

    Request Body
    {
      "operation": "grow",
      "volumes": [{
        "is_existing": true,
        "id": "vfded9ad-6bsd-4c9e-b44g-691250bfe2sd"
      }]
    }

  • Modify vVols datastore for remove volume and delete volume from storage

  PATCH virtualization/api/v1/vcenters/cdded9ad-6bsd-4c9e-b44g-691250bfe2df/vvols/datastores/datastore-24/volumes?delete_volumes=true

    Request Body
    {
      "operation": "shrink",
      "volumes": [{
        "is_existing": true,
        "id": "vfded9ad-6bsd-4c9e-b44g-691250bfe2sd"
      }]
    }

  • Modify vVols datastore for remove volume and do not delete volume from storage

  PATCH virtualization/api/v1/vcenters/cdded9ad-6bsd-4c9e-b44g-691250bfe2df/vvols/datastores/datastore-24/volumes?delete_volumes=false

    Request Body
    {
      "operation": "shrink",
      "volumes": [{
        "is_existing": true,
        "id": "vfded9ad-6bsd-4c9e-b44g-691250bfe2sd"
      }]
    }