Update a file system

NAS File Storage REST API Reference

Version

15.6.x

File Size

1291 KB

Audience

anonymous

Part Number

MK-92HNAS100-07

ft:lastEdition

2026-04-07

patch /v9/storage/filesystems/{filesystemId}

Update a file system.

Note: Accepted parameter values may be restricted based on the virtual server access granted by the API key used for authentication.

Authentication: x_subsystem_user Api Key "X-Subsystem-User"

Authentication: x_subsystem_password Api Key "X-Subsystem-Password"

Authentication: api_key Api Key "X-Api-Key"

Authentication: basicAuth HTTP - basic scheme

Path parameters

filesystemId String required

Either the file system ID or the object ID of the file system

Example: 7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000

CLIENT REQUEST

          curl -X 'PATCH'

         -H "X-Subsystem-User: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "X-Subsystem-Password: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "X-Api-Key: [[apiKey]]"
        
         \
      
         -H "Authorization: Basic [[basicHash]]"
         \
      
        -H
        'Accept: application/json'
      
        -H
        'Content-Type: application/json'
      
      'https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/{filesystemId}'
    
      -d
      ''

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("172.27.146.40:8444")

payload = "{\"dedupeDisabled\":true,\"expansionLimits\":\"18446744073709551615\",\"isConfigTransferEnabled\":true,\"isThinProvisioned\":true,\"label\":\"name1\",\"tier0ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\",\"tier1ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\"}"

headers = {
    'Authorization': "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH",
    'content-type': "application/json"
    }

conn.request("PATCH", "/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH'
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"dedupeDisabled\":true,\"expansionLimits\":\"18446744073709551615\",\"isConfigTransferEnabled\":true,\"isThinProvisioned\":true,\"label\":\"name1\",\"tier0ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\",\"tier1ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\"}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

const data = JSON.stringify({
  "dedupeDisabled": true,
  "expansionLimits": "18446744073709551615",
  "isConfigTransferEnabled": true,
  "isThinProvisioned": true,
  "label": "name1",
  "tier0ExpansionLimit": "123456789",
  "tier1ExpansionLimit": "123456789"
});

const xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
xhr.withCredentials = true;

xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function () {
  if (this.readyState === this.DONE) {
    console.log(this.responseText);
  }
});

xhr.open("PATCH", "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000");
xhr.setRequestHeader("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
xhr.setRequestHeader("content-type", "application/json");

xhr.send(data);

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH")
  .header("content-type", "application/json")
  .body("{\"dedupeDisabled\":true,\"expansionLimits\":\"18446744073709551615\",\"isConfigTransferEnabled\":true,\"isThinProvisioned\":true,\"label\":\"name1\",\"tier0ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\",\"tier1ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\"}")
  .asString();

import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH",
  "content-type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "dedupeDisabled": true,
  "expansionLimits": "18446744073709551615",
  "isConfigTransferEnabled": true,
  "isThinProvisioned": true,
  "label": "name1",
  "tier0ExpansionLimit": "123456789",
  "tier1ExpansionLimit": "123456789"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_PORT => "8444",
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{\"dedupeDisabled\":true,\"expansionLimits\":\"18446744073709551615\",\"isConfigTransferEnabled\":true,\"isThinProvisioned\":true,\"label\":\"name1\",\"tier0ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\",\"tier1ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\"}",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH",
    "content-type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

CURL *hnd = curl_easy_init();

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PATCH");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_URL, "https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000");

struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "content-type: application/json");
curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

curl_easy_setopt(hnd, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"dedupeDisabled\":true,\"expansionLimits\":\"18446744073709551615\",\"isConfigTransferEnabled\":true,\"isThinProvisioned\":true,\"label\":\"name1\",\"tier0ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\",\"tier1ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\"}");

CURLcode ret = curl_easy_perform(hnd);

var client = new RestClient("https://172.27.146.40:8444/v9/storage/filesystems/7B263DFD1D71E65A0000000000000000");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Basic REPLACE_BASIC_AUTH");
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\"dedupeDisabled\":true,\"expansionLimits\":\"18446744073709551615\",\"isConfigTransferEnabled\":true,\"isThinProvisioned\":true,\"label\":\"name1\",\"tier0ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\",\"tier1ExpansionLimit\":\"123456789\"}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

Body parameters

application/json

dedupeDisabledboolean

Use this option to prevent the file system from being scheduled for dedupe, even though its format supports it. Only applicable where dedupeSupported=true

expansionLimitsintegerint64

The maximum size a file system can grow to if expanded

Example:"18446744073709551615"

isConfigTransferEnabledboolean

True indicates that any shares or exports associated with the file system will get transferred during object replication

isThinProvisionedboolean

True indicates that thin provisioning should be enabled for the file system, false disables thin provisioning

labelstring

Label/name of the item

Example:"name1"

tier0ExpansionLimitintegerint64

Expansion limit for tier 0 of a multi-tier file system in bytes - a value of 0 indicates there is no limit

Example:"123456789"

tier1ExpansionLimitintegerint64

Expansion limit for tier 1 of a multi-tier file system in bytes - a value of 0 indicates there is no limit

Example:"123456789"

REQUEST
{
  "dedupeDisabled": false,
  "expansionLimits": "18446744073709551615",
  "isConfigTransferEnabled": false,
  "isThinProvisioned": false,
  "label": "name1",
  "tier0ExpansionLimit": "123456789",
  "tier1ExpansionLimit": "123456789"
}

Responses

No Content - the resource was updated successfully

Bad Request

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

Example:1081353

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:

"Invalid description parameter - the optional parameter must be between 2 and 30 characters long to be valid, if supplied"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 1081353,
  "errorMsg": "Invalid description parameter - the optional parameter must be between 2 and 30 characters long to be valid, if supplied"
}

Unauthorized - the request was rejected because the credentials or API key were either missing or invalid

Forbidden - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation

Body

application/json

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Forbidden request - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorMsg": "Forbidden request - the client does not have the required permissions to perform the operation"
}

Not Found - a resource specified was not found

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

Example:1081345

errorDetailobject

Detailed error information

detailstring

More details on why the error occurred

faultstring

fileNamestring

Source file where the error occurred

Example:"RestApiFilesystems.cpp"

functionstring

Internal function name where the error occurred

Example:"mountFilesystem"

lineNumberintegerint32

Line number within the source file, where the error occurred

messagestring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

reasonstring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

returnedValueintegerint32

Not used

subCodeintegerint32

Specific failure error code

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Cannot find the object of the operation on the device"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 1081345,
  "errorDetail": {
    "detail": "",
    "fault": "",
    "fileName": "RestApiFilesystems.cpp",
    "function": "mountFilesystem",
    "lineNumber": 0,
    "message": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "reason": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "returnedValue": 0,
    "subCode": 0
  },
  "errorMsg": "Cannot find the object of the operation on the device"
}

Internal Server Error

Body

application/json

errorCodeintegerint32

Generic error code

errorDetailobject

Detailed error information

detailstring

More details on why the error occurred

faultstring

fileNamestring

Source file where the error occurred

Example:"RestApiFilesystems.cpp"

functionstring

Internal function name where the error occurred

Example:"mountFilesystem"

lineNumberintegerint32

Line number within the source file, where the error occurred

messagestring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

reasonstring

Reason why the error(s) occurred

Example:"The file system is currently unassigned"

returnedValueintegerint32

Not used

subCodeintegerint32

Specific failure error code

errorMsgstring

Main error message

Example:"Failed to mount file system"

RESPONSE
{
  "errorCode": 0,
  "errorDetail": {
    "detail": "",
    "fault": "",
    "fileName": "RestApiFilesystems.cpp",
    "function": "mountFilesystem",
    "lineNumber": 0,
    "message": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "reason": "The file system is currently unassigned",
    "returnedValue": 0,
    "subCode": 0
  },
  "errorMsg": "Failed to mount file system"
}