Creates a non-tiered storage pool using a set of system drives. A label is assigned to the storage pool during the creation process. The operation returns a URI that can be accessed to obtain detailed information about the storage pool immediately after the URI is returned.
HTTP request syntax (URI)
POST <base_URI>/v7/stroage/storage-pools
Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| label | BODY | Y | string | Label for the storage pool to be created. |
| chunkSize | BODY | Y | number | Chunk size in bytes. |
| systemDrives | BODY | Y | array | System drives to be used to create the storage pool. To create a storage pool, the number of system drives must be at least 4 but cannot exceed 32. |
Return codes
| Code | Data | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 201 | storagePool | Storage pool object successfully created. |
| 400 | No Data | Missing or invalid request contents. |
| 500 | Error message | Error associated with the storage system. |
| 501 | No Data | Server has not implemented the request operation on the resource. |
Any HTTP status code other than 201 indicates that the API did not complete successfully.
Request example
curl -vk -H "X-Api-Key: zrxvSDAv9x.RIP4gkmKarG3beF.or.4Tc2im7oeqYN88C9XPGHxbXC" https://172.17.11.11:8444/v7/storage/storage-pools -d '{"label":"sp-test", "chunkSize":19327352832, "systemDrives":[10, 11, 12, 13]}' -X POST
Response example
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
{
"storagePool" : {
"chunkSize" : 19327352832,
"freeCapacity" : 42932895744,
"isAssignedToLocalCluster" : true,
"isFilesystemExpansionAllowed" : true,
"isHealthy" : true,
"isTiered" : false,
"label" : "sp-test",
"objectId" : "3530353739333031303130363332303038383a3a3a",
"storagePoolId" : 505793010106320088,
"totalCapacity" : 42932895744,
"usedCapacity" : 0
},
"uri" : "https://172.17.11.11:8444/v7/storage/storage-pools/3530353739333031303130363332303038383a3a3a"
}