EMC ViPR REST API

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Share

POST /file/filesystems/{id}/shares

Create SMB file share

NOTE: This is an asynchronous operation.

idthe URN of a ViPR File system

Required Roles

  • TENANT_ADMIN

Request Payload

All parameters are required unless otherwise stated.

Field Description Type Notes
<filesystem_share>
<name> User provided name of the file share. String
<description> User provided description of the file share. String
<max_users> Maximum number of users of the file share. Default is unlimited. String
<permission_type> Permission type for the file share. Default is "allow". Valid values: allow = permission type by default deny String
<permission> Permission type for the file share. Default is "change". Valid values: read = read permission only change = read and write permissions full = full control of the file share String
<subDirectory> String
</filesystem_share>

Response Body

Task resource representation

This is an asychronous operation that returns a task object. For information on working with tasks, see Asynchronous Operations.

Field Description Type Notes
<task>
<op_id> The task operation id String
<resource>    
<name> The name of the resource String
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</resource>      
<tenant>    
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</tenant>      
<associated_resources> A list of links for associated resources
<associated_resource>     0-* Elements
<name> The name of the resource String
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</associated_resource>      
</associated_resources>
<state> The state of the task Valid values: queued = task is queued pending = task is pending ready = task succeed error = task fails suspended_error = task is suspended due to an error suspended_no_error = task is suspended due to config/request String
<allowed_operations> The allowed operations of the task String
<message> The task detail message String
<description> The description of the task String
<service_error>    
<code> The numerical code associated with the error encountered when processing a service request Integer
<description> The description of the error String
<details> Detailed information concerning the error String
</service_error>      
<start_time> The date and time of when the task was started DateTime
<end_time> The date and time of when the task ended DateTime
<progress> Integer
<workflow>    
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</workflow>      
<queuedStartTime> DateTime
<queueName> String
<name> The name assigned to this resource in ViPR. The resource name is set by a user and can be changed at any time. It is not a unique identifier. String
<id> An identifier that is generated by ViPR when the resource is created. The resource ID is guaranteed to be unique and immutable across all virtual data centers for all time. URI
<link> A hyperlink to the details for this resource
<creation_time> A timestamp that shows when this resource was created in ViPR DateTime
<tags> Keywords and labels that can be added by a user to a resource to make it easy to find when doing a search.
<tag> String 0-* Elements
</tags>
<inactive> Whether or not the resource is inactive. When a user removes a resource, the resource is put in this state before it is removed from the ViPR database. Boolean
<global> Boolean
<remote> Boolean
<vdc>    
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</vdc>      
<internal> Whether or not the resource is an internal resource. Boolean
</task>

Examples

Request
POST https://192.168.0.0:4443/file/filesystems/urn:storageos:FileShare:840d01a9-8836-4c53-a95a-c6efedc81fc3:/shares HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: application/xml
X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN>

<filesystem_share>
    <description>New_SMB_Share</description> 
    <name>smbfileshare120130923174627</name>
</filesystem_share>
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
 <task>
  <op_id>e48ab100-9bde-4fa0-a45f-3dbd3c661323</op_id>
   <resource>
    <id>urn:storageos:FileShare:840d01a9-8836-4c53-a95a-c6efedc81fc3:</id>
    <link href="/file/filesystems/urn:storageos:FileShare:840d01a9-8836-4c53-a95a-c6efedc81fc3:" rel="self"/>
    <name>fs-cosnetappf-00:50:56:91:58:91</name></resource>
  <link href="/file/filesystems/urn:storageos:FileShare:840d01a9-8836-4c53-a95a-c6efedc81fc3:/tasks/e48ab100-9bde-4fa0-a45f-3dbd3c661323" rel="self"/>
  <start_time>1379958459250</start_time>
  <state>pending</state>
 </task>