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Add Storage System

POST /vdc/smis-providers/storage-systems
This call has been deprecated and will be removed in future versions

Allows the user to manually create a SMIS managed storage system. This call is applicable to systems that cannot be discovered via an SMI-S provider. Only VNX storage system can be mapped programatically into SMIS Provider. Otherwise this method should be used to reinstall previously decommissioned Arrays.

The method is deprecated. Use /vdc/storage-providers/storage-systems instead.


Required Roles

  • SYSTEM_ADMIN

Request Payload

All parameters are required unless otherwise stated.

Field Description Type Notes
<storage_smisprovider_create>
<system_type> Type of the storage system. Valid values: isilon vnxblock vnxfile vmax netapp vplex mds brocade rp String
<_name> User Defined Name of the storage system String
<ip_address> IP Address of the storage system String
<secondary_ips>
<secondary_ip> String 0-* Elements
</secondary_ips>
<port_number> Port Number used to connect to the storage system Integer
<user_name> Username to connect to storage system String
<password> Password to connect to storage system String
<serial_number> Serial ID of the storage system String
<providers> List of SMI-S Providers managing this storage system
<provider> URI 0-* Elements
</providers>
</storage_smisprovider_create>

Response Body

An asynchronous task corresponding to the discovery job scheduled for the new Storage System.

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/vdc/smis-providers/storage-systems HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: application/xml
X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN>
 
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<storage_smisprovider_create>
   <ip_address>192.168.0.0</ip_address>
   <password>#1Password</password>
   <port_number>5988</port_number>
   <providers>
      <element>urn:storageos:SMISProvider:ccd84f56-9dc2-4db8-9145-71bd1a4ae744:</element>
   </providers>
   <secondary_ips>
      <element>192.168.0.1</element>
      <element>192.168.0.2</element>
   </secondary_ips>
   <serial_number>APM0123456789</serial_number>
   <system_type>vnxblock</system_type>
   <user_name>admin</user_name>
</storage_smisprovider_create>
Response
HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<task>
   <link href="/vdc/storage-systems/urn:storageos:StorageSystem:7bade78c-bcfb-4f75-bcca-397a589657e6:/tasks/436cc6fa-688d-42c2-b230-22b4e8915a9f"
      rel="self"
   </link>
   <op_id>436cc6fa-688d-42c2-b230-22b4e8915a9f</op_id>
   <resource>
      <id>urn:storageos:StorageSystem:7bade78c-bcfb-4f75-bcca-397a589657e6:</id>
      <link href="/vdc/storage-systems/urn:storageos:StorageSystem:7bade78c-bcfb-4f75-bcca-397a589657e6:"
         rel="self"
      </link>
   </resource>
   <start_time>1380199087999</start_time>
   <state>pending</state>
</task>