EMC ViPR REST API

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Get Storage Tier

GET /vdc/storage-tiers/{id}

get Storage Tier associated with id.

idthe URN of a ViPR storage tier

Required Roles

Requires one of the following roles:

  • SYSTEM_ADMIN
  • SYSTEM_MONITOR

Response Body

Policy Object

Field Description Type Notes
<storage_tier>
<auto_tier_policy> List of auto tiering policies, to which the storage tier is associated. String 0-* Elements
<disk_drive_technology> The underlying disk drive associated to this storage tier String
<enabled_state> The operational state of the storage tier String
<percentage> The percentage of storage group space allocated for this storage tier which can be used for auto tiering. String
<total_capacity> Total Capacity of the storage tier Long
<native_guid> The native unique identifier for this resource

Network Transport Types:

  • FC = Fibre-Channel

Network System Types:

  • BROCADE
  • MDS

Storage System Types:

  • CELERRA = VNX File
  • CLARIION = VNX Block
  • ISILON
  • NETAPP
  • SYMMETRIX
Valid values: Network NetworkSystem StoragePool StoragePort StorageSystem StorageTier:VMAX StorageTier: VNX
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
</storage_tier>

XML Example

Request
GET https://192.168.0.0:4443/vdc/storage-tiers/urn:storageos:StorageTier:646f5cb4-4f88-44f9-af0c-d0ffc5f0a8b0: HTTP/1.1

Content-Type: application/xml
X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN>
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
  <storage_tier>
       <creation_time>1379168983827</creation_time>
       <id>urn:storageos:StorageTier:646f5cb4-4f88-44f9-af0c-d0ffc5f0a8b0:</id>
       <inactive>false</inactive>
       <link href="/vdc/storage-tiers/urn:storageos:StorageTier:646f5cb4-4f88-44f9-af0c-d0ffc5f0a8b0:" rel="self"/>
       <name>DPSATAR5Tier</name>
       <tags/>
       <native_guid>SYMMETRIX+000195700363+TIER+DPSATAR5Tier</native_guid>
       <auto_tier_policy>urn:storageos:AutoTieringPolicy:43566560-2bb5-400d-baff-dfac323eaebd:</auto_tier_policy>
       <disk_drive_technology>SATA</disk_drive_technology>
       <percentage>100</percentage>
       <total_capacity>10160168352</total_capacity>
  </storage_tier>