
Register an SMI-S provider to create storage systems of type vnxblock and vmax. This call is not used to create SMI-S providers for vnxfile.
The method is deprecated. Use /vdc/storage-providers instead.
All parameters are required unless otherwise stated.
Field | Description | Type | Notes |
<smis_provider_create> | |||
<name> | Name of the SMIS Provider | String |
Valid Values:
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<ip_address> | IP address of the SMIS provider. | String | |
<port_number> | The port number of the SMIS provider | Integer | |
<user_name> | User name of the SMIS provider | String | |
<password> | Password of the SMIS provider | String | |
<use_ssl> | Specifies whether to use SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) as the authentication method. | Boolean | |
</smis_provider_create> |
Newly registered SMIS-Provider details
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 |
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<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 |
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</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> |
POST https://192.168.0.0:4443/vdc/smis-providers HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: application/xml X-SDS-AUTH-TOKEN: <AUTH_TOKEN> <smis_provider_create> <ip_address>192.168.0.10</ip_address> <name>mysmis</name> <password>#1Password</password> <port_number>5988</port_number> <use_ssl>false</use_ssl> <user_name>admin</user_name> </smis_provider_create>
HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted Content-Type: application/xml <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <task> <link href="/vdc/smis-providers/urn:storageos:SMISProvider:dce4a4c4-334b-4353-9484-c7b225f413d5:/tasks/e393ece4-44eb-42d2-9d8a-33e28b436daf" rel="self"/> <op_id>e393ece4-44eb-42d2-9d8a-33e28b436daf</op_id> <resource> <id>urn:storageos:SMISProvider:dce4a4c4-334b-4353-9484-c7b225f413d5:</id> <link href="/vdc/smis-providers/urn:storageos:SMISProvider:dce4a4c4-334b-4353-9484-c7b225f413d5:" rel = "self"/> <name>mysmis</name> </resource> <start_time>1379202542423</start_time> <state>pending</state> </task>