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Create Vcenter Data Center

POST /compute/vcenters/{id}/vcenter-data-centers

Creates a new vCenter data center.

idthe URN of the parent vCenter

Required Roles

Requires one of the following roles:

  • SYSTEM_ADMIN
  • TENANT_ADMIN

Request Payload

All parameters are required unless otherwise stated.

Field Description Type Notes
<vcenter_data_center_create>
<name> The name label for this vCenter data center String
</vcenter_data_center_create>

Response Body

The details of the vCenter data center, including its id and link, when creation completes successfully.

Field Description Type Notes
<vcenter_data_center>
<vcenter>    
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</vcenter>      
<tenant>    
<id> ViPR ID of the related object URI
<link> A hyperlink to the related object
</tenant>      
<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
</vcenter_data_center>

Examples

Request
POST https://192.168.0.0:4443/compute/vcenters/urn:storageos:VcenterDataCenter:c28ede1d-cb2c-4ad1-8398-f569a349d2f2:/vcenter-data-centers HTTP/1.1

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

<vcenter_data_center_create>
<name>OldDataCenter2</name>
</vcenter_data_center_create>
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml

<vcenter_data_center>
       <creation_time>1380657812644</creation_time>
       <id>urn:storageos:VcenterDataCenter:c28ede1d-cb2c-4ad1-8398-f569a349d2f2:
       </id>
       <inactive>false</inactive>
       <link
              href="/compute/vcenter-data-centers/urn:storageos:VcenterDataCenter:c28ede1d-cb2c-4ad1-8398-f569a349d2f2:"
              rel="self" />
       <name>OldDataCenter2</name>
       <tags />
       <tenant>
              <id>urn:storageos:TenantOrg:eccd5326-a319-4354-a4dd-f2df1da57552:</id>
              <link
                     href="/tenants/urn:storageos:TenantOrg:eccd5326-a319-4354-a4dd-f2df1da57552:"
                     rel="self" />
       </tenant>
       <vcenter>
              <id>urn:storageos:Vcenter:842bdaaf-3c07-40a9-84e8-c0c8f92b09d7:</id>
              <link
                     href="/compute/vcenters/urn:storageos:Vcenter:842bdaaf-3c07-40a9-84e8-c0c8f92b09d7:"
                     rel="self" />
       </vcenter>
</vcenter_data_center>