Creating EVS Disks

Function

This API is used to create one or multiple EVS disks.

URI

  • URI format

    POST /v2/{project_id}/volumes

  • Parameter description

    Parameter

    Mandatory

    Description

    project_id

    Yes

    The project ID.

    For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Request

  • Request parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Mandatory

    Description

    volume

    Object

    Yes

    The information of the disk to be created. For details, see Parameters in the volume field.

  • Parameters in the volume field

    Parameter

    Type

    Mandatory

    Description

    availability_zone

    String

    Yes

    The AZ where you want to create the disk. If the specified AZ does not exist, the disk will fail to be created.

    Note

    For details about how to obtain the AZ, see Querying All AZs.

    source_volid

    String

    No

    The source disk ID. If this parameter is specified, the disk will be cloned from an existing disk. This function is currently not supported.

    description

    String

    No

    The disk description, which can contain a maximum of 255 bytes.

    snapshot_id

    String

    No

    The snapshot ID. If this parameter is specified, the disk will be created from a snapshot.

    Note

    For details about how to obtain the snapshot ID, see Querying Details About EVS Snapshots.

    size

    Integer

    Yes

    The disk size, in GB. The value can be as follows:

    • System disk: 1 GB to 1024 GB

    • Data disk: 10 GB to 32768 GB

    This parameter is mandatory when you create an empty disk. You can specify the parameter value as required within the value range.

    This parameter is mandatory when you create the disk from a snapshot. Ensure that the disk size is greater than or equal to the snapshot size.

    This parameter is mandatory when you create the disk from an image. Ensure that the disk size is greater than or equal to the minimum disk capacity required by min_disk in the image attributes.

    name

    String

    No

    The disk name, which can contain a maximum of 255 bytes.

    imageRef

    String

    No

    The image ID. If this parameter is specified, the disk will be created from an image.

    Note

    For how to obtain the image ID, see Querying Images in the Image Management Service API Reference.

    volume_type

    String

    No

    The disk type.

    The value can be SSD or SAS.

    • SSD: the ultra-high I/O type

    • SAS: the high I/O type

    Note

    • When the disk is created from a snapshot, the disk type of the new disk will be consistent with that of the snapshot's source disk.

    • For details about disk types, see Disk Types and Performance in the Elastic Volume Service User Guide.

    metadata

    Object

    No

    The disk metadata. The length of key and value under metadata can contain no more than 255 bytes.

    For details about metadata, see Parameters in the metadata field. The table lists some fields. You can also specify other fields as required.

    Note

    Parameter values under metadata cannot be null.

    source_replica

    String

    No

    The source disk ID. If this parameter is specified, the disk will be cloned from an existing disk. This function is currently not supported.

    consistencygroup_id

    String

    No

    The reserved field.

    count

    No

    Integer

    The number of disks to be created in a batch. If this parameter is not specified, only one disk will be created. You can create a maximum of 100 disks in a batch. If disks are created from backups, batch creation is not supported, and this parameter must be set to 1.

    If the specified value is a decimal, the number part of the value will be used.

    shareable

    String

    No

    The extended attribute that defines whether the disk will be shareable. The value can be true (shareable) or false (not shareable). This field is currently not supported.

    Note

    This field is no longer used. Use multiattach.

    multiattach

    Boolean

    No

    Whether the disk is shareable. The default value is false.

    • true: indicates a shared disk will be created.

    • false: indicates a non-shared disk will be created.

    Note

    Specifying either two of the source_volid, snapshot_id, and imageRef fields is not supported.

  • Parameters in the metadata field

    Parameter

    Type

    Mandatory

    Description

    __system__encrypted

    String

    No

    The encryption field in metadata. The value can be 0 (does not encrypt the disk) or 1 (encrypts the disk).

    If this parameter is not specified, the disk will not be encrypted.

    __system__cmkid

    String

    No

    The encryption CMK ID in metadata. This parameter is used together with __system__encrypted for encryption. The length of cmkid is fixed at 36 bytes.

    Note

    For details about how to obtain the CMK ID, see Querying the Key List in the Key Management Service API Reference.

    hw:passthrough

    String

    No

    • If this parameter is set to true, the disk device type will be SCSI, which allows ECS OSs to directly access the underlying storage media and supports SCSI reservation commands.

    • If this parameter is set to false, the disk device type will be VBD, which supports only simple SCSI read/write commands.

    • If this parameter is not specified, the disk device type will be VBD.

      Note

      If parameter shareable is set to true and parameter hw:passthrough is not specified, shared VBD disks are created.

    full_clone

    String

    No

    If the disk is created from a snapshot and linked cloning needs to be used, set this parameter to 0.

    Note

    The preceding table provides only some metadata parameters for your reference. You can also specify other fields as required.

    • If the disk is created from a snapshot, __system__encrypted and __system__cmkid are not supported, and the new disk will have the same encryption attribute as that of the snapshot's source disk.

    • If the disk is created from an image, __system__encrypted and __system__cmkid are not supported, and the new disk will have the same encryption attribute as that of the image.

    • If the disk is created from a snapshot, hw:passthrough is not supported, and the new disk will have the same device type as that of the snapshot's source disk.

    • If the disk is created from an image, hw:passthrough is not supported, and the device type of the new disk will be VBD.

  • Example request

    {
        "volume": {
            "name": "openapi_vol01",
            "imageRef": "027cf713-45a6-45f0-ac1b-0ccc57ac12e2",
            "availability_zone": "az-dc-1",
            "description": "create for api test",
            "volume_type": "SAS",
            "metadata": {
                "volume_owner": "openapi"
            },
            "multiattach": false,
            "size": 40
        },
    }
    

Response

  • Response parameters

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    volume

    Object

    The information of the created disks. For details, see Parameters in the volume field.

    error

    Object

    The error message returned if an error occurs. For details, see Parameters in the error field.

  • Parameters in the volume field

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    id

    String

    The disk ID.

    links

    list

    The disk URI. For details, see Parameters in the links field.

    name

    String

    The disk name.

    status

    String

    The disk status. For details, see EVS Disk Status.

    attachments

    list

    The disk attachment information. For details, see Parameters in the attachments field.

    availability_zone

    String

    The AZ to which the disk belongs.

    bootable

    String

    Whether the disk is bootable.

    • true: indicates a bootable disk.

    • false: indicates a non-bootable disk.

    encrypted

    Boolean

    This field is currently not supported.

    created_at

    String

    The time when the disk was created.

    Time format: UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXXXX

    description

    String

    The disk description.

    volume_type

    String

    The disk type.

    The value can be SSD or SAS.

    • SSD: the ultra-high I/O type

    • SAS: the high I/O type

    replication_status

    String

    The reserved field.

    consistencygroup_id

    String

    The ID of the consistency group where the disk belongs.

    This field is currently not supported.

    source_volid

    String

    The source disk ID.

    This field is currently not supported.

    snapshot_id

    String

    The snapshot ID.

    metadata

    Object

    The disk metadata. For details, see Parameters in the metadata field.

    size

    Integer

    The disk size, in GB.

    user_id

    String

    The reserved field.

    updated_at

    String

    The time when the disk was updated.

    Time format: UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXXXX

    shareable

    Boolean

    Whether the disk is shareable.

    Note

    This field is no longer used. Use multiattach.

    multiattach

    Boolean

    Whether the disk is shareable.

    • true: indicates a shared disk.

    • false: indicates a non-shared disk.

    storage_cluster_id

    String

    The reserved field.

  • Parameters in the links field

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    href

    String

    The corresponding shortcut link.

    rel

    String

    The shortcut link marker name.

  • Parameters in the attachments field

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    server_id

    String

    The ID of the server to which the disk is attached.

    attachment_id

    String

    The ID of the attachment information.

    attached_at

    String

    The time when the disk was attached.

    Time format: UTC YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.XXXXXX

    host_name

    String

    The name of the physical host housing the cloud server to which the disk is attached.

    volume_id

    String

    The disk ID.

    device

    String

    The device name.

    id

    String

    The ID of the attached disk.

  • Parameters in the metadata field

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    __system__encrypted

    String

    The encryption field in metadata.

    • 0: indicates a non-encrypted disk.

    • 1: indicates an encrypted disk.

    • If this parameter does not appear, the disk is not encrypted.

    __system__cmkid

    String

    The encryption CMK ID in metadata. This parameter is used together with __system__encrypted for encryption. The length of cmkid is fixed at 36 bytes.

    hw:passthrough

    String

    The parameter that describes the disk device type in metadata. The value can be true or false.

    • true indicates the SCSI device type, which allows ECS OSs to directly access the underlying storage media. SCSI reservation commands are supported.

    • false indicates the VBD device type (the default type), which supports only simple SCSI read/write commands.

    • If this parameter does not appear, the disk device type is VBD.

    full_clone

    String

    The clone method. If the disk is created from a snapshot, value 0 indicates the linked cloning method.

  • Parameters in the error field

    Parameter

    Type

    Description

    message

    String

    The error message returned if an error occurs.

    code

    String

    The error code returned if an error occurs.

    For details about the error code, see Error Codes.

  • Example response

    {
        "volume": {
            "attachments": [ ],
            "availability_zone": "az-dc-1",
            "bootable": "false",
            "consistencygroup_id": null,
            "created_at": "2016-05-25T02:38:40.392463",
            "description": "create for api test",
            "encrypted": false,
            "id": "8dd7c486-8e9f-49fe-bceb-26aa7e312b66",
            "links": [
                {
                    "href": "https://volume.localdomain.com:8776/v2/5dd0b0056f3d47b6ab4121667d35621a/volumes/8dd7c486-8e9f-49fe-bceb-26aa7e312b66",
                    "rel": "self"
                },
                {
                    "href": "https://volume.localdomain.com:8776/5dd0b0056f3d47b6ab4121667d35621a/volumes/8dd7c486-8e9f-49fe-bceb-26aa7e312b66",
                    "rel": "bookmark"
                }
            ],
            "metadata": {
                "volume_owner": "openapi"
            },
            "name": "openapi_vol01",
            "replication_status": "disabled",
            "multiattach": false,
            "size": 40,
            "snapshot_id": null,
            "source_volid": null,
            "status": "creating",
            "updated_at": null,
            "user_id": "39f6696ae23740708d0f358a253c2637",
            "volume_type": "SAS"
        }
    }
    

    or

    {
        "error": {
            "message": "XXXX",
            "code": "XXX"
        }
    }
    

    In the preceding example, error indicates a general error, for example, badRequest or itemNotFound. An example is provided as follows:

    {
        "badRequest": {
            "message": "XXXX",
            "code": "XXX"
        }
    }
    

Status Codes

  • Normal

    202

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.