REST API - get

vcenter datastore: get

Retrieves information about the datastore indicated by datastore.

Request:

HTTP request

GET https://{server}/rest/vcenter/datastore/{datastore}

Path Parameters

Name	Type	Description
Required
datastore	string	Identifier of the datastore for which information should be retrieved.

Response:

HTTP Status Code: 200

Representation:

JSON

{
    "value": {
        "accessible": true,
        "free_space": 1,
        "multiple_host_access": true,
        "name": "string",
        "thin_provisioning_supported": true,
        "type": "VMFS"
    }
}

Response Type:

Name	Type	Description
bold = required
value	info	information about the datastore.
value.name	string	Name of the datastore.
value.type	string	Type (`VMFS`, `NFS`, `NFS41`, `CIFS`, `VSAN`, `VFFS`, `VVOL`) of the datastore. Defines the supported types of vCenter datastores. Value is one of: VMFS: VMware File System (ESX Server only). NFS: Network file system v3 (linux & esx servers only). NFS41: Network file system v4.1 (linux & esx servers only). CIFS: Common Internet File System. VSAN: Virtual SAN (ESX Server only). VFFS: Flash Read Cache (ESX Server only). VVOL: vSphere Virtual Volume (ESX Server only).
value.accessible	boolean	Whether or not this datastore is accessible.
value.free_space	long	Available space of this datastore, in bytes. The server periodically updates this value. Optional. This field will be unset if the available space of this datastore is not known.
value.multiple_host_access	boolean	Whether or not ore than one host in the datacenter has been configured with access to the datastore.
value.thin_provisioning_supported	boolean	Whether or not the datastore supports thin provisioning on a per file basis. When thin provisioning is used, backing storage is lazily allocated.

Errors:

HTTP Status Code	Type	Description
404	not_found	if the datastore indicated by `datastore` does not exist.
503	service_unavailable	if the system is unable to communicate with a service to complete the request.
401	unauthenticated	if the user can not be authenticated.
403	unauthorized	if the user doesn't have the required privileges.