Set Up Disk Partitions

The Web Services API enables you to manage disk partitions on ESXi host storage devices.

To set up the disk partitions, use the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Call HostStorageSystem.RetrieveDiskPartitionInfo to retrieve information about existing partitions.
  2. Call HostStorageSystem.ComputeDiskPartition, passing in the desired disk layout. The server computes a new partition information object for a specific disk representing the desired layout and returns a HostDiskPartitionInfo object that you can use in the HostDiskPartitionSpec you pass into UpdateDiskPartitions.
  3. Call HostStorageSystem.UpdateDiskPartitions to update partitions by passing in a HostDiskPartitionSpec.