REST API - storage_group

storage_group_mapping

The storage_group_mapping structure defines the storage deployment target and storage provisioning type for a section of type vmw:StorageGroupSection in the OVF descriptor.

Representations:

JSON
XML

{
    "datastore_id": "obj-103",
    "provisioning": "thin",
    "storage_profile_id": "obj-103",
    "type": "DATASTORE"
}

<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<ns0:StorageGroupMapping xmlns:ns0="http://vmware.com/vcenter/ovf/library_item" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <datastore_id>obj-103</datastore_id>
  <storage_profile_id>obj-103</storage_profile_id>
  <type>DATASTORE</type>
  <provisioning>thin</provisioning>
</ns0:StorageGroupMapping>

Attributes:

Name	Type	Required	Description
type *	com.vmware.vcenter.ovf.library_item.storage_group_mapping.type	Yes	Type of storage deployment target to use for the vmw:StorageGroupSection section. The specified value must be DATASTORE or STORAGE_PROFILE. The `type` enumerated type defines the supported types of storage targets for sections of type vmw:StroageGroupSection in the OVF descriptor. Values one of DATASTORE: Storage deployment target is a datastore. STORAGE_PROFILE: Storage deployment target is a storage profile.
datastore_id	ID	No. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is DATASTORE.	Target datastore to be used for the storage group. Required if type has value DATASTORE. Id of type Datastore.
storage_profile_id	ID	No. This field is optional and it is only relevant when the value of `type` is STORAGE_PROFILE.	Target storage profile to be used for the storage group. Required if type has value STORAGE_PROFILE. Id of type StorageProfile.
provisioning	com.vmware.vcenter.ovf.disk_provisioning_type	No. If unset, com.vmware.vcenter.ovf.library_item.resource_pool_deployment_spec.storage_provisioning will be used.	Target provisioning type to use for the storage group.

com.vmware.vcenter.ovf.library_item

storage_group_mapping