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Cohesity View Boxes API

The ViewBoxes API from Cohesity — 2 operation(s) for viewboxes.

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Operations 5

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GET /public/viewBoxes List storage domains · List Domains (View Boxes) filtered by the specified parameters #

Ask an LLM

“Which storage domains (View Boxes) exist on my cluster?”

“Can I include usage and performance stats when listing storage domains?”

Tell an agent

List all storage domains.

Show storage domains named {names} with usage stats.

POST /public/viewBoxes Create a storage domain · Create a Domain (View Box) #

Ask an LLM

“How do I create a new storage domain with its own dedup and compression settings?”

“Can I put a physical quota on a new storage domain?”

Tell an agent

Create storage domain {name} in cluster partition {clusterPartitionId}.

Create storage domain {name} in partition {clusterPartitionId} with storage policy {storagePolicy}.

GET /public/viewBoxes/{id} Get a storage domain · List details about a single Domain (View Box) #

Ask an LLM

“What are the settings and quotas of one storage domain?”

“How much space is a specific storage domain using?”

Tell an agent

Get storage domain {id}.

Show storage domain {id} with usage and performance stats.

PUT /public/viewBoxes/{id} Update a storage domain · Update a Domain (View Box) #

Ask an LLM

“How do I raise the physical quota on an existing storage domain?”

“Can I map an existing storage domain to an LDAP provider?”

Tell an agent

Update storage domain {id} named {name} in partition {clusterPartitionId} with quota {physicalQuota}.

Map storage domain {id} to LDAP provider {ldapProviderId}.

DELETE /public/viewBoxes/{id} Delete a storage domain (View Box endpoint) · Delete a Domain (View Box) #

Ask an LLM

“How do I delete a View Box through the public viewBoxes endpoint?”

“Is deleting a View Box permanent?”

Tell an agent destructive · confirm first

Delete View Box {id} via the public viewBoxes endpoint.

Remove View Box {id}.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  description: 'This API list provides operations for interfacing with the Cohesity

    Cluster.'
  title: Cohesity REST View Boxes API
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://<CLUSTER_VIP>/irisservices/api/v1
tags:


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