# SimpliVity datastores API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-datastores-api/  
**Provider:** SimpliVity — https://apis.io/providers/simplivity/  
**Base URL:** https://management-virtual-appliance/api  
**Documentation:** https://github.com/HewlettPackard/hpe-simplivity-swagger

SimpliVity datastores API is one of 10 APIs that [SimpliVity](https://apis.io/providers/simplivity/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Datastores. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and authentication docs.

A datastore is a data repository of files that constitute virtual machines.

## Operations (9)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/datastores` | Retrieves all datastores defined on this system |
| POST | `/datastores` | Creates a new datastore |
| GET | `/datastores/{datastoreId}` | Retrieves the specified datastore |
| DELETE | `/datastores/{datastoreId}` | Deletes a datastore |
| POST | `/datastores/{datastoreId}/resize` | Resizes a datastore |
| POST | `/datastores/{datastoreId}/set_policy` | Sets the backup policy for a datastore |
| POST | `/datastores/{datastoreId}/share` | Share a datastore |
| GET | `/datastores/{datastoreId}/standard_hosts` | Gets the standard hosts that can share a datastore |
| POST | `/datastores/{datastoreId}/unshare` | Stop sharing a datastore |

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simplivity/refs/heads/main/openapi/simplivity-datastores-api-openapi.yml
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simplivity/refs/heads/main/authentication/simplivity-authentication.yml
- **OAuthScopes** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/simplivity/refs/heads/main/scopes/simplivity-scopes.yml

## Other SimpliVity APIs (9)

- [SimpliVity backups API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-backups-api/)
- [SimpliVity cluster_groups API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-cluster-groups-api/)
- [SimpliVity external_stores API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-external-stores-api/)
- [SimpliVity hosts API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-hosts-api/)
- [SimpliVity omnistack_clusters API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-omnistack-clusters-api/)
- [SimpliVity policies API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-policies-api/)
- [SimpliVity security API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-security-api/)
- [SimpliVity tasks API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-tasks-api/)
- [SimpliVity virtual_machines API](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-virtual-machines-api/)

## Tags

Datastores

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/simplivity/simplivity-datastores-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/simplivity/.