VMware · Schema

DiskCreateSpec

Specification for creating a virtual disk

Cloud ComputingContainer ManagementHybrid CloudInfrastructureVirtualization

Properties

Name Type Description
type string Host bus adapter type
new_vmdk object Specification for a new VMDK file
backing object Existing disk backing
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JSON Schema

vmware-diskcreatespec-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "#/components/schemas/DiskCreateSpec",
  "title": "DiskCreateSpec",
  "type": "object",
  "description": "Specification for creating a virtual disk",
  "properties": {
    "type": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Host bus adapter type",
      "enum": [
        "IDE",
        "SCSI",
        "SATA",
        "NVME"
      ],
      "example": "IDE"
    },
    "new_vmdk": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Specification for a new VMDK file",
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Name of the VMDK file"
        },
        "capacity": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "Capacity in bytes",
          "format": "int64"
        },
        "storage_policy": {
          "type": "object",
          "properties": {
            "policy": {
              "type": "string",
              "description": "Storage policy identifier"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "example": "example_value"
    },
    "backing": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Existing disk backing",
      "properties": {
        "type": {
          "type": "string",
          "enum": [
            "VMDK_FILE"
          ]
        },
        "vmdk_file": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "example": "example_value"
    }
  }
}

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