Can I create and attach a vdisk to a VM via Prism Central API?

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Hi!I want to use the Prism Central API to create and connect a vdsik to a VM. The only examples and topics I’ve seen for creating and attaching vdisks uses the Prism Element API, i.e. using a specific CVM as the endpoint.I don’t want to use a specific CVM as this is to be an orchestrated task triggered by our ITSM system. We can’t rely on a specific CVM to be available and would much rather use Prism Central.However, I can’t find any API calls that seem to be able to create and attach a vdisk. Maybe the PUT /vms/{uuid} call is capable of this but I can’t see any mention of this in the documentation.Is there a way to do this with Prism Central?

JoseNutanix · Accepted Answer

Hi Martin,You can create and attach vdisks with Prism Central API. Here the steps you have to follow:Do a GET for the VM you want to updateFrom the JSON payload, remove the status key completelyIn the spec key, look for disk_list and add an additional item to that list (the new disk). The format is:{    "device_properties": {        "device_type": "DISK",        "disk_address": {            "adapter_type": "SCSI",            "device_index": 3        }    },    "disk_size_bytes": 3221225472,    "storage_config": {        "storage_container_reference": {            "kind": "storage_container",            "uuid": "c03cd780-32fa-4292-9eab-ab2f9c311328",            "name": "default-container-151523"        }    }}Send a PUT with this payload.Please let me know if you find any issue.

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