The
datacenter resource type groups all data center resources in a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment.
Table 5.1. Data Center Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Required | User Creatable | User Updatable |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
--name
|
string
|
The name of the data center.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
--storage_type
|
string
|
The type of storage for the data center, including
iscsi, fcp, nfs, localfs or posixfs.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
--version-major
|
int
|
The major version number of the data center. For example, for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1, the major version is 3.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
--version-minor
|
int
|
The minor version number of the data center. For example, for Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1, the minor version is 1.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
--description
|
string
|
A description for the data center.
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
--storage_format
|
string
|
The metadata format for the data center, including
v1, v2 or v3.
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Example 5.1. Creating a new data center
[RHEVM shell (connected)]# add datacenter --name Boston --storage-type nfs --version-major 3 --version-minor 1