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Chapter 9. Data Centers
9.1. Data Center Elements
The
datacenters collection provides information about the data centers in a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment. An API user accesses this information through the rel="datacenters" link obtained from the entry point URI.
The following table shows specific elements contained in a data center resource representation.
Table 9.1. Data center elements
| Element | Type | Description | Properties |
|---|---|---|---|
name | string | A plain text, human-readable name for the data center. The name is unique across all data center resources. | 
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description | string | A plain text, human-readable description of the data center | |
link rel="storagedomains" | relationship | A link to the sub-collection for storage domains attached to this data center. | |
link rel="clusters" | relationship | A link to the sub-collection for clusters attached to this data center. | |
link rel="networks" | relationship | A link to the sub-collection for networks available to this data center. | |
link rel="permissions" | relationship | A link to the sub-collection for data center permissions. | |
link rel="quotas" | relationship | A link to the sub-collection for quotas associated with this data center. | |
local | Boolean: true or false | Specifies whether the data center is a local data center, such as created in all-in-one instances. |
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storage_format | enumerated | Describes the storage format version for the data center. A list of enumerated values are available in capabilities. | |
version major= minor= | complex | The compatibility level of the data center. | |
supported_versions | complex | A list of possible version levels for the data center, including version major= minor=. | 
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mac_pool | string | The MAC address pool associated with the data center. If no MAC address pool is specified the default MAC address pool is used. | |
status | see below | The data center status. |
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The
status contains one of the following enumerated values: uninitialized, up, maintenance, not_operational, problematic and contend. These states are listed in data_center_states under capabilities.
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