4.4. datacenter

The datacenter resource type groups all data center resources in a Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization environment.

Table 4.5. 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 3.6, 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 3.6, the minor version is 6.
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
--expect
'201-created'
Request becomes asynchronous until the expected HTTP header is returned. Useful for long-running tasks that would otherwise return as successful before the task is completed.
No
No
No
--correlation_id
string
A tagging identifier of an action for cross-system logging. If the client does not define the identifier, one will be generated.
No
Yes
No

Example 4.8. Creating a new data center

[RHEVM shell (connected)]# add datacenter --name Boston --storage-type nfs --version-major 3 --version-minor 2

Example 4.9. Updating a data center

[RHEVM shell (connected)]# update datacenter Boston --name India

Example 4.10. Deleting a data center

[RHEVM shell (connected)]# remove datacenter Boston