vSphere 6.0 includes a number of new storage platform capabilities and new features which includes VSAN 6.0, VVOLS and NFS v4.1 to just name a few. For those of you who are interested in consuming these new capabilities programmatically for Automation, here are some of the new vSphere 6.0 APIs to be aware of from a Storage stand point.
Generic Storage Sub-System
- HostStorageSystem (Existing Managed Object)
- Methods to manage and configure NFS v4.1
- ChangeNFSUserPassword
- ClearNFSUser
- QueryNFSUser
- SetNFSUser
- Methods to mark a Disk device either Local or Remote
- MarkAsLocal_Task
- MarkAsNonLocal_Task
- Methods to mark a Disk device as either an SSD or Magnetic Disk
- MarkAsNonSsd_Task
- MarkAsSsd_Task
- Methods to turn On or Off the LED for supported Disk devices
- TurnDiskLocatorLedOn_Task
- TurnDiskLocatorLedOff_Task
- Method to issue VAAI UNMAP operation
- UnmapVmfsVolumeEx_Task
- Methods to manage and configure NFS v4.1
VSAN 6.0
- VsanUpgradeSystem (New Managed Object) - Methods to upgrade to the new VSAN 6.0 on-disk format
- PerformVsanUpgrade_Task
- PerformVsanUpgradePreflightCheck
- QueryVsanUpgradeStatus
- HostVsanInternalSystem (Existing Managed Object) - Methods to query & upgrade VSAN Objects
- QueryVsanObjectUuidsByFilter
- UpgradeVsanObjects
- HostVsanSystem (Existing Managed Object) - Methods to manage VSAN Node and disks
- EvacuateVsanNode_Task
- RecommissionVsanNode_Task
- UnmountDiskMapping_Task
- ComputeResource (Existing Managed Object)
- faultDomainInfo - New Property to configure Fault Domains
VVOL
- HostDatastoreSystem (Existing Managed Object) - Methods to create and delete VVOL Datastores
- CreateVvolDatastore
- RemoveDatastoreEx_Task