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Creating a thin volumes python / Rest api

paulo2 — Wed, 04 Jun 2025 09:50:23 GMT

Hi All!

I am creating a bulk number of volumes with python / Rest api.

The problem is how to create a volume where a thin provisioning is enabled by default?

I am using python / rest api / ontap library. Could you share the code snippets?

Here is my code snippet:

volume = Volume()

volume.name = x["volname"]

volume.aggregates = [{"name": self.data["aggr"]}]

volume.size = x["size"]

volume.svm = {"name": self.data["svm"]}

pather = "/" + x["volname"]

volume.nas = {"security_style": "ntfs", "path": pather}

volume.efficiency = {"compression": "both"}

BR:
Pal

Re: Creating a thin volumes python / Rest api

Ontapforrum — Wed, 19 Apr 2023 11:08:15 GMT

Check this:
https://library.netapp.com/ecmdocs/ECMLP2858435/html/resources/volume.html#netapp_ontap.resources.volume.VolumeSchema.guarantee

Try this (Rest API):
resource.guarantee="none"

Or, (Python client)
Volume.guarantee="none" (Give it a try, sorry I am not a python user)

On the side note:
For AFF storage systems, the value of thin provisioning is “Default”, and for other storage systems, the value of thick provisioning is “Default”.
For FabricPool-enabled aggregates, the value of thin provisioning is “Default”.

In case you are lost, just reach out to this link: (Look under Support)
https://github.com/NetApp/ontap-rest-python