vserver create - avoid certain nodes/aggregates

[haughty gulch]

hi all, is it possible when creating an SVM to give it a list of aggregates to NOT use? is this possible in restapi as well? I have wracked by brain and cannot find an option for this.
thanks in advance
Darren.

[ember herald]

I don't think that is possible. You need to update the list of aggregates every time you add a new aggregate to the system. It's something that probably doesn't happen that often, and it's very easy to automate

[blissful grove]

After the svm is created you can certainly modify/update the aggr-list option to indicate allowed aggregates but I do not recall if it’s allowed at svm creation

[haughty gulch]

yes thanks, its trying to avoid the root volume being provisioned on a certrain aggr in the first place, aggrs which are reserved for certain customers.

[blissful grove]

You can always vol move the root after creating. You can ahah specify which aggregate the root volume goes in specifically when creating the svm

[haughty gulch]

Hi, yes have done that in the past but this is being created using an automation front end using restapi calls so thats not what they are after.

i did find an aggregates switch within the api call which allows a list to be specified at creation which hopefully would mean that the svm root would be created on one of the list

[ember herald]

if they have it automated already anyways, why can't they automate selecting the correct aggregate as well? 🤔