4.4. datacenter

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

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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 Virtualization 4.1, the major version is 4.	Yes	Yes	Yes
`--version-minor`	int	The minor version number of the data center. For example, for Red Hat Virtualization 4.1, the minor version is 0.	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