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# Create a storage volume

You can create a storage volume with or without a storage volume template. If you do not specify a storage volume template, you must specify the storage volume provisioning attributes. Before you create a storage volume, you select a storage system and associated storage pool. After you create a storage volume, you can add it to a server profile.

### Prerequisites

- Minimum required session ID privileges: Infrastructure administrator or Storage administrator

- You have added at least one storage system

- You have added at least one storage pool

Creating a storage volume with a storage volume template using REST APIs
Select a storage system URI. `GET /rest/storage-systems` Select a storage volume template. `GET /rest/storage-volume-templates` Create the storage volume with the information from the previous steps. `POST /rest/storage-volumes`

Creating a storage volume without a storage template using REST APIs
Select a storage system URI. `GET /rest/storage-systems` Select a storage pool from the storage system URI you selected in step 1. `GET `{storage system URI}`/storage-pools` Create the storage volume with the information from the previous steps. `POST /rest/storage-volumes`

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