diff --git a/server/src/com/cloud/api/BaseCmd.java b/server/src/com/cloud/api/BaseCmd.java
index ea7f962822c..ca928e27887 100644
--- a/server/src/com/cloud/api/BaseCmd.java
+++ b/server/src/com/cloud/api/BaseCmd.java
@@ -286,6 +286,7 @@ public abstract class BaseCmd {
         START_VLAN("startvlan", BaseCmd.TYPE_LONG, "startvlan"),
         END_VLAN("endvlan", BaseCmd.TYPE_LONG, "endvlan"),
         SIZE("size", BaseCmd.TYPE_LONG, "size"),
+        SIZE_NETAPP_VOL("netappvolsize", BaseCmd.TYPE_LONG, "netappvolsize"),
         STATE("state", BaseCmd.TYPE_STRING, "state"),
         STORAGE("storage", BaseCmd.TYPE_LONG, "storage"),
         SUCCESS("success", BaseCmd.TYPE_BOOLEAN, "success"),
diff --git a/setup/db/create-schema.sql b/setup/db/create-schema.sql
index 70890e6043b..5af54b5f66c 100644
--- a/setup/db/create-schema.sql
+++ b/setup/db/create-schema.sql
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ CREATE TABLE `cloud`.`netapp_storage_pool` (
   `aggregate_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'name for the aggregate',
   `pool_name` varchar(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'name for the pool/volume',
   `snapshot_policy` varchar(255) NOT NULL COMMENT 'snapshot policy',  
-  `pool_size` bigint unsigned COMMENT 'size of the pool',
+  `pool_size` varchar(15) COMMENT 'size of the pool eg 15g',
   `round_robin_marker` bigint unsigned COMMENT 'this is set to 1 to indicate the vol/pool to use for allocation',  
   PRIMARY KEY (`id`)
 ) ENGINE=InnoDB DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8;