Create and manage a volume

Volume is a storage connecting to an instance.

Users can connect or disconnect a volume to the operating instance, and reconnect to other instance whenever they want.

And also can create or remove snapshots.

*Process

1. How create a volume
2. How to connect a volume to an instance
3. How to disconnect from an instance
4. How to create a volume snapshot
5. How to edit a volume
6. How to delete a volume

1. Create a volume

1. In cloud management console, Click button after Project > Compute > Volume.

2. In the ‘Create Volume’ dialog box, do the following:
   
   

Volume name: Specify volume name.

Description: It’s optional. Type a brief description.

Volume source: Choose on of following option:

No source, empty volume

 Create an empty volume

  Note: An empty volume file does not include a file system or partition table

Image

 Use an image for sources.

Volume

 Use a volume for sources.

Type: Choose from Standard(a general specification) and Supreme(advanced one).

Size (GB): Enter 50GB unit.

3. Click button, then you can see test_block has been created on the dashboard.

           

2. Connect a volume to an instance

   To connect to instance, you need at least one volume. You can connect one volume to an instance in a time.

1. Click button after Project > Compute > Volume, then click manage attachment.

2. In the ‘Mange Volume Attachments’ dialog box, choose an instance to attach to.

*The original device name can be different with the chosen name according to a hypervisor setting.

3. Click button. You can see the volume, test_bock, has been attached to the test_planco instance.

   

  You can check the volume state. From now on you can operate, mount or format the disk.

3. Detach Volume

1. Click button of the volume you want to detach after Project > Compute >Volume, then click ‘manage attachment’.

   

2. In the ‘Manage Volume Attachments’ dialog box, click .

 

3. You can see the volume has been detached from an instance.

 

4. Create volume snapshot

1. Click of the volume in which you want to create a snapshot, then click ‘Create snapshot’ after Project > Compute > volume.

 

2. In the ‘Create Volume Snapshot’ dialog box, type Snapshot name and Description.

     

3) Click button.

   On the Volume snapshot tab, you can see the new snapshot: test_vol_snap.

5. Edit a volume

1. Click button of the volume you want to edit after Project > Compute > volume.

2. Modify Volume name and description in the ‘Edit Volume’ dialog box.

3)  Click button.

   You can see the volume name has been changed from text_block to text block_adjust.

4) In the Extend volume dialog box, showing after clicking button, you can extend a volume to specify the volume size.
    For this process, please click as shown below.

 

6. Delete a volume

    Even if you delete an instance, the connected volume data will not be damaged.

1. Choose the volume you want to delete and click button after Project > Compute > Volume.
   
   
   
   

2. You can delete successfully when you click in the ‘Confirm Delete Volume’ dialog box.

               

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