Creating and deleting volumes

Admin panel

1. On the Compute > Storage > Volumes tab, click Create volume.

   

2. In the Create volume window, specify a volume name and size in gigabytes, select a storage policy, and then click Create.

Command-line interface

Use the following command:

vinfra service compute volume create [--description <description>]
                                     [--network-install <network_install>]
                                     [--image <image>]
                                     [--snapshot <snapshot>]
                                     --storage-policy <storage_policy>
                                     --size <size-gb> <volume-name>

--description <description>

Volume description

A description should not contain any personally identifiable information or sensitive business data.

--network-install <network_install>

Perform network installation (true or false).

--image <image>

Source compute image ID or name

--snapshot <snapshot>

Source compute volume snapshot ID or name

--storage-policy <storage_policy>

Storage policy ID or name

--size <size-gb>

Volume size, in gigabytes

<volume-name>

Volume name

For example, to create a volume myvolume sized 8 GB and with the default storage policy, run:

# vinfra service compute volume create myvolume --storage-policy default --size 8
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| Field                          | Value                                |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
| attachments                    | []                                   |
| availability_zone              | nova                                 |
| bootable                       | False                                |
| consistencygroup_id            |                                      |
| created_at                     | 2018-09-12T12:30:12.665916           |
| description                    |                                      |
| encrypted                      | False                                |
| id                             | c9c0e9e7-ce7a-4566-99d5-d7e40f2987ab |
| imageRef                       |                                      |
| migration_status               |                                      |
| multiattach                    | False                                |
| name                           | myvolume                             |
| network_install                | False                                |
| os-vol-host-attr:host          |                                      |
| os-vol-mig-status-attr:migstat |                                      |
| os-vol-mig-status-attr:name_id |                                      |
| project_id                     | 72a5db3a033c403a86756021e601ef34     |
| replication_status             |                                      |
| size                           | 8                                    |
| snapshot_id                    |                                      |
| source_volid                   |                                      |
| status                         | creating                             |
| storage_policy_name            | default                              |
| updated_at                     |                                      |
| user_id                        | 98bf389983c24c07af9677b931783143     |
| volume_image_metadata          |                                      |
+--------------------------------+--------------------------------------+

The new volume will appear in the vinfra service compute volume list output:

# vinfra service compute volume list -c id -c name -c size -c status
+--------------------------------------+----------+------+-----------+
| id                                   | name     | size | status    |
+--------------------------------------+----------+------+-----------+
| c9c0e9e7-ce7a-4566-99d5-d7e40f2987ab | myvolume |    8 | available |
+--------------------------------------+----------+------+-----------+

Admin panel

1. On the Compute > Storage > Volumes tab, check the status of the volume you want to remove.
2. If the status is "In use", click the volume, and then click Force detach.
3. If the status is "Available", click the volume, and then click Delete.

Command-line interface

Use the following command:

vinfra service compute volume delete <volume>

<volume>

Volume ID or name

For example, to delete the volume myvolume2, run:

# vinfra service compute volume delete myvolume2
Operation successful