Volumes¶

Create volume¶

For detailed instructions, please refer to the Training Handout section Create a volume.

Manage volumes on instances¶

Attach a volume to an instance¶

For detailed instructions, please refer to the Training Handout section Attach a volume.

First-time use: mount and format¶

For detailed instructions, please refer to the following articles in ScienceCloud (Legacy) documentation:

• the user guide section Using volumes / First-time use
• the Training Handout section Format volume

Subsequent use: mount¶

For detailed instructions, please refer to the user guide section Using volumes / Subsequent use.

Unmount volume¶

For detailed instructions, please refer to the user guide section Using volumes / When finished with a volume.

Auto-mount volume¶

For detailed instructions, please refer to the following articles in ScienceCloud (Legacy) documentation:

• the user guide section Using volumes / Other uses
• the article How to automatically mount a volume at instance startup
• the FAQ on troubleshooting an issue related to enabling auto-mount Not able to find my files on attached volume after instance resize

Detach a volume¶

For detailed instructions, please refer to the following articles in ScienceCloud (Legacy) documentation:

• the user guide section Using volumes / Detach a volume from an instance
• the FAQ on troubleshooting an issue related to detaching volume Why the record in "Attached To" of my volume does not match /dev/sd{x} or /dev/vd{x} inside the image?

Volume operations¶

Extend or resize a volume¶

For detailed instructions, please refer to the article How to resize a volume.

Delete volumes¶

For issues related to volume deletion, please refer to the article How to delete a volume that returns error: "Volume still has 1 dependent snapshots. (HTTP 400)".

Volume transfer¶

For detailed instructions, please refer to the article How to transfer volumes between projects.

Volume backup and recovery¶

Create snapshot¶

Create backup¶