openstack/openstack-manuals
Code Issues Proposed changes

Updates to 'Manage Volumes' section

Browse Source 
Updated the procedure in the 'Manage volumes' section of the dashboard
chapter of the End User guide.
Partial-Bug: #1279133

Change-Id: Ifaf279bbc965fdd8bff6d2a55ffe824fdc6e2d0f
This commit is contained in:
Deepti Navale 2014-03-04 12:23:39 +10:00 committed by Andreas Jaeger
parent a13a8a39b6
commit 2fc55d1f80
1 changed files with 83 additions and 16 deletions

99
doc/user-guide/section_dashboard_manage_volumes.xml

@ -28,19 +28,88 @@
category.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click <guibutton>Create
Volume</guibutton>.</para>
<para>In the window that opens, enter a name, an
optional description, and the size in GBs for the
volume.</para>
<para>Click <guibutton>Create Volume</guibutton>.</para>
<para>In the window that opens, enter or select the following values.</para>
<informaltable rules="all" width="75%">
<col width="30%"/>
<col width="70%"/>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>
<para>
<guilabel>Volume Name</guilabel>
</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>A name to identify the volume.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para>
<guilabel>Description</guilabel>
</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>A brief description for the volume.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para>
<guilabel>Type</guilabel>
</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>Leave this field blank.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para>
<guilabel>Size (GB)</guilabel>
</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>The size of the volume in GB.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<para>
<guilabel>Volume Source</guilabel>
</para>
</td>
<td>
<para>Options are:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para><guilabel>No source, empty volume</guilabel>
- Choose this option to create an empty volume.</para>
<note>
<para>An empty volume does not contain either a file
system or a partition table.</para>
</note>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<guilabel>Image</guilabel> - Choose this option
to create a volume from an image. Select the image
from the dropdown list.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</informaltable>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click <guibutton>Create Volume</guibutton> to
confirm your changes.</para>
<para>Click the <guibutton>Create Volume</guibutton> button to
confirm your changes.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>The dashboard shows the volume in the
<guilabel>Volumes</guilabel> category.</para>
<para>The dashboard shows the volume in the <guilabel>Volumes</guilabel>
category.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>
@ -82,9 +151,8 @@
</step>
<step>
<para>View the status of a volume in the
<guilabel>Instances &amp; Volumes</guilabel>
category of the dashboard. The volume is either
available or In-Use.</para>
<guilabel>Volumes</guilabel> category of the dashboard.
The volume is either available or In-Use.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Now you can log in to the instance and mount,
@ -119,19 +187,18 @@
<procedure>
<step>
<para>Log in to the dashboard, choose a project, and
click the <guilabel>Instances &amp;
Volumes</guilabel> category.</para>
click the <guilabel>Volumes</guilabel> category.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Select a volume from which to create a snapshot.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>From the <guilabel>Actions</guilabel> drop-down
<para>From the <guilabel>More</guilabel> drop-down
list, select <guilabel>Create Snapshot</guilabel>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>In the window that opens, enter a snapshot name
and a description.</para>
and a brief description.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Confirm your changes.</para>