<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE section [ <!-- Some useful entities borrowed from HTML --> <!ENTITY ndash "–"> <!ENTITY mdash "—"> <!ENTITY hellip "…"> <!ENTITY plusmn "±"> ]> <section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0" xml:id="dashboard_manage_volumes"> <?dbhtml stop-chunking?> <title>Manage volumes and volume types</title> <para>Volumes are the Block Storage devices that you attach to instances to enable persistent storage. Users can attach a volume to a running instance or detach a volume and attach it to another instance at any time. For information about using the dashboard to create and manage volumes as an end user, see the <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/" ><citetitle>OpenStack End User Guide</citetitle></link>.</para> <para>As an administrative user, you can manage volumes and volume types for users in various projects. You can create and delete volume types, and you can view and delete volumes.</para> <section xml:id="dashboard_create_volume_types"> <title>Create a volume type</title> <procedure> <step> <para>Log in to the dashboard and choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the <guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down list.</para> </step> <step> <para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the <guilabel>Volumes</guilabel> category.</para> </step> <step> <para>Click <guibutton>Create Volume Type</guibutton>.</para> <para>In the <guilabel>Create Volume Type</guilabel> window, enter a name for the volume type.</para> </step> <step> <para>Click <guibutton>Create Volume Type</guibutton> to confirm your changes.</para> </step> </procedure> </section> <section xml:id="dashboard_delete_volume_types"> <title>Delete volume types</title> <para>When you delete a volume type, volumes of that type are not deleted.</para> <procedure> <step> <para>Log in to the dashboard and choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the <guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down list.</para> </step> <step> <para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the <guilabel>Volumes</guilabel> category.</para> </step> <step> <para>Select the volume type or types that you want to delete.</para> </step> <step> <para>Click <guibutton>Delete Volume Types</guibutton>.</para> </step> <step> <para>In the <guilabel>Confirm Delete Volume Types</guilabel> window, click <guibutton>Delete Volume Types</guibutton> to confirm the action.</para> </step> <step> <para>A message indicates whether the action succeeded.</para> </step> </procedure> </section> <section xml:id="dashboard_delete_volume"> <title>Delete volumes</title> <para>When you delete an instance, the data of its attached volumes is not destroyed.</para> <procedure> <step> <para>Log in to the dashboard and choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the <guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down list.</para> </step> <step> <para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the <guilabel>Volumes</guilabel> category.</para> </step> <step> <para>Select the volume or volumes that you want to delete.</para> </step> <step> <para>Click <guibutton>Delete Volumes</guibutton>.</para> </step> <step> <para>In the <guilabel>Confirm Delete Volumes</guilabel> window, click <guibutton>Delete Volumes</guibutton> to confirm the action.</para> </step> <step> <para>A message indicates whether the action succeeded.</para> </step> </procedure> </section> </section>