3311c7127f
More changes to match the Admin Guide with the Icehouse GUI. Also cleaning up some wording and other editing stuff. Relatively small changes to smallish files, for the most part. ...and some niceness fixes that I thought I'd gotten earlier. Added Diane's fixes Change-Id: I867cb38629803be1993a318e933416e2bca3e87c
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
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xml:id="dashboard_manage_volumes">
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<?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
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<title>Manage volumes and volume types</title>
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<para>Volumes are the Block Storage devices that you attach to
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instances to enable persistent storage. Users can attach a
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volume to a running instance or detach a volume and attach it
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to another instance at any time. For information about using
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the dashboard to create and manage volumes as an end user, see
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the <link
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xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/content/"
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><citetitle>OpenStack End User
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Guide</citetitle></link>.</para>
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<para>As an administrative user, you can manage volumes and volume types for users in various
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projects. You can create and delete volume types, and you can view and delete
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volumes.</para>
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<section xml:id="dashboard_create_volume_types">
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<title>Create a volume type</title>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Log in to the dashboard and choose the
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<guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
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drop-down list at the top of the page.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, open the
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<guibutton>System Panel</guibutton> and click
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the <guilabel>Volumes</guilabel> category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Create Volume
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Type</guibutton>.</para>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Create Volume Type</guilabel>
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window, enter a name for the volume type.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Create Volume Type</guibutton>
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to confirm your changes.</para>
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<para>A message indicates whether the action
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succeeded.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="dashboard_delete_volume_types">
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<title>Delete volume types</title>
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<para>When you delete a volume type, volumes of that type are
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not deleted.</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Log in to the dashboard and choose the
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<guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
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drop-down list at the top of the page.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, open the
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<guibutton>System Panel</guibutton> and click
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the <guilabel>Volumes</guilabel> category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Select the volume type or types that you want to
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delete.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Delete Volume
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Types</guibutton>.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Confirm Delete Volume
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Types</guilabel> window, click
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<guibutton>Delete Volume Types</guibutton> to
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confirm the action.</para>
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<para>A message indicates whether the action
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succeeded.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="dashboard_delete_volume">
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<title>Delete volumes</title>
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<para>When you delete an instance, the data of its attached
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volumes is not destroyed.</para>
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<procedure>
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<step>
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<para>Log in to the dashboard and choose the
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<guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
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drop-down list at the top of the page.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, open the
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<guibutton>System Panel</guibutton> and click
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the <guilabel>Volumes</guilabel> category.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Select the volume or volumes that you want to
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delete.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Click <guibutton>Delete
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Volumes</guibutton>.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>In the <guilabel>Confirm Delete
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Volumes</guilabel> window, click
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<guibutton>Delete Volumes</guibutton> to
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confirm the action.</para>
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<para>A message indicates whether the action
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succeeded.</para>
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</step>
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</procedure>
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</section>
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</section>
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