openstack-manuals/doc/user-guide-admin/section_dashboard_admin_manage_volumes.xml
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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
drop-down list at the top of the page.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, open the
<guibutton>System Panel</guibutton> and 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>
<para>A message indicates whether the action
succeeded.</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
drop-down list at the top of the page.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, open the
<guibutton>System Panel</guibutton> and 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>
<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
drop-down list at the top of the page.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, open the
<guibutton>System Panel</guibutton> and 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>
<para>A message indicates whether the action
succeeded.</para>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>
</section>