openstack-manuals/doc/admin-guide-cloud/source/compute-manage-volumes.rst

Manage volumes

Depending on the setup of your cloud provider, they may give you an endpoint to use to manage volumes, or there may be an extension under the covers. In either case, you can use the nova CLI to manage volumes.

nova volume commands

Command	Description
volume-attach	Attach a volume to a server.
volume-create	Add a new volume.
volume-delete	Remove a volume.
volume-detach	Detach a volume from a server.
volume-list	List all the volumes.
volume-show	Show details about a volume.
volume-snapshot-create	Add a new snapshot.
volume-snapshot-delete	Remove a snapshot.
volume-snapshot-list	List all the snapshots.
volume-snapshot-show	Show details about a snapshot.
volume-type-create	Create a new volume type.
volume-type-delete	Delete a specific flavor
volume-type-list	Print a list of available 'volume types'.
volume-update	Update an attached volume.

For example, to list IDs and names of Compute volumes, run:

$ nova volume-list
+-----------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+-------------+
| ID        | Status    | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Attached to |
+-----------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+-------------+
| 1af4cb9...| available | PerfBlock    | 1    | Performance |             |
+-----------+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+-------------+