123 lines
4.9 KiB
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123 lines
4.9 KiB
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE section [
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<!ENTITY ndash "–">
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<!ENTITY mdash "—">
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<!ENTITY hellip "…">
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<!ENTITY plusmn "±">
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]>
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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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<guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down
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list.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
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<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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</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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<guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down
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list.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
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<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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</step>
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<step>
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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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<guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down
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list.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
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<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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</step>
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<step>
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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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