Elastic Volumes in QCloud provide scalable and persistent block storage for instances. Customers can create, manage, and attach volumes to instances, allowing for flexible storage expansion as per business requirements. This guide covers listing, adding, editing, and deleting Elastic Volumes within the customer interface of QCloud.
Elastic Volumes offer robust and flexible storage management for instances. Customers can seamlessly provision, modify, and manage their storage resources based on their business needs while taking advantage of QCloud’s unified billing and reporting features.
List Elastic Volumes #
To access the Elastic Volumes section:
- Log in to the QCloud Customer Interface.
- Navigate to Providers >> OpenStack >> Storage >> Elastic Volumes.
- The Elastic Volumes listing page will display the following columns:
- Name/ID: The unique identifier for the volume.
- Status: The current state of the volume (e.g., Available, In-use, Error).
- Created: Timestamp of when the volume was created.
- Size (GB): The total storage size allocated to the volume.
- Product Name: The specific storage type selected during creation.
- Attached To: Shows the instance(s) to which the volume is attached.
- Actions: Various management options available for each volume.
Actions Available for Elastic Volumes #
The Actions menu provides various management options:
- Extend Volume: Increase the volume size if additional storage is needed.
- Manage Attachments: Attach or detach the volume to/from an instance.
- Create Snapshot: Generate a point-in-time backup of the volume.
- Change Volume Type: Modify the storage tier (e.g., from HDD to SSD).
- Create Transfer: Move ownership of the volume to another user.
- Delete: Permanently remove the volume.
- Edit Volume: Modify the name or description.
- Create Backup: Generate a full backup of the volume.