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For more details, please refer to the Oracle Cloud documentation.

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Creating a New Volume


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Open the Block Storage configuration from the Core Infrastructure menu section.

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This will open the block volume list.

Click on Create Block Volume to create a new virtual disk.

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This will open the block volume creation screen.

Enter the details of the new volume.

Add at least 

  • name,
  • availability zone, and
  • size.

Adapt the other settings as required. When done, click on Create Block Volume.

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If you chose to view the volume details after the volume has been created, the detail screen will be displayed.

Return to the instance list to attach the new volume to your instance.

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Attaching an Existing Volume to an Instance

After returning to the instance list (via Compute > Instances), select your instance to display the instance details. Then perform the following steps to attache the block volume to your instance:

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Select Attached Block Volumes from the Resources section on the left.

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In the example above, no volumes have been attached so far. Click on Attach Block Volume to select the volume that is to be attached.

Select the parameters for the volume and attach it to the instance.

Select which block volume to attach, the parameters for attaching the device (paravirtualized, read/write), the compartment, and the device path presented to the Charon-SSP host.

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Once all parameters have been set, click on Attach.

Verify that the device has been attached.

The instance details list now shows the attached volume.

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Detaching a Volume from an Instance

First, unmount the volume in the Charon host system (see Charon-SSP Manager section below).

Then detach the volume from your instance:

  • Go to the Attached Block Volumes list in the instance details display.
  • Click on the three dots next to the volume to be detached and select Detach.

Storage Manager of the Charon-SSP Manager

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