Creating a volume from the Horizon dashboard

Creating a volume from the Horizon dashboard

Steps

1. Log in to the Horizon dashboard.
2. Under the Project topic, expand Compute and click Volumes. If you have existing volumes, you can view a list of your volumes with their details, such as name, description, size, and status.
3. Click Create Volume on the upper right portion of the Horizon dashboard. The Create Volume dialog is displayed.

Provide the following details about the volume.

• Volume Name: Type the name of your volume.
• Description: Type a description of your volume.
• Volume Source: No source, empty volume or Image. If you choose an empty volume, an empty volume does not contain a file system or a partition table. If you choose the image option, a new field for Use image as a source displays and you can select the image from the list.
• Type: Ceph_SSD or Ceph_Hybrid.
• Size (GiB): Select the size of the volume in gibibytes(GiB), for example, 1.
• Availability Zone: Choose the availablity zone, for example, nova.

Click Create Volume when complete.

Managing your volumes

Under the Project topic, expand Compute and click Volumes.

The dashboard displays the list of volumes for the current project. In the Actions column, a drop-down list displays your options, as shown below:

• Edit Volume: changes the volume name or description.
• Manage Attachments: attaches the volume to an instance.
• Create Snapshot: creates a snapshot of the volume.
• Create Backup: creates a backup of the volume.
• Change Volume Type: changes the type of the volume.
• Upload to image: uploads the volume to the Image Service as an image.
• Create Transfer: creates volume transfer in this project so that it can be “accepted” by a recipient project.
• Delete Volume: deletes the volume.