Manage Volumes

Eucalyptus offers persistent storage that you can attach to a running instance. These Eucalyptus block storage (EBS) volumes persist autonomously from the running life of an instance. After you attach a block volume to an instance, you can use it like any other physical hard drive. This screen allows you to view a list of your volumes, create new volumes, attach and detach volumes to a running instance, and delete volumes. You can page through the list of volumes by clicking the navigation buttons at the bottom of the screen.

Sorting the Volume List

Click on any column header to toggle sorting the list of volumes in ascending or descending order by the selected column.

Searching the Volume List

Type some search text into the Search text box to filter the list of volumes.

Creating a Volume

Click the Create new volume button. The Create Volume dialog box will appear.

Attach a Volume to a Running Instance

  1. Right-click on the unattached volume you wish to attach to a running instance.
  2. Select Attach to instance from the context menu. The Attach volume to instance dialog box will appear.
    Note: You can also click on a volume and click the More actions link at the top of the list.

Detach a Volume from a Running Instance

  1. Right-click on the attached volume you wish to detach from a running instance.
  2. Select Detach from instance from the context menu. The Detach volumes dialog box will appear.
    Note: You can also click on a volume and click the More actions link at the top of the list.

Create a Snapshot from a Volume

  1. Right-click on the volume that you wish to use as the source of a new snapshot.
  2. Select Create snapshot from volume from the context menu. The Create snapshot from volume dialog box will appear.

Deleting Volumes

  1. Click the checkbox next to the volume.
    Note: You can't delete a volume that is attached to an instance.
  2. Right-click in the volume list and select Delete from the context menu. The Delete Volume dialog box will appear.