Creating and Attaching Block Volumes

You can create and attach a block volume to an instance to expand the available storage on the instance. The topics in this section describe how to administer the Block Volume Storage service for Compute Cloud@Customer.

To create and attach block volumes to an instance, you perform a series of tasks.

Task Flow

No. Task Links
1.

Create a block volume.

Creating a Block Volume

2.

Attach the block volume to one or more instances.

Attaching a Volume

or

Attaching a Volume to Multiple Instances

3. Identify the added block volume and perform administrative tasks. Find Your Volume in the Instance
4.

Configure the volume to automatically mount when the instance is rebooted.

Find Your Volume in the Instance