Viewing and modifying volumes

View or modify details about volumes.

Before you begin

You must be assigned one of the following permissions to perform these steps:
  • Cloud group administration role with permission to View all cloud groups (Read-only)
  • Cloud group administration role with permission to View all cloud groups (Read-only permission)
  • Resource level administration role with Read access rights permission (ACL) to view a specific instance
  • Resource level administration role with Write or All access rights permission (ACL) to view and manage a specific instance

About this task

You can use the console, the command line interface, or the REST API to complete this task. For the command line and REST API information, see the Related information section.

Procedure

  1. Click Cloud > Volumes.
  2. Select a volume to view or modify.
    You can click the name of the volume or click the Edit icon in the Actions column of the table to display the details. You can view or modify the following fields. Values that you can modify are displayed with links for editing or removing entries, or are displayed with a dash underline.
    Jobs
    Specifies the pending and started jobs associated with the volume. Click the underlined numbers to view the specific jobs. Click View Details to view the Job Queue pane.
    Description
    Specifies the description of the volume. When there is no description, (none) is located in this field. Click (none) to add a description.
    Status
    Specifies the status of the volume, such as Available.
    Created on
    Specifies the date for which the volume is created.
    Updated on
    Specifies the time and date of the last change to the volume.
    Virtual machines
    Specifies the virtual machines that use the volume.
    Size
    Specifies the size of the volume.
    In cloud group
    Specifies the cloud group for which this volume belongs.
    Volume Group
    Specifies the volume group to which this volume is a member. Click the link to view the volume group detail.
    Storage controller
    Specifies the storage controller for which this volume is associated with. Click the link to view the storage device details.
    Storage volume statistics
    Specifies the volume statistics for this volume. Click the link to view the volume statistics details.
    Access granted to
    The access control list for this volume. Initially this field is set to the role of the owner of the volume. Users or groups who have access to this volume are listed in this field as links.

    If you have permission, use the Add more entry field to provide access for more users or groups of users. For each user or group of users in this list, you can specify whether they have read, write, or all access by clicking the link next to the user or group name. Click Remove to remove the user or group from the access list.