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Once volumes are created, attach or detach volumes to an instance.

Attach a Volume

  •  To do so, on the Volumes page, select the volume to be attached to an instance.

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  •  From the Actions drop down list, select Attach Volume.

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The Attach Volume dialog will be displayed. 

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  •  Select the instance to be attached from the Instance drop down list.
    Enter a device name for the EBS volume; e.g., /dev/sdf1, /dev/sdp15. Refer to EBS Volumes and Device Mapping for more information on how best to allocate EBS volume device names.

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  •  Click Attach

The volume is now attached to a SoftNAS® instance.

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Detach a Volume

Detach a volume from the attached instance.

  •  Select the volume to be detached from the instance.

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    From the Actions drop down list, click Detach Volume

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    WARNING - BE CAREFUL: Do not detach volumes from an active SoftNAS® instance unless the volume will be moving to a new instance, in which case, re-attach the EBS volumes and Import to regain access to data.


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  •  The Detach Volume message box asking to confirm the dissociation of address with the specific instance will be displayed.

  •  Click Yes, Detach. The selected volume will be detached from the instance.

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Delete a Volume


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Note: Permanent data loss can occur when EBS volumes are deleted.
  •  To delete a volume, select it from the Volumes page on EC2 dashboard.

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  • the Actions drop down list, select the Delete Volume option and confirm by clicking Yes, Delete.


The selected volumes will be deleted.


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