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Overview


The Cloud Management Platform (CMP) lets you create and manage your storage.

Create Storage


To create an additional volume:

  1. Login to your CMP account.
  2. Navigate to Service Orchestration > Services > storage > New.

    Create New Volume
  3. In the Volumes dialog, enter the information as shown in the table below: 

    Volumes dialog
    Field Name 
    Description 
    Resource Pool Select your resource pool. This option is available only for Microsoft Azure cloud providers. 
    Size Specify the resource Size.
    NameEnter a Name for your Storage. 
    Type

    Select the storage type from the Type drop-down:

    Microsoft Azure:

    • Premium SSD
    • Standard SSD

    Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    • General purpose SSD
    • Provisioned IOPS SSD
    • Throughput optimized HDD
    • Cold HDD
    • Magnetic

    Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

    • Standard Persistent Disk
    • SSD Persistent Disk

    VMware vSphere 

    • Fixed
    • Dynamic
    Termination ProtectionYou can enable Termination Protection to protect your volume from accidental deletion. If you've enabled this option, you'll need an Administrator approval to delete your storage. 
  4. Once you create a volume, you'll see your volume go Live. Now we will have multiple options in context to this specifically created volume

    Volumes dialog
  5. You can perform the following operations on your volume:

    Operation
    Description
    Attach 

    You can attach the volume to a Virtual Machine (VM) that belong to the same resource pool.

    You can attach Microsoft Azure volumes to a VM if the VMs and volumes belong to the same resource groups.

    DetachLets you detach a mounted volume from a VM.
    ResizeYou can increase or decrease the size of your Volume using this operation.
    CloneYou can replicate an existing volume that belong to the same resource pool.
    Timeline You can view the logs of the tasks performed within a volume. You can view the Task, Date & Time, and execution logs on via Timeline. Needs verification
    Destroy

    You can delete a volume using this operation. 

    Note

    • You cannot destroy a volume without detaching it from a VM.
    • If you've enabled Termination Protection policy, you'll need an Administrator approval to delete your storage. 
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