Connecting to the Server

When using a volume on a server, connection or disconnection work is required.
From the Block Storage Details page, add the connection server and then connect to the server to perform the connection work (Mount, Disk Online). After use, perform the disconnection work (Umount, Disk Offline) and then remove the connection server.

Connecting to the Server (Mount, Disk Online)

To use the volume added to the connection server, you must connect to the server and perform the connection work (Mount, Disk Online). Follow the procedure below.

Linux Operating System

1. Click the All Services > Compute > Virtual Server menu. Move to the Service Home page of Virtual Server.
2. Click the Block Storage menu. Move to the Block Storage List page.
3. On the Block Storage List page, click the resource to be used by the connection server. Move to the Block Storage Details page.
4. Check the server in the Connection Server section and connect to it.
5. Refer to the procedure below to connect (Mount) the volume.

• Switch to root privileges

  $ sudo -i
  

• Check the disk

  # lsblk
  NAME    MAJ:MIN  RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
  vda       252:0   0    24G  0 disk
  ├─vda1    252:1   0  23.9G  0 part [SWAP]
  └─vda14   252:14  0     4M  0 part /
  └─vda15   252:15  0   106M  0 part /boot/efi
  vdb       252:16  0    24G  0 disk
  

• Create a partition

  # fdisk /dev/vdb
  Command (m for help): n
  
  Partition type:
     p   primary (0 primary, 0 extended, 4 free)
     e   extended
  Select (default p): p
  Partition number (1-4, default 1): 1
  First sector (2048-50331646, default 2048):
  Last sector, +/-sectors or +/-size{K,M,G,T,P} (2048-50331646, default 50331646):
  
  Created a new partition 1 of type 'Linux' and of size 24 GiB.
  
  Command (m for help): w
  The partition table has been altered!
  Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
  Syncing disks.
  

• Set the partition format (e.g., ext4)

  # lsblk
  NAME    MAJ:MIN  RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
  vda       252:0   0    24G  0 disk
  ├─vda1    252:1   0  23.9G  0 part [SWAP]
  └─vda14   252:14  0     4M  0 part /
  └─vda15   252:15  0   106M  0 part /boot/efi
  vdb       252:16  0    24G  0 disk
  └─vdb1    252:17  0    24G  0 part
  
  # mkfs.ext4 /dev/vdb1
  mke2fs 1.46.5 (30-Dec-2021)
  ...
  Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
  

• Mount the volume

  # mkdir /data
  
  # mount /dev/vdb1 /data
  
  # lsblk
  NAME    MAJ:MIN  RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
  vda       252:0   0    24G  0 disk
  ├─vda1    252:1   0  23.9G  0 part [SWAP]
  └─vda14   252:14  0     4M  0 part /
  └─vda15   252:15  0   106M  0 part /boot/efi
  vdb       252:16  0    24G  0 disk
  └─vdb1    252:17  0    24G  0 part /data
  
  # vi /etc/fstab
  (add) /dev/vdb1     /data       ext4     defaults   0 0
  

Windows Operating System

1. Click the All Services > Compute > Virtual Server menu. Move to the Service Home page of Virtual Server.
2. Click the Block Storage menu. Move to the Block Storage List page.
3. On the Block Storage List page, click the resource to be used by the connection server. Move to the Block Storage Details page.
4. Check the server in the Connection Server section and connect to it.
5. Refer to the procedure below to connect (Disk Online) the volume.

   • Right-click the Windows start icon and run Computer Management

   • In the Computer Management tree structure, select Storage > Disk Management

   • Check the disk

     

   • Bring the disk online

     

   • Initialize the disk

     

     

   • Format the partition

     

     

     

   • Check the volume

     

Disconnecting from the Server (Umount, Disk Offline)

Connect to the server and perform the disconnection work (Umount, Disk Offline), and then remove the connection server from the console.

Follow the procedure below.

Linux Operating System

1. Click the All Services > Compute > Virtual Server menu. Move to the Service Home page of Virtual Server.
2. Click the Block Storage menu. Move to the Block Storage List page.
3. On the Block Storage List page, click the resource to be disconnected from the connection server. Move to the Block Storage Details page.
4. Check the server in the Connection Server section and connect to it.
5. Refer to the procedure below to disconnect (Umount) the volume.
   • Umount the volume

  # umount /dev/vdb1 /data
   
  # lsblk
  NAME    MAJ:MIN  RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
  vda       252:0   0    24G  0 disk
  ├─vda1    252:1   0  23.9G  0 part [SWAP]
  └─vda14   252:14  0     4M  0 part /
  └─vda15   252:15  0   106M  0 part /boot/efi
  vdb       252:16  0    24G  0 disk
  └─vdb1    252:17  0    24G  0 part
   
  # vi /etc/fstab
  (delete) /dev/vdb1     /data       ext4     defaults   0 0

Windows Operating System

1. Click the All Services > Compute > Virtual Server menu. Move to the Service Home page of Virtual Server.

2. Click the Block Storage menu. Move to the Block Storage List page.

3. On the Block Storage List page, click the resource to be disconnected from the connection server. Move to the Block Storage Details page.

4. Check the server in the Connection Server section and connect to it.

5. Unmount the file system.

6. Refer to the procedure below to disconnect (Disk Offline) the volume.

   • Right-click the Windows start icon and run Computer Management

   • In the Computer Management tree structure, select Storage > Disk Management

   • Right-click the disk to be removed and run Offline

     

   • Check the disk status