Connect to Server

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

Connect to Server (Mount, Disk Online)

To use the volume added to the connected server, you must log into the server and perform the connection tasks (Mount, Disk Online). Follow the steps below.

Linux operating system

1. Click the All Services > Compute > Virtual Server menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Virtual Server.
2. Click the Block Storage menu. Go to the Block Storage List page.
3. On the Block Storage List page, click the resource to be used on the connected server. Navigate to the Block Storage Details page.
4. After verifying the server in the Connection Server item, connect.
5. Refer to the steps below to mount the volume (Mount).

• Switch to root privileges

  $ sudo -i
  

• Check 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 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.
  

• Partition format setting (example: 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
  

• Volume Mount

  # 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
  (추가) /dev/vdb1     /data       ext4     defaults   0 0
  

Windows operating system

1. Click the All Services > Compute > Virtual Server menu. Navigate to the Virtual Server Service Home page.
2. Click the Block Storage menu. You will be taken to the Block Storage List page.
3. On the Block Storage List page, click the resource to be used on the connected server. You will be taken to the Block Storage Details page.
4. Connection Server item, verify the server and then connect.
5. Refer to the steps below to connect the volume (Disk Online).

• After right-clicking the Windows Start icon, run Computer Management.

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

• Check Disk

  

• Disk Online

  

• Disk initialization

  

  

• Partition format

  

  

  

• Check volume

  

Disconnect server (Umount, Disk Offline)

Access the server, perform the disconnect operations (Umount, Disk Offline), and then disconnect the server from the Console.

Follow the next procedure.

Linux operating system

1. Click the All Services > Compute > Virtual Server menu. Navigate to the Service Home page of Virtual Server.
2. Click the Block Storage menu. Navigate to the Block Storage List page.
3. On the Block Storage List page, click the resource to detach the attached server. You will be taken to the Block Storage Details page.
4. After verifying the server in the Connection Server item, connect.
5. Refer to the steps below to unmount the volume(Umount).
   • Volume Umount

  # 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
  (삭제) /dev/vdb1     /data       ext4     defaults   0 0

Windows operating system

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

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

3. Block Storage List page, click the resource to detach the connected server. Navigate to the Block Storage Details page.

4. In the Connection Server field, verify the server before connecting.

5. Unmount the mounted file system.

6. Please follow the procedure below to detach the volume (Disk Offline).

   • Right-click the Windows Start icon, then run Computer Management.

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

   • Right-click the disk to be removed, then run Offline

     

   • Check disk status