Creating a Volume in a Virtual Machine

Create a volume to attach a new, blank volume to a virtual machine (VM). (You can also attach an existing, unattached volume as described in Attaching a Volume to a Virtual Machine.)

To create a new volume in a VM

1. Open the Virtual Machines page (see The Virtual Machines Page).
2. Select a VM and click Shutdown.
3. When the VM has stopped, click Config to display the Reprovision Virtual Machine wizard.
4. Click Next on each wizard page until the Volumes page is displayed. (If applicable, see Reprovisioning Virtual Machine Resources to configure additional VM resources.)
5. On the Volumes page, click Add a new volume. (If the button is not visible, scroll down to the bottom of the wizard page.)
6.  Under To Be Created, do the following:
   1. Type the Name of the volume as it will appear in the everRun Availability Console.

   2. Type the Container Size and Volume Size of the volume to create in gigabytes (GB). The container size is the total size for the volume including extra space to store snapshots. The volume size is the portion of the container that is available to the guest operating system. For more information about allocating storage, see Sizing Volume Containers and Planning Virtual Machine Storage.

   3. Select the Disk Image format:
      • RAW — raw disk format

      • QCOW2 — QEMU Copy On Write (QCOW2) format, which supports snapshots

   4. Select the Storage Group in which to create the volume, and, if applicable, select the Sector Size.

      Ensure that you select a storage group that supports the sector size of the volume that you want to create (see Planning Virtual Machine Storage). Note that the boot volume must have a sector size of 512 B. You can select the sector size, either 4K or 512B, only for data disks.

7. Click Next on each wizard page until the Configuration Summary page is displayed. Verify the configuration changes.
8. Click Finish to create the volume.
9. Start the VM and prepare the volume for use in the Windows or Linux guest operating system, as described in:
   • Creating and Initializing a Disk (Windows-based VMs)
   • Creating and Initializing a Disk (Linux-based VMs)

Related Topics

Detaching a Volume from a Virtual Machine

Removing a Volume from a Virtual Machine

Managing Virtual Machine Resources

Planning Virtual Machine Resources

Managing Virtual Machines