Detach a volume

You can detach a volume from a VM (Virtual Machine), which allows you to attach it to another VM and access your data again.

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For Linux VM, the volume mount must be permanent to avoid any failure when the VM starts.

Permissions

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This action requires the following IAM (Identity and Access Management) permissions:

• compute.blockStorage.update

Console

1. Log in to the Numspot console.

2. From the left-hand side menu, click Storage → Block Storage → Volumes. The list of volumes appears.

3. Select the volume that you want to link.

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   You can also select a VM in the "VM" dashboard and click Detach a volume.

4. Under the volume actions menu, click Dissociate from the VM.

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   Detaching a volume to which data is being written may damage your resources.

   You can detach a system volume from a VM if this VM is stopped. However, you will not be able to restart this VM using this system volume.

   The Volume dissociation dialog box appears.

5. Click Dissociate the volume.

   A confirmation message appears.

   The volume is detached from the VM.

API

The PUT /compute/spaces/{spaceId}/volumes/{id}/vms/unlink command detaches a block storage volume from a VM. To detach the root device of a VM, this VM must be stopped.

Request example: Detach a Volume from a VM ↗

Terraform

The Terraform documentation is available on the Numspot registry ↗.