You can manage non-OpenStack volumes on the Cinder hosts in your deployment. Managing a volume makes it usable in your OpenStack deployment.
Procedure
- Log in to the VMware Integrated OpenStack dashboard as a cloud administrator.
- Select the admin project from the drop-down menu in the title bar.
- Select .
- Click Manage Volume and enter the desired configuration.
Option Description Identifier
Enter the name or identifier for the source volume.
Note: To migrate a volume from the VMDK back end to the FCD back end, enter the ID of the existing VMDK volume.Identifier Type
Select Name or ID.
Note: To migrate a volume from the VMDK back end to the FCD back end, select ID.Host
Enter the Cinder host that contains the existing volume. Use the following format:
host:backend-name@pool
.Volume Name
Enter a name for the volume.
Description
Enter a description of the volume.
Metadata
Enter metadata as key-value pairs. For example,
img_config_drive=mandatory
.Volume Type
Select a volume type for the volume.
Availability Zone
Select an availability zone in which to place the volume.
Bootable
Select the checkbox to allow instances to boot from the volume.
- Click Manage.