Detaching a Volume from a Virtual Machine
Detach a volume to disconnect it from a virtual machine and keep it for future use, or attach it to another virtual machine as described in Attaching a Volume to a Virtual Machine. (You can also permanently delete the volume from the ztC Edge system, as described in Removing a Volume from a Virtual Machine.)
Note: If you detach a boot volume from a VM, you cannot boot the VM; however, you might want to detach the boot volume to diagnose a boot problem or data corruption in the volume. You can temporarily attach the boot volume to another VM as a data volume, as described in
Attaching a Volume to a Virtual Machine. After using guest operating system tools to resolve the issue, detach the volume and reattach it to its original VM.
Prerequisite: Before detaching a volume from a virtual machine, you must shut down the virtual machine.
To detach a volume from a virtual machine
- Open the Virtual Machines page (see The Virtual Machines Page).
- Select a VM and click Shutdown.
- When the VM has stopped, click Config to display the Reprovision Virtual Machine wizard.
- Click Next on each wizard page until the Volumes page is displayed. (If applicable, see Reprovisioning Virtual Machine Resources to configure additional VM resources.)
- On the Volumes page, locate the volume to detach. (If the volume is not visible, scroll down on the wizard page.)
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Click Detach beside the volume name to mark the volume for detachment.
Caution: Be careful to mark the correct volume to detach, avoiding any volumes that are currently in use.
- Click Next on each wizard page until the Configuration Summary page is displayed. Verify the configuration changes.
- Click Finish to detach the selected volume.
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