Detach a Disk

When you don't need additional storage of a certain instance, you can detach the disk, and then attach it to other instance if you need. Detaching a disk does not affect the data on this disk.

Note

Boot Disk cannot be detached.

Prerequisites

• To prevent data loss, stop all read and write operations on all file systems of the disk.

• Before detaching a disk, make sure it has been unmounted (Linux) or it is set to offline status (Windows). Otherwise, you may fail to reattach the disk to other instances. Linux

  Unmounting a disk in Linux using umount command:

  sudo umount /dev/disk/by-id/xxxxxx

  Windows - Press Win + X and select Disk Management. - Locate the disk you want to detach, right-click on the disk, and select Offline.

Procedures

1. Go to Detach Disk choosing one of the following ways:

   • Instance Details > Information > Storage > Detach

   • Disk > Actions > Detach

2. Make sure the disk is unmounted (Linux) or taken offline (Windows) as described in the previous steps, and then click Detach.