Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Creating a Block Volume for a Roving Edge Infrastructure Device

Describes how to create a block volume on your Roving Edge Infrastructure device.

Volumes can be created in sizes ranging from 50 GB (51200 MB) to 6 TB (6291456 MB), in 1 GB (1024 MB) increments. By default, volumes are 300 GB (307200 MB).

See Creating a Volume in the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure documentation for more information on this feature.

    1. Open the navigation menu and select Block Storage > Block Volumes. The Block Volumes page appears. All block volumes are listed in tabular form.

    2. Select a State from the list to limit the block volumes displayed to that state.

    3. Click Create Block Volume. The Create Block Volume dialog box appears.

    4. Complete the following:

      • Name: A user-friendly name or description.

      • Size: Must be between 50 GB and 6 TB. You can choose in 1 GB increments within this range. The default is 300 GB. If you choose a size outside of your service limit, you might be prompted to request an increase.

    5. Check View detail page after this block volume is created to display the block volume's Details page after you create it.

    6. Click Create Block Volume. The volume is ready to attach after its icon no longer lists it as Provisioning in the Volume list.

  • Use the oci bv volume create command and required parameters to create a block volume on your Roving Edge Infrastructure devices:

    oci bv volume create [OPTIONS]

    Refer to your Roving Edge Infrastructure device's CLI help for a list of parameters available for this command. See Accessing Command Line Interface Help.

    For CLI setup information on your Roving Edge Infrastructure device, see Using the Command Line Interface.

  • Run the CreateVolume operation to create a block volume on your Roving Edge Infrastructure devices.