Help Center/ Elastic Volume Service/ User Guide/ Viewing EVS Disk Details
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Viewing EVS Disk Details

Scenarios

When using EVS disks, you may need to check the disk information, such as the disk status, type, and capacity. This section describes how to view disk details. Methods are provided as follows:

See EVS Disk Status to learn more about disk statuses.

Disks in the grace period or retention period can still be viewed in the disk list even if your account is in arrears.

Viewing Disk Details from the EVS Console

  1. Sign in to the EVS console.
  2. In the disk list, view disk information including the disk status, type, size, function, and device type.

    In the search box above the list, you can search for disks by project, status, disk name, tag, or other attributes.

  3. In the disk list, locate the desired disk and click the disk name.

    The disk details page is displayed for you to view the disk details.

  4. (Optional) Export disk information.

    Click the export button in the upper left corner of the list to export disk information.

Viewing Disk Details from the Cloud Server Console

  1. Sign in to the EVS console.
  2. Choose Compute > Elastic Cloud Server.

    The Elastic Cloud Server page is displayed.

  3. In the server list, locate the desired server by server name and click the name.

    The server details page is displayed.

  4. On the Disks tab, click in front of the row containing the target disk. In the unfolded area, click the disk ID.

    The disk details page is displayed for you to view the disk details.

EVS Disk Status

Table 1 EVS disk status details

Status

Description

Allowed Operation

In-use

The EVS disk has been attached to a server and is in use.
  • Detaching
  • Creating backups
  • Expanding capacity
  • Creating snapshots
  • Modifying disk specifications

Available

The EVS disk has not been attached to any server, so you can attach it.
  • Attaching
  • Expanding capacity
  • Deleting pay-per-uses disks or unsubscribing from yearly/monthly disks
  • Creating backups
  • Rolling back data to EVS disks using snapshots
  • Creating snapshots
  • Modifying disk specifications

Creating

The EVS disk is being created.

-

Attaching

The EVS disk is being attached to a server.

-

Detaching

The EVS disk is being detached from a server.

-

Deleting

The EVS disk is being deleted.

-

Restoring

A backup is being used to restore the EVS disk.

-

Expanding

The capacity of the EVS disk is being expanded.

-

Uploading

Data on the EVS disk is being uploaded to an image. This status occurs when you create an image from a server.

-

Downloading

Data is being downloaded from an image to the EVS disk. This status occurs when you create a server.

-

Error

An error occurs when you try to create an EVS disk.

Deleting

Deletion failed

An error occurs when you try to delete the EVS disk.

None

Expansion failed

An error occurs when you try to expand the capacity of the EVS disk.

Deleting

Restoration failed

An error occurs when you try to restore the EVS disk from a backup.

Deleting

Rolling back

Data on the EVS disk is being restored from a snapshot.

NOTE:
  • When you roll back data from a snapshot, you can only roll back data to the source EVS disk. Rollback to a specific disk is not supported.
  • A snapshot can only be used for rollback when its source disk is in the Available or Rollback failed state.

-

Rollback failed

An error occurs when the EVS disk data is rolled back from a snapshot.
  • Deleting
  • Rolling back data to EVS disks using snapshots

Awaiting transfer

The EVS disk is awaiting for a transfer.

-
Figure 1 Change between some of EVS disk statuses

If an EVS disk status is Error, Deletion failed, Expansion failed, Restoration failed, or Rollback failed, you can rectify the error by following the steps provided in "What Can I Do If an Error Occurs on My EVS Disk" in FAQs.

Related Links

To learn more about the disk capacity usage, check on the ECS or install the agent on the ECS to obtain the disk usage from the monitoring data. For details, see How Can I View My Disk Usage?