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.

Viewing Disk Details from the EVS Console

  1. Sign in to the console.

  2. Click image1 in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.

  3. Click image2 in the upper left corner and choose Storage > Elastic Volume Service.

    The Elastic Volume Service page is displayed.

  4. In the disk list, view disk information including the disk status, type, capacity, function, and other information.

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

    **Figure 1** Viewing the disk list

    Figure 1 Viewing the disk list

  5. 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.

    **Figure 2** Disk details page

    Figure 2 Disk details page

  6. (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 console.

  2. Click image3 in the upper left corner and select the desired region and project.

  3. Choose Compute > Elastic Cloud Server.

    The Elastic Cloud Server page is displayed.

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

    The server details page is displayed.

  5. On the Disks tab, click image4 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.

    **Figure 3** Disk details page

    Figure 3 Disk details page

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

    Note

    A shared In-use EVS disk can be attached.

    A shared In-use EVS disk cannot be expanded.

Available

The EVS disk has not been attached to any server, so you can attach it.

  • Attaching

  • Expanding capacity

  • Deleting

  • Creating backups

  • Rolling back data to EVS disks using snapshots

Creating

The EVS disk is being created.

None

Attaching

The EVS disk is being attached to a server.

None

Detaching

The EVS disk is being detached from a server.

None

Deleting

The EVS disk is being deleted.

None

Restoring

A backup is being used to restore the EVS disk.

None

Expanding

The capacity of the EVS disk is being expanded.

None

Uploading

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

None

Downloading

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

None

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.

None

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.

None

**Figure 4** Change between some of EVS disk statuses

Figure 4 Change between some of EVS disk statuses

Note

If an EVS disk status is Error, Deletion failed, Expansion failed, Rollback failed, or Restoration failed, you can rectify the error by referring to What Should I Do If an Error Occurs on My EVS Disk?

last updated: 2025-09-10 09:44 UTC - commit: 1ba9c3fda0005e46da523fb1ef56a53ce1875ee9