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Drives Table

View Existing Drives​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. View all listed drives you have access to.

Access Drives from the Virtual Machines UI​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Virtual Machines section on the top right panel.
  3. In the left panel, select the virtual machine to view its drive.
  4. Scroll down and click the Drive Management card.
  5. View the drives associated with the selected virtual machine.

Create a New Drive​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Click the Create new drive in the top right corner.
  4. In the prompt, enter a drive name, format, team, and project.
  5. Add a drive owner, select the realm and drive capacity.
  6. Click Create.
note

Your drive capacity depends on your allocated team resources.

Attach a Drive to an Existing VM​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Virtual Machines section on the top right panel.
  3. In the left panel, select the virtual machine to attach the drives to.
  4. Scroll down and click the Drive Management card.
  5. Click Attach drive(s) icon in the top panel.
  6. In the prompt, select Attach drive(s).
  7. Next, select the partition order for the drive, the drive name to attach and the type.
  8. Click Attach and mount.
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A read-write drive can only be attached to a single VM. A read-only drive can be attached to multiple VMs.

Detach a Drive from an Existing VM​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Virtual Machines section on the top right panel.
  3. In the left panel, select the virtual machine to unattach the drives from.
  4. Scroll down and click the Drive Management card.
  5. From the list, select the drive you wish to detach.
  6. Click the Open Full Menu button by the selected drive in the left panel list.
  7. Select Detach drive(s).
  8. In the prompt, click Yes to proceed.
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Detaching a drive will revoke user access and stop applications from the drive.

Add or Change a Project in a Drive​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to add or change the project.
  4. Click the Open Full Menu button by the selected drive in the left panel list.
  5. In the prompt, select the project.
  6. Click Classify.
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Check your changes in the drive. The project will display the project tag name by the drive in the list or in the drive details under drive owner name.

Share a Drive with Other Users​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to share.
  4. Click the Open Full Menu button by the selected drive in the left panel list.
  5. Select Share.
  6. In the prompt, enter the user names to share the drive with.
  7. Click Update.

Give Full-Access (Read-Write) of a Drive to a User​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to give full-access to.
  4. Click the Share button in the top panel.
  5. Select Share.
  6. In the prompt, enter the user names to share the drive with.
  7. Next, select Full-access for the shared user under the mode column.
  8. Once done, click Close.

Give Read-Only Access of a Drive to a User​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to share.
  4. Click the Open Full Menu button by the selected drive in the left panel list.
  5. Select Share.
  6. In the prompt, enter the user names to share the drive with.
  7. Click Update.

Edit Drive Details​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to edit.
  4. Click the Edit drive button in the top panel list.
  5. In the prompt, edit the drive name, team, or other advanced metadata.
  6. Click Update.

Migrate a Drive to a Different Storage Pool​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to migrate.
  4. Click the Migrate drive button in the top panel list.
  5. In the prompt, select the destination pool.
  6. Click Migrate.

Bulk Email All Drive Users​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to bulk email users.
  4. Click the Open Full Menu button by the selected drive in the left panel list.
  5. Select Bulk email.
  6. In the prompt, click Download to download all drive user emails to your local machine.
  7. Click Copy to copy all drive user emails to your clipoard.
  8. Once done, click Close.

Transfer Ownership of the Drive to a Different User​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to transfer ownership.
  4. Click the Open Full Menu button by the selected drive in the left panel list.
  5. Select Transfer ownership.
  6. In the prompt, enter the new drive owner name.
  7. Click Transfer.

Unshare the Drive from Everyone Else​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to unshare from everyone else.
  4. Click the Open Full Menu button by the selected drive in the left panel list.
  5. Select Unshare Drive from everyone else.

Delete the Drive​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to delete.
  4. Click the Open Full Menu button by the selected drive in the left panel list.
  5. Select Delete.
  6. In the prompt enter the drive name to confirm deletion.
  7. Click Delete.
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You cannot delete drives actively attached to VMs. Shutdown the VM first, then delete the drive.

View Drive Specifications​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to view specifications.
  4. Click the View button in the top panel.
  5. In the new window, view the drive format,mounting options, capacity and attachment.

Access Drive Details​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to view details.
  4. Click the View button in the top panel.
  5. In the new window, view all drive details.

View Drive Users​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to view details.
  4. Click the View button in the top panel.
  5. In the new window, scroll down to Shared with users section.
  6. View all drive users.

View Drive Basic Information​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to view details.
  4. Click the View button in the top panel.
  5. In the new window, scroll down to Basic Info section.
  6. View the drive owner, backup, creation date and ID.

Copy Drive ID​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to view ID.
  4. Under the ID collumn, click the Copy button.
  5. Paste the drive ID where necessary.
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The drive ID is a string of numbers and letters such as 590c350a-7c5e-478e-88cf-6f35fd3b56bc.

View Drive Format​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to view format.
  4. Under the Format collumn, view the drive format.
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The drive format may be any of ext4, ntfs,btrfs,xfs or zfs.

View Drives Data for JSON Export​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive(s) to view for JSON export.
  4. Click the Export JSON button in the top panel.
  5. Select View selected items.
  6. In the new prompt, click Expand all fields button in the top left panel.
  7. View all JSON export data by ID, name, owner ID, owner, state, project-name-enhanced, team ID, team, size, format, backup, type, and raw.
  8. Once done, click Close.

Download or Copy Drives Data in JSON​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive(s) to view for JSON export.
  4. Click the Export JSON button in the top panel.
  5. Select View selected items.
  6. In the new prompt, click Expand all fields button in the top left panel.
  7. View all JSON export data by ID, name, owner ID, owner, state, project-name-enhanced, team ID, team, size, format, backup, type, and raw.
  8. Click Copy to copy drive data to clipboard or click Download to download drive data locally.
  9. Once done, click Close.

Export Drive Data in JSON Format​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive(s) to export in JSON format.
  4. Click the Export JSON button in the top panel.
  5. Next, select Export selected items.
  6. In the new prompt, choose the export destination locally.
  7. Click Save.

Export Drive Data in CSV Format​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive(s) to export in CSV format.
  4. Click the Export CSV button in the top panel.
  5. Select Export selected items.
  6. In the new prompt, choose the export destination locally.
  7. Click Save.

Prepare the Drive to Store Applications and Databases​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive to store applications and databases.
  4. Click the Edit drive button in the top panel list.
  5. In the prompt, click the Advanced Options button.
  6. Change the permission management setting from Disable to Enable.
  7. Click Update.
note

Enabling permission management on a drive stops tiCrypt from managing drive permissions. No access directories can be created, and the data will not be available to regular users. This is useful for applications like databases that store large data.

Change the Cache Strategy of a Drive​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive for which you want to change the cache strategy.
  4. Click the Edit drive button in the top panel list.
  5. In the prompt, click the Advanced Options button.
  6. Change the cache strategy from default to writethrough, writeback, or directsync.
  7. Click Update.

Change the IO Strategy of a Drive​

  1. Go to the Virtual Machines icon in the top left taskbar.
  2. Click the Drives section on the top right panel.
  3. Select the drive for which you want to change the IO strategy.
  4. Click the Edit drive button in the top panel list.
  5. In the prompt, click the Advanced Options button.
  6. Change the IO strategy from default to threads or native.
  7. Click Update.
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Use dedicated threads when handling many concurrent IO operations. Use native when dealing with high-performance databases or large-scale storage systems.

Change Drive Capacity​

You cannot change the capacity of a drive. You must create a new drive from scratch.

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Transfer the drive to a new migration pool or move all data to a larger drive.