Editing a Block Volume's Settings

Edit the settings for a block volume in the Block Volume service.

You can edit the following settings for block volumes:

Volume name
Volume size
Volume performance
Autotune settings for dynamic performance scaling
Assigned backup policy for scheduled volume backups
Cross region replication

You can update these settings when volumes are online and attached to instances or when they're detached from instances.

This topic provides the basic steps for editing a volume. For instructions applicable to the specific volume setting that you're editing, and more information about that setting, select the links provided in the steps.

1. On the Block Volumes list page, find the volume that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page or the volumes, see Listing Volumes.
2. From the Actions menu (three dots) for the volume, select Edit.
3. In the Edit block volume panel, update the fields you want to change.
  
  Name: User-friendly name for the volume. Avoid entering confidential information.
  
  Volume size and performance: Size of the volume, between 50 GB and 32 TB. You can change by 1 GB increments within this range. You must specify a larger size for the volume.
  After you increase a volume's size, you need to rescan the disk and extend the partition. See Rescanning the Disk for a Block Volume or Boot Volume and Extending the Partition for a Block Volume.
  
  Target volume performance:
  
  Performance based auto-tune
  
  Detached volume auto-tune
  
  See Dynamic Performance Scaling.
  
  Reservations: Enable or disable persistent reservations for the volume.
  
  Backup policies: Change the backup policy.
  If you select a backup policy enabled for cross region backup copies you can encrypt the backup copy in the destination region with your own Vault encryption key by selecting Encrypt using customer-managed keys for Cross region backup copy encryption. If you select this option, you must specify the OCID for a valid encryption key in the destination region, see Customer-Managed Encryption Keys for Cross-Region Operations for more information.
  
  Cross ad/region replication encryption: Enable or disable asynchronous cross-region replication for the volume.
  If you enable cross-region replication, you can encrypt the volume replica in the destination region with your own Vault encryption key. See Customer-Managed Encryption Keys for Cross-Region Operations. To use your own key, select Encrypt using customer-managed keys and enter the OCID for a valid encryption key in the destination region.
4. Select Save changes.
Use the oci bv volume update command and required parameters to edit a block volume:
oci bv volume update --volume-id volume_ocid [OPTIONS]
For a complete list of flags and variable options for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference.
Run the UpdateVolume operation and specify the volumeId parameter in the request body and specify the autotunePolicies, blockVolumeReplicas, definedTags, displayName, freeformTags, isAutoTuneEnabled, isReservationsEnabled, sizeInGBs and/or vpusPerGB attributes of the UpdateVolumeDetails resource to edit a block volume's settings.

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Editing a Block Volume's Settings