<p class="shortdesc">When an EBS disk is mounted to the ECS as a data disk, it is offline by default. You need to initialize the data disk toformat and partition the data disk, and create a file system so as to use it normally.</p> <section class="section prereq" id="iniwindows__prereq_tkw_nzj_rlb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Before you begin</h2></div> <ul class="ul" id="iniwindows__ul_zkf_4zj_rlb"> <li class="li">You have created and logged in to the ECS of Windows operating system.</li> <li class="li">You have mounted the EBS disk to the aforementioned ECS instance as a data disk, and not initialized the data disk.</li> </ul> </section> <section class="section context"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">About this task</h2></div> <p class="p">This chapter takes Windows2016 as an example to illustrate how to initialize an EBS disk. </p> </section> <section><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Procedure</h2></div><ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Connect to the ECS instance remotely.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click the WIN icon in the lower-left corner of the system, and then click Server Manager. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_tgd_h4m_gmb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171845-17205fdb9603.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">On the <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">Server Manager</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Dashboard</span></span> page, click <span class="ph uicontrol">File and Storage Services</span> in the left navigation pane. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_lql_m4m_gmb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171845-100e2d659d69.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the left navigation pane, click<span class="ph uicontrol">Disks</span>. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_nj4_r4m_gmb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171845-1dc5a3f49733.png" width="800"> </div> <div class="itemgroup info"> <p class="p">In the list of all disks on the right side of the interface, two disks are displayed. The disk of 20 GB is the data disk to be initialized this time, and its status is offline. The disk of 60 G is a system disk. </p> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Select the data disk to be online, right-click it, and choose <span class="ph uicontrol">Bring Online</span>. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_fbs_n2k_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171845-1c67a3509ae4.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the dialog box that opens, view the prompts and click <span class="ph uicontrol">Yes (Y)</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_q1w_p2k_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171845-1be464289401.png"> <p class="p">After that, the status of the disk will become <span class="ph uicontrol">Online</span>. </p> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_efx_q2k_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171845-11e248919723.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Select the disk to be initialized, right-click it, and choose <span class="ph uicontrol">Initialize</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_ssb_t2k_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-19dfdf3090eb.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">In the dialog box that opens, view the prompts and click <span class="ph uicontrol">Yes</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_ukm_52k_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-1098609398b4.png"> <p class="p">After that, partition of the disk will change from unknown to GPT (GUID Partition Table). </p> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_ss4_v2k_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-1cfb530d98db.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Start the New Volume Wizard. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <p class="p">Click the text in the following image. Complete the New Volume Wizard following the prompts on the page. </p> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_dpd_y2k_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-1fc9d3099ab3.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">On the <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">New Volume Wizard</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Before You Start</span></span> page, click <span class="ph uicontrol">Next</span>. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_k4y_ffk_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-1900a13e9144.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Enter the <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">New Volume Wizard</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Server and Disk</span></span> page, and select the server and disk. In this example, the server and disk to be mounted are displayed by default. Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Next</span>. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_wmd_xyq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-1e304ca89eb3.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Enter the <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">New Volume Wizard</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Size</span></span> page, and specify the volume size. The system selects the maximum volume size by default. You can fill in the volume size as required. After that, click <span class="ph uicontrol">Next</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_mxj_yyq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-1fb006649c7d.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Enter the <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">New Volume Wizard</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Drive Letter or Folder</span></span> page, and select the drive letter as required. After that, click <span class="ph uicontrol">Next</span>. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_sjt_zyq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-160b600d9eef.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Enter the <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">New Volume Wizard</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">File System Settings</span></span> page, and select the file system and allocation unit size. In this example, use the default setting, and then click <span class="ph uicontrol">Next</span>. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_vxh_dzq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-180aa9079b6d.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">On the <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">New Volume Wizard</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Confirmation</span></span> page, check the configuration information, and then click <span class="ph uicontrol">Create</span>. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_dq5_fzq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-13a09aee960d.png" width="800"> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Enter the <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">New Volume Wizard</span><abbr title="and then"> > </abbr><span class="ph uicontrol">Results</span></span> page, click <span class="ph uicontrol">Close</span> after all the tasks are completed. </span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_ils_gzq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-1b7458d196b4.png" width="800"> </div> </li></ol></section> <section class="section result" id="iniwindows__result_irb_2ck_rlb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">Results</h2></div> <p class="p">On the <span class="keyword wintitle">This PC</span> page, you can see the volume just created. </p> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_u1c_3zq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-177a1e9c90aa.png" width="800"> </section> <section class="section postreq" id="iniwindows__postreq_vmp_jzq_rlb"><div class="tasklabel"><h2 class="doc-tairway">What to do next</h2></div> <p class="p">If you want to create multiple volumes on the mounted EBS disk, the volume size filled in should be less than the maximum value. For example, if the maximum capacity of the EBS disk is 60 GB, you can fill in 30 GB. When you finish creating a volume, you can create another one based on the remaining capacity. </p> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_gyg_vzq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-17d694a797f4.png" width="800"> <p class="p">After the volume is created, you can see on the disk page that 30 GB of capacity is not yet allocated. </p> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_s3t_kzq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-17bcf46e9c12.png" width="800"> <p class="p">On the disk page, right-click the target disk, and then choose <span class="ph uicontrol">New Volume</span>. You can create another volume following the steps 10 to 15 in this example. </p> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_plb_yzq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-120fae2a98a8.png" width="800"> <p class="p">After that, you can see the two volumes just created in This PC. </p> <img class="image" id="iniwindows__image_apd_zzq_rlb" src="https://obs-cn-shanghai.yun.pingan.com/pcp-portal/20200707171846-1e2efed99595.png" width="800"> </section>