Tags Mechanism

Overview#

Tags Mechanism allows you to control storage selection for placing a primary disk or an additional disk. A storage tag is a marker that can be assigned to one or several storages of your choice, and afterwards be specified while creating or editing an offer. When a customer applies an offer to their virtual server, SolusVM will create a primary disk or an additional disk (depending on the offer type) on one of the storages to which the tag was assigned.

Storage Tier List#

Storage Tier List is where you can create, edit, delete, and manage the order of storage tags. Note the following:

• Storage Tier List must be enabled on the server so that storage tags affect storage selection.
• Before enabling Storage Tier List, create at least one storage tag and assign it to one or several storages of your choice. Otherwise, you cannot create a virtual server afterwards.
• To enable Storage Tier List, go to Settings > Compute Resources, and then select the Enable the storage tier list checkbox.
• By default, SolusVM creates disks on a storage that has the lowest tag in the Storage Tier List.
• If you import storage tags from SolusVM 1, you will need to manually assign them to the required storages.

Creating a Storage Tag#

1. Go to Storage Tier List, and then click Add Storage Tag.
2. Give the tag a recognizable name and a description that will help you distinguish it among other tags. The tag’s name can contain digits, letters, and underscores.
3. Click Save.

Now your tag is created and can be assigned to one or several storages.

Editing a Storage Tag#

To change the name or description of an existing tag:

1. Go to Storage Tier List.
2. Click the icon next to the storage tag whose name or description you want to change.
3. Make the required changes and click Save.

Managing the Order of Storage Tags#

By default, SolusVM creates a primary disk and additional disks on storages that have the lowest tag in the Storage Tier List. The order of tags allows you to control storage selection.

To change the order of a storage tag in the list:

1. Go to Storage Tier List.
2. Click the icon next to the storage tag you want to re-order, and then drag it to the desired position in the list.

Deleting a Storage Tag#

To delete a storage tag:

1. Go to Storage Tier List.
2. Click the icon next to the storage tag you want to delete.
3. Click Delete.