When a Pay-As-You-Go cloud disk is attached to an ECS instance as a data disk, you can detach it from the instance and release it.  However, if the disk is used as a system disk, you cannot detach it.

When detaching a cloud disk, consider the following:

  • Only the Pay-As-You-Go cloud disks in the In Use status and used as a  Data Disk can be detached.
  • You cannot detach a local disk.
  • On a Windows instance, consider the following:
    • To guarantee the data integrity, we recommend that you stop writing or reading the files on the cloud disk. Otherwise, data may be lost.
    • Before detaching a cloud disk in the ECS console, you must connect to the instance and set it offline in  Disk Management .

  • On a Linux instance, consider the following:

    • Before detaching a cloud disk in the ECS console, you must  connect to the instance and run umount to unmount the partitions.
    • If you have configured the /etc/fstab file to automatically mount the partitions at the startup of the instance, before detaching it, you must delete the configurations from the /etc/fstab file.  Otherwise, you cannot connect to the instance after the instance is restarted.

The following table shows the options available for you to detach a cloud disk in the ECS console.

Scenario Applicable action
You want to detach one or more cloud disks from one instance. Detach cloud disks on the Instance Disk page
You want to detach one specified cloud disk. Detach a cloud disks on the Disk List page

Detach cloud disks on the Instance Disk page

On the Instance Disk page, you can delete one or more cloud disks that are attached to the instance.

Prerequisites

The cloud disks have been attached to the instance and are in  the In Use status

If you are detaching a cloud disk from a Linux instance, and you have configured the /etc/fstab  file to mount the partitions at the startup of the instance, delete the configurations.

Procedure

To detach a cloud disk from the Instance Disks page, follow these steps:

  1. Connect to the instance and unmount the partitions. Follow different steps according to the operating system, as shown in the following table.
    Operating system Steps
    Linux Run umount [partition]. For example, umount /dev/vdb1.
    Windows Start Disk Management, right-click the disk name (For example, Disk 2) and then click  Offline.
  2. Log on to the ECS console.
  3. In the left-side navigation pane, click Instances.
  4. Select a region.
  5. Find an instance and click its ID to go to the Instance Details page.
  6. In the left-side navigation pane, clickInstance Disks.
  7. Find a cloud disk, in the Actions column, select  More > Detach.

    Only the cloud disks that have the following attributes can be detached:

    • Disk Status must be In Use.
    • Detachable must be Yes.
    • Used As must be Data Disk.
  8. In the dialog box, click Confirm Detaching.
  9. Optional. If you want to detach more cloud disks, repeat step 7 and step 8.

When the status of the cloud disk becomes Available , the disk is detached.

Detach a cloud disks on the Disk List page

You can detach one specified cloud disk from an ECS instance.

Prerequisites

The cloud disk has been  attached to the instance and are in the  In Use status.

If you are detaching a cloud disk from a Linux instance, and you have configured the /etc/fstab file to mount the partitions at the startup of the instance, delete the configurations.

Procedure

To detach a cloud disk on the Disk List page, follow these steps:

  1. Connect to the instance and unmount the partitions.  Follow different steps according to the operating system, as shown in the following table.
    Operating system Steps
    Linux Run umount [partition]. For example, umount /dev/vdb1.
    Windows Start Disk Management, right-click the disk name (For example, Disk 2) and then click  Offline.
  2. Log on to the ECS console.
  3. In the left-side navigation pane, select  Block Storage > Cloud Disks.
  4. Select a region.
  5. Find a cloud disk, in the  Actions column, select  More > Detach.

    Only the cloud disks that have the following attributes can be detached:

    • Disk Status must be In Use.
    • Detachable must be Yes.
    • Used As must be Data Disk.
  6. In the dialog box, click Confirm Detaching.

When the status of the cloud disk becomes Available , the disk is detached.

Related APIs

DetachDisk

Follow-up operations

If you no longer need the disk, you can release it.