Guides - Block Storage Volumes
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- List your current Volumes: - linode-cli volumes list
- Create a new Volume, with the size specified in GB: - linode-cli volumes create --label my-volume --size 100 --region us-east- Specify a - linode_idto create the Volume and automatically attach it to a specific Linode:- linode-cli volumes create --label my-volume --size 100 --linode_id $linode_id
- Attach or detach the Volume from a Linode: - linode-cli volumes attach $volume_id --linode_id $linode_id linode-cli volumes detach $volume_id
- Resize a Volume (size can only be increased): - linode-cli volumes resize $volume_id --size 200
- Delete a Volume: - linode-cli volumes delete $volume_id
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