# Reconfiguring Volume

## About this task

Reconfiguration allows the user to make changes to volumes consumed by a compute instance post-provisioning. This is achieved through the Reconfigure action on the instance.

New volumes can be created and attached to the compute instance. These can be shared or unshared volumes. Any volume attached to the compute instance can be resized to increase the size of the volume. Any attached volume can be detached. However, volumes cannot be deleted from the Reconfigure action. Volumes can be deleted only from the infrastructure management section.

All these operations work in the context of a compute instance and are not specific to a compute server within the instance.

## Procedure

1. Navigate to Provision > Instance.
2. Click on the compute instance you want to reconfigure and access the details of the instance.
3. Click on Actions and select Reconfigure.   
   ![Action Reconfigure](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007621en_us/GUID-DE3C1BD1-CF86-4745-BF9D-F88C65D2E407-high.png)
4. In the Reconfigure wizard, make the changes desired to add a new volume, resize an existing volume or click the trash icon to detach a volume from the instance.   
   ![Reconfigure Instance](https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/api/document/sd00007621en_us/GUID-12FE7650-4E11-449B-907A-4AB15A132992-high.png)
5. Click on Reconfigure.
