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If a Domino admin has registered an external data volume (EDV) and shared it with you, you can add it to any of your projects. When you remove an EDV from a project, it remains mounted and available to other projects in Domino.
Remote data planes are needed to use EDVs in Domino Cloud.

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Add an EDV to a Project

  1. In your project, go to Data and click External data volumes. Navigate to External data volumes
  2. Click Add External Volume.
  3. Select an EDV from the list.
  4. Click Add.
If you cannot view, search for, or select External data volumes, they are not registered in your deployment or you do not have access privileges. Contact your Domino administrator for assistance. If your volume is successfully mounted, it is listed in your project at Data > External data volumes. The table indicates which data planes have access to this EDV: List of the mounted external data volumes

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Remove an EDV from a Project

  1. In your project, go to Data > External data volumes.
  2. Click the three vertical dots at the end of the row for the volume in the table, then click Remove. Where to click to remove an external data volume

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Use an EDV in a Project

By default, EDVs that are mounted to your project (and that you have access to) are also automatically mounted in supported executions. To access a volume in an execution, reference the mount path of the volumes. Choose to mount specific EDVs for your execution. The following example shows specific EDVs being selected in the Workspace startup modal. Selectable external data volumes
Each EDV used by an execution must be successfully bound to the execution during startup. If any binding issues occur, the execution will not start. Additionally, each EDV may introduce latency to the startup process. To optimize startup time and avoid unnecessary startup failures, select only the necessary EDVs for your task.

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View all mounted volumes in a Project

In your project, go to Data > External data volumes. Each volume’s properties are shown in the table.
  • Name – An alias for the volume, set by your Domino administrator.
  • Type – The type of volume. Domino supports NFS, AWS EFS, and Windows Share (SMB).
  • Description – A description of the volume, set by your Domino administrator.
  • Mount Path – The mount path of the volume: /domino/edv/name-of-volume. Use this mount path when using the volume in a Job, Workspace, or other supported Domino execution.
  • Data Plane - In Domino Nexus deployments, the data plane where the volume is mounted.
If a volume is greyed out, you do not have privileges to use it. Your project can also contain volumes that are mounted, but not listed. You will see a message in the application for both these situations. If you need access to these volumes, contact your Domino administrator.

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