diff --git a/main.tf b/main.tf
index ac4705f0759e14362c5ada0e898d951c196b9db6..7e79e7d5d9596c98b39f065aa9d6c9685ee8853a 100644
--- a/main.tf
+++ b/main.tf
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ output "keypair_name" {
 
 data "openstack_networking_network_v2" "external_net" {name = var.external_network}
 data "openstack_blockstorage_volume_v2" "disk" {name = var.data_volume}
+data "openstack_blockstorage_volume_v2" "disk2" {name = var.xdmod_queue_data_volume}
 
 # runs the ohpc-instance module - creates ohpc instance using variables defined above
 # calls functions from dmz-network, import-keypair, and floating-ip-address modules to get values created there for use
@@ -155,6 +156,14 @@ provisioner "remote-exec" {
     ]
   }
 
+provisioner "remote-exec" {
+    inline = [
+      "sudo mount ${module.create-ohpc-instance.device}1 /data/xdmod/queues",
+      "sudo df -h",
+      "sudo systemctl restart mariadb",
+    ]
+  }
+
   # compute node registration on ohpc
   provisioner "remote-exec" {
     inline = [
diff --git a/vars.tf b/vars.tf
index 11d61852277b38cd42cb3e6681e16849317b11b1..e12b0aff918feaa97254a27a5799335e8fb76101 100644
--- a/vars.tf
+++ b/vars.tf
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ variable "ohpc_user" {default = "centos"}
 variable "ood_user" {default = "centos"}
 variable "ssh_private_key" {default = "~/.ssh/id_rsa"}
 variable "data_volume" {default = ""}
+variable "xdmod_queue_data_volume" {default = "xdmod_queue_data_volume"}
 
 # variables for node creation module
 variable "image_compute" {default = "compute-v1"}