Disk Storage in Azure

Mounting Disks on Linux VM’s

• Refer Here for the article about attaching disks to linux
• Create an ubuntu vm with additional data disk of size 1GiB
  
• list block devices
  
• Create file system (format) with xfs
  
• Now mount the device onto /tools folder
  
• Follow the instructions Refer Here to persist mounts

Snapshots of Disk

• Snapshot is backup of the disk
  
• Lets create a snapshot (Full Backup)
  
  
• In Azure, the disk is scoped to a region and snapshot is also scoped to a region. i.e. Snapshot created from one region can be used to create a disk in the same region
  
• If you want to create a disk in other region, first copy snapshot to that region
  

Exercise:

• Mount the disk onto linux machine
• Create partitions (optional)
• Increase the size of disk
• Use the unallocated storage anywhere on vm

Next Steps:

• Azure Backup for Disks/VMS/Databases (Azure Backup Center)
• Other Storage
  • Fileshare
  • Table
  • Queue
• Encryption