Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
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Unable to Manage Additional Disk on Azure VM
I am facing an issue with an additional disk (/dev/sdb1) on my Azure VM. While the disk is visible and mounted within the VM (/mnt/mydisk), it does not appear under the Disks section in the Azure Portal or the associated with my VM and Resource Group.…
asked 2024-12-19T05:45:08.0966667+00:00
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Mir Hussain
0
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commented 2024-12-26T03:34:49.79+00:00
Mir Hussain
0
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How can I download files from a disabled VM?
I had a VM on a student account. The credits finished and now i can't download the files. How can i do it? I can't start the VM so i can't use SSH
asked 2024-12-20T00:20:40.6333333+00:00
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TOMÁS URIEL GOLDBERG
0
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answered 2024-12-20T07:00:31.2933333+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten
113.4K
Reputation points MVP
1 answer
Adding disk to Azure vm
Hello, We converted a bunch of vmdk to vhd fixed-disks and uploaded to Azure within the same resource group and region of the target virtual machines using Storage Explorer. When I go to the virtual machine and click attach disk, I do not see the disks…
asked 2024-12-16T19:00:25.9433333+00:00
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FunMum
100
Reputation points
commented 2024-12-18T20:14:21.81+00:00
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Vinod Kumar Reddy Chilupuri
1,915
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
Failed to update disk 'Disk Name'. Error: Change in disk property of VM of size 'Standard_A8m_v2' is not supported.
Failed to update disk 'disk name'. Error: Change in disk property of VM of size 'Standard_A8m_v2' is not supported.
asked 2024-11-15T15:33:40.97+00:00
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Rasik Dudhagra
5
Reputation points
commented 2024-12-03T12:57:07.23+00:00
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Mahesh Goud Juvvadi
1,665
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
3 answers
size of the active disk VM
Greetings colleagues, please tell me how to reduce the size of the active disk from 127 GB to 256 GB, I try to change the size, but a warning is displayed that (the disk must be disabled or the managed virtual machines are freed) - I do not understand…
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Azure Disk Encryption or EncryptionAtHost
Hello, I have defender recommendation "Windows virtual machines should enable Azure Disk Encryption or EncryptionAtHost" Anyone know if we do this, there are any extra cost?
asked 2024-11-28T00:28:57.48+00:00
Handian Sudianto
5,621
Reputation points
accepted 2024-11-28T23:59:42.71+00:00
Handian Sudianto
5,621
Reputation points
1 answer
My D drive has gone missing
My D drive went missing after I opened Task Manger and stopped a task I believe it was EC-ROM I have removed and reinstalled the internal harddrive and rescanned my disk and It still does not show up.
asked 2021-08-09T01:07:36.233+00:00
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Gerald229
1
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edited a comment 2024-11-19T18:11:06.9133333+00:00
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Juan Pablo Hrbal
0
Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Azure Shared Disk Permissions and Visibility
I have the following scenario: I have one VM which has Azure Managed Disks created and attached to it. It is a shared disk i.e. "Enable shared disk" checked. I additionally have Azure Virtual Desktop infrastructure. This shared disk is…
asked 2024-11-08T14:28:48.1133333+00:00
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Arman Koradia
40
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accepted 2024-11-19T11:02:57.43+00:00
Arman Koradia
40
Reputation points
1 answer
Finding Azure VM and Disk throughput performance.
I have this alert on the Azure disk blade on some of our VM's: "The configuration of this virtual machine and its attached disk(s) does not allow for the disk(s) to utilize their full throughput performance. The current virtual machine size…
asked 2024-11-11T16:21:11.17+00:00
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Paul Shay
26
Reputation points
commented 2024-11-18T04:10:30.8833333+00:00
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Mounika Reddy Anumandla
1,300
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Azure capacity of s and non-s instances
There are many pairs of VM type that vary only in presence of lack of s, such as D4d_v5 and D4ds_v5. s indicates support for premium storage. The instances always seem to be same price with or without s. Let's assume I don't care about premium storage.…
asked 2024-11-15T00:48:00.75+00:00
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Travis Downs
40
Reputation points
commented 2024-11-15T13:33:22.3233333+00:00
Deepanshu katara
12,635
Reputation points
1 answer
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I'm getting unknown charges for Premium SSD Managed Disks in Azure
I am getting unknown charges of Premium SSD Managed Disks in Azure, it seems they are coming from Azure Machine Learning, I have already deleted it and all the resources it generated, I have read on forums that the disks should be deleted, but I have…
asked 2024-11-11T14:14:51.1133333+00:00
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Diego Ramírez
20
Reputation points
commented 2024-11-14T15:16:40.7+00:00
Diego Ramírez
20
Reputation points
1 answer
Strategies to Reduce Premium SSD LRS Storage Costs for Azure VMs
Hello Community, We’re looking for the best ways to manage and reduce our Premium SSD LRS storage fees for our Azure VMs. While Premium SSD offers great performance, the associated storage costs have become a significant part of our budget. Has anyone…
asked 2024-11-12T06:57:44.3966667+00:00
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Ham C
0
Reputation points
commented 2024-11-14T04:52:08.54+00:00
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Hari Babu Vattepally
1,195
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
How to move a disk or snapshot to another Region? In my case I would want to move a disk or snapshot from East US to West US
I am trying to move a disk or snapshot from the East US to the West US. I've made several attempts, including creating a snapshot of the disk and copying it to another region. I tried the incremental snapshot create and copy too, but failed also. Any…
asked 2024-11-05T09:36:29.58+00:00
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Robert Suarez
0
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commented 2024-11-12T06:18:43.8533333+00:00
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Nehruji R
8,161
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers
Azure Migration Storage
I have migrated a VM from on-premises to Azure VM using the Azure Migration service. After doing so, I wanted to cleanup and remove the migration resources. I was able to remove everything with the exception of the migration storage and disk resources.…
asked 2024-10-25T16:59:44.6+00:00
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Philip Michael
0
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edited the question 2024-11-06T15:32:20.3033333+00:00
Prrudram-MSFT
27,251
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Best Practices and Recommendations for Handling Unallocated Storage on Azure Virtual Desktops (AVDs)
Description of Issue: We have observed that additional storage purchased or selected during the creation of Azure Virtual Desktops (AVDs) is not automatically allocated to any drive. This has led to challenges in utilizing the extra storage effectively,…
asked 2024-11-01T09:32:49.79+00:00
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Fabian Quist
25
Reputation points
edited a comment 2024-11-04T07:42:59.45+00:00
Fabian Quist
25
Reputation points
1 answer
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
Cost increase in converting from LRS to ZRs - Azure VM's Disks
Hi Team, We currently have active Azure Virtual Machines with the following configurations in UAE North Region: Some machines are neither in an availability set nor in an availability zone. Other machines are enabled with only an availability set,…
asked 2024-10-24T13:32:06.2766667+00:00
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Ram Kumar Cheekoti
161
Reputation points
commented 2024-10-29T17:07:02.81+00:00
TP
100.9K
Reputation points
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
I have expanded Azure drive but but it does not take effect on my WM
I have expanded storage on my Azure account from 500GB to 1 TB. This is not visible on my mapped disk drive on my WM. I have restarted the WM with no effect. How can I make use of this new disk space I am paying for?
asked 2024-10-27T14:47:10.4733333+00:00
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Erik Helms
20
Reputation points
edited the question 2024-10-28T01:09:52.1566667+00:00
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Sai Krishna Katakam
1,510
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer
When scaling up L-series VM in Azure, is the data on the NVMe disks preserved?
Say we have our 1.8 TB database mounted to the local NVMe disks on a L8s_v2 machine. If we scale up the VM to a L16s_v2 would the data be migrated to the new 3.6 TB disk?
asked 2024-10-23T16:21:29.32+00:00
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Mike
0
Reputation points
commented 2024-10-25T18:45:12.2566667+00:00
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Keshavulu Dasari
2,420
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
2 answers
One of the answers was accepted by the question author.
I built a blob storage mount in linux machines using blobfuse, I like to setup sftp users integration to this blob account one sftp user as Read permissions and other sftp user have R/W permissions. Kindly help me is there any possible ways?
I have sftp storage account "devmiieasftpblobstgacc01", I mounted one of the container of this account to few of linux machines using blobfuse. This was done successful by connecting with access key. Now i like to give an access to container…
asked 2024-10-22T15:43:05.2733333+00:00
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goutham varma
40
Reputation points
commented 2024-10-25T18:40:49.7433333+00:00
Keshavulu Dasari
2,420
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers
Error Encountered While Deleting VM and Disks in Azure
I attempted to delete a VM yesterday, but it is marked for deletion and I'm unable to perform any updates or other actions. The status indicates that the VM is marked for deletion. Additionally, I've noticed that the disks are not detached, showing…
asked 2024-10-17T01:39:49.5866667+00:00
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T.G. Karthick Babu
0
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commented 2024-10-23T04:12:34.3366667+00:00
Sai Krishna Katakam
1,510
Reputation points Microsoft Vendor