663 questions with Azure Disk Storage tags

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Premium SSD v2 convert to "lower" tier

Hello, This document describes how can we migrate a disk to Premium SSD v2: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/disks-convert-types?tabs=azure-powershell#migrate-to-premium-ssd-v2-or-ultra-disk In the event of a change from Premium…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2024-02-12T16:34:25.6+00:00
95594433 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-06T18:45:19.85+00:00
Mykyta Kushniruk 0 Reputation points
2 answers

How to successfully change blocksize of disk on Azure?

Im trying to change blocksize on Azure disk, to store multiple small files: sudo mkfs -t ext4 -b 1024 /dev/sdd Warning: specified blocksize 1024 is less than device physical sectorsize 4096 Discarding device blocks: done Creating filesystem with…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-02-22T08:45:57.4733333+00:00
Michał Czajkowski 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-04T00:35:32.5566667+00:00
Sathvika Reddy Dopathi 200 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
3 answers

How do I know what is on a managed disk and what is not?

I received the notification that I should migrate my data to Azure managed disks before unmanaged disks are retired on 30 September 2025. However, I am not sure what constitutes a managed disk and what does not. How does one know this? I would…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2024-10-11T14:29:42.2433333+00:00
Martin Vaughan 40 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-02T03:06:33.4966667+00:00
Scion 40 Reputation points
2 answers

Change access level of $logs in Azure storage container

Hi, I'm unable to change the access level of $logs in Azure storage container. It says "Failed to change access level for 1 out of 1 container(s): $logs: The account being accessed does not have sufficient permissions to execute this…

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,377 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
3,405 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2022-09-09T04:52:48.783+00:00
robcool 116 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-27T11:55:50.4+00:00
xaoccc 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I need Cost table for azure unmanaged disk

i need cost details for azure unmanaged disks for standard HDD also if it costs extra for operations in unmanaged disks

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
8,468 questions
Azure Storage Accounts
Azure Storage Accounts
Globally unique resources that provide access to data management services and serve as the parent namespace for the services.
3,405 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2021-02-15T15:32:55.96+00:00
Abhishek Singh 381 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-25T07:21:34.1766667+00:00
Andy Wang 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

what is the max concurrent request limit for disk creation

so lets say if i have 1000 instance under one azure subscription and i want to attach new data disk to all of my 1000 instance, can i send 1000 concurrent request for new data disk creation in parallel. if disk creation is possible next step would be…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-02-13T09:45:20.2833333+00:00
Ankur Jain 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-02-24T05:12:34.02+00:00
Ankur Jain 20 Reputation points
1 answer

Standard SSD LRS Managed Disks per GB cost for month is showing €12.610365 in managed disk pricing page but in pricing calculator price is 0.288 for 4GB/month

Standard SSD LRS Managed Disks per GB cost for month is showing €12.610365 in managed disk pricing page but in pricing calculator price is 0.288 for 4GB/month. azure managed disk pricing page…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-02-19T16:59:54.8366667+00:00
Shubham Prajapati 15 Reputation points
answered 2025-02-21T17:15:11.9466667+00:00
Keshavulu Dasari 4,110 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

resize my disk without losing data

hey, want to resize my main OS disk and keep all data, how is this done?

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-02-21T14:56:47.6666667+00:00
NATALIE STEYNBOK 20 Reputation points
edited an answer 2025-02-21T16:17:46.7266667+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten 118.8K Reputation points MVP
2 answers

azure sql vm storage Not extendable

I can't expand the data or log disk on my Azure SQL. However, the option in the SQL Virtual Machine Storage configuration is grayed out. I then tried to expand the disk directly (from 8GB to 16GB), and the result was as follows: The DB disk F: is still…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-02-10T13:00:45.5433333+00:00
CLOUDTASTIC | Norbert Loibl 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-02-19T09:02:00.9366667+00:00
Mounika Reddy Anumandla 2,740 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

I need to Resize disk space on OS DISK

i need to resize my OS disk from 127 GB to 252 GB , how to proceed

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-01-06T12:39:17.77+00:00
jasdeep oberoi 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-02-18T16:22:23.4633333+00:00
Hans Langer 0 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Resizing an Azure disk on an Ubuntu VM

Good morning, I have an Ubuntu VM on Azure with a disk attached. It was 128 GB, I mounted a /datadrive partition and added to the fstab following this procedure: Everything is OK. This is the point /dev/sdc1 I wanted to increase the size of this disk…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
8,468 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-01-22T09:52:43.06+00:00
David M 171 Reputation points
accepted 2025-01-28T07:50:36.51+00:00
David M 171 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Conflicting information on different pages about limits of azure disks

I was going through the learn module for AZ-305 and came across this page where it is mentioned that Ultra-disks has Max IOPS of 160000 and Max Throughput of 2000 Mbps. But another documentation shows Max IOPS of 400000 and Max Throughput of 10,000…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2024-09-07T19:43:00.22+00:00
mayank sharma 20 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-01-27T05:01:14.6166667+00:00
Rakesh Gurram 12,650 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

Azure reinitialization or overwritten partition table.

Has anyone encountered a data disk partition disappearing after a VM reboot or detach/reattach in Azure—likely due to some automated reinitialization—leaving the data inaccessible? How can I recover or prevent this scenario? A 440 GB data disk…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-01-17T22:30:45.8433333+00:00
Alec Voronovich 0 Reputation points
commented 2025-01-23T05:07:03.6333333+00:00
Vinod Kumar Reddy Chilupuri 2,800 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
1 answer

VM won‘t boot after data disk migration

Dear Community, we have an Azure VM with SUSE Linux running an SAP HANA Database. Recently we had to migrate a few data disks to new ones because of a sizing error (disks were too big, we needed smaller ones). Migration was successful, but somehow, if…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
8,468 questions
SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
SAP HANA on Azure Large Instances
Microsoft branding terminology for an Azure offer to run HANA instances on SAP HANA hardware deployed in Large Instance stamps in different Azure regions.
125 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-01-17T12:33:58.6233333+00:00
Bienert, Nina 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-01-17T20:38:32.3866667+00:00
anashetty 2,385 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Migrate unmanaged disks to managed disks

Hi, I have a VM in Azure with unmanaged disks (OS - 152 GB, datadisk 1 - 512GB and datadisk 2 - 1023GB), static IP, and as end of support for unmanaged disks will end this year, I need to migrate these disks to managed disks but I have some questions. I…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-01-09T13:52:13.98+00:00
Ramona Istrate 80 Reputation points
accepted 2025-01-15T08:02:18.5+00:00
Ramona Istrate 80 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can i recover blob file from Azure Storage blob in container, if soft delete is not is turned on

ive accidentaly deleted nessecery file (.xlsx extension), is there any way to recover it?

Azure Data Lake Storage
Azure Data Lake Storage
An Azure service that provides an enterprise-wide hyper-scale repository for big data analytic workloads and is integrated with Azure Blob Storage.
1,545 questions
Azure Blob Storage
Azure Blob Storage
An Azure service that stores unstructured data in the cloud as blobs.
3,105 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2025-01-08T14:57:17.2866667+00:00
Bibel, Wojciech (BSS) 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-01-08T15:56:52.2033333+00:00
Bibel, Wojciech (BSS) 20 Reputation points
2 answers

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…

Azure Storage Explorer
Azure Storage Explorer
An Azure tool that is used to manage cloud storage resources on Windows, macOS, and Linux.
279 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2024-12-16T19:00:25.9433333+00:00
FunMum 120 Reputation points
answered 2025-01-07T14:05:18.4033333+00:00
Muralidharan Radhakrishnan 0 Reputation points
1 answer

Is it possible to extract a report on Azure showing the overall data stored vs provisioned storage?

Hi, Is it possible to extract a report on Azure showing the overall data stored vs provisioned storage?

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2023-12-08T11:58:06.9733333+00:00
Ron L 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-12-27T17:20:20.8566667+00:00
jesse kachapis 0 Reputation points
2 answers

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

Azure Files
Azure Files
An Azure service that offers file shares in the cloud.
1,377 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2024-12-20T00:20:40.6333333+00:00
TOMÁS URIEL GOLDBERG 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-20T07:00:31.2933333+00:00
Andreas Baumgarten 118.8K Reputation points MVP
1 answer

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.…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
8,468 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
663 questions
asked 2024-12-19T05:45:08.0966667+00:00
Mir Hussain 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-12-19T06:54:42.11+00:00
Deepanshu katara 14,490 Reputation points MVP