azure-samples/managed-disks-powershell-getting-started

This repo contains sample Powershell scripts for various scenarios of using Azure Managed Disks

services	platforms	author
storage,virtual-machines	powershell	ramankum

Introduction

These samples demonstrate how to get started with Azure PowerShell to perform various operations on Azure Managed Disks for common scenarios. Each sample respresents a scenario that you want to implement using Azure PowerShell and Managed Disks.

Prerequisites

1. Install the latest version of Azure PowerShell
2. A Microsoft Azure subscription. If you don't have a Microsoft Azure subscription you can get a FREE trial account here

Samples

• Create a Managed OS Disk from a specialized VHD file
• Create a Managed data Disk from a VHD file
• Create Managed Disks from a snapshot
• Create a virtual machine by attaching an existing Managed Disk as OS Disk
• Create Managed Disks from VHD file in another subscription
• Create Snapshots from VHD file in another subscription
• Copy a Managed snapshot to a GRS/RA-GRS Storage account for Disaster Recovery
• Golden image scenario - Create a Managed Image from a VHD file in a different subscription

Running samples

1. Start Windows PowerShell Integrated Scripting Environment (ISE) in Administrator Mode
2. At this point, you can either:
   • Create a new script and copy and paste a script from this repo into the new file: Click File > New
   • Or download/clone this repo and open a script from this repo: Click File > Open
3. Provide the appropriate values for each variable (e.g. "Subscription Name", "Storage Account Name", etc.). Note: The angled brackets should not be included in the values you provide.
4. Run the script by pressing F5 or clicking the "Run Script" icon.

More information

• Azure Managed Disks overview
• Migrate Azure VMs to Azure Managed Disks
• Migrate from AWS and other platforms to Managed Disks

managed-disks-powershell-getting-started's Issues

issue when creating vm from snapshot

PS C:\Windows\system32> $snapshot = Get-AzureRmSnapshot
PS C:\Windows\system32> $resourceGroupName ='prod'
PS C:\Windows\system32> $snapshotName = 'vm3copy'
PS C:\Windows\system32> $osDiskName = 'myvm3disk'
PS C:\Windows\system32> $virtualNetworkName = 'prod-vnet'
PS C:\Windows\system32> $virtualMachineName = 'myVM3'
PS C:\Windows\system32> $virtualMachineSize = 'Standard_DS3'
PS C:\Windows\system32> $snapshot = Get-AzureRmSnapshot -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -SnapshotName $snapshotName
PS C:\Windows\system32> $diskConfig = New-AzureRmDiskConfig -AccountType $storageType -Location $snapshot.Location -SourceResourceId $snapshot.Id -CreateOption Copy
PS C:\Windows\system32> $disk = New-AzureRmDisk -Disk $diskConfig -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -DiskName $osDiskName
New-AzureRmDisk : The request content was invalid and could not be deserialized: Required property 'name' not found in 'sku'.
ErrorCode: InvalidRequestContent
ErrorMessage: The request content was invalid and could not be deserialized: Required property 'name' not found in 'sku'.
ErrorTarget:
StatusCode: 400
ReasonPhrase: Bad Request
OperationID : 78d284c4-7180-47c0-a808-907519b9827b
At line:1 char:9

• $disk = New-AzureRmDisk -Disk $diskConfig -ResourceGroupName $resourc ...

•     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  

  • CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [New-AzureRmDisk], ComputeCloudException
  • FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.Automation.NewAzureRmDisk

i'm also trying to launch a vm using existing managed os disk, my script is not working.

#Provide the name of your resource group
$resourceGroupName ='Demopractice'

#Provide the size of the virtual machine
$virtualMachineSize = 'Standard_DS3'

#Provide the name of the virtual machine
$virtualMachineName = 'demoserver1'

#Provide the name of an existing virtual network where virtual machine will be created
$virtualNetworkName = 'Demopractice-vnet'

#provide location where your os disk located
$loc='centralus'

#Provide the name of the Managed Disk...................
$managedDiskName='server1_OsDisk_1_256262bb5eec498bb8f574dfd9a4cd57'
#Get managed disk ID
$managedDiskId=Get-AzureRmDisk -ResourceGroupName Demopractice -DiskName 'server1_OsDisk_1_256262bb5eec498bb8f574dfd9a4cd57'
$AvailabilitySet = Get-AzureRmAvailabilitySet -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name "demo"
$nic=Get-AzureRmNetworkInterface -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name "server1351"
$nsg = Get-AzureRmNetworkSecurityGroup -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name "server1-nsg"
$nic.NetworkSecurityGroup = $nsg
$nic | Set-AzureRmNetworkInterface

#Initialize virtual machine configuration
$VirtualMachine = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName $virtualMachineName -VMSize $virtualMachineSize -AvailabilitySetId $AvailabilitySet.Id
#Add a network interface to a new virtual machine
$VirtualMachine = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $VirtualMachine -Id $nic.Id
$VirtualMachine = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $VirtualMachine -Name $managedDiskId.Name -ManagedDiskId $managedDiskId.Id -CreateOption Attach -Windows -Caching ReadWrite -DiskSizeInGB $managedDiskId.DiskSizeGB
New-AzureRmVM -ResouceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $loc -VM $VirtualMachine.StorageProfile.OsDisk

On Which Account We should Login

On which account should we log in in order to copy the managed disk in other subscription, I got this error while running the script as it is:-

Select-AzureRmSubscription : Run Login-AzureRmAccount to login.
At line:32 char:1

• Select-AzureRmSubscription -SubscriptionId $SubscriptionId

•   + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [Set-AzureRmContext], PSInvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Profile.SetAzureRMContextCommand
  
  

New-AzureRmDisk : No account found in the context. Please login using Login-AzureRMAccount.
At line:36 char:1

• New-AzureRmDisk -Disk $diskConfig -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupNa ...

•   + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [New-AzureRmDisk], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.Automation.NewAzureRmDisk
  

The last line of the script gives a "Resource Group could not be found" Error Message

The last line of the script gives a "Resource Group could not be found" Error Message

New-AzDisk : Resource group 'rgtools' could not be found.
ErrorCode: ResourceGroupNotFound
ErrorMessage: Resource group 'rgtools' could not be found.
ErrorTarget:
StatusCode: 404
ReasonPhrase: Not Found
OperationID : 6a1536f4-e85b-4b91-8da0-65bf5241f695
At line:30 char:1

• New-AzDisk -Disk $diskConfig -DiskName $managedDiskName -ResourceGrou ...

•   + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzDisk], ComputeCloudException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.Automation.NewAzureRmDisk