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	"plain_text": "Create an Azure snapshot of a virtual hard disk - Azure Virtual\r\nMachines\r\nBy roygara\r\nArchived: 2026-04-05 15:28:18 UTC\r\nApplies to: ✔️ Linux VMs ✔️ Windows VMs ✔️ Flexible scale sets\r\nA snapshot is a full, read-only copy of a virtual hard disk (VHD). You can use a snapshot as a point-in-time\r\nbackup, or to help troubleshoot virtual machine (VM) issues. You can take a snapshot of both operating system\r\n(OS) or data disk VHDs. With snapshots, you can back up your managed disks at any point in time. These\r\nsnapshots exist independently of the source disk, and you can use them to create new managed disks.\r\nSnapshots are billed based on the used size. For example, if you create a snapshot of a managed disk with\r\nprovisioned capacity of 64 GiB and an actual used data size of 10 GiB, that snapshot is billed only for the used\r\ndata size of 10 GiB. You can see the used size of your snapshots by checking the Azure usage report. For example,\r\nif the used data size of a snapshot is 10 GiB, the daily usage report shows 10 GiB/(31 days) = 0.3226 as the\r\nconsumed quantity. Snapshots are billed separately from their original disk. For details, see the pricing page.\r\nCreate a snapshot of a VHD\r\nIf you want to use a snapshot to create a new VM, ensure that you first cleanly shut down the VM. This action\r\nclears any processes that are in progress.\r\nPortal\r\nPowerShell\r\nAzure CLI\r\nTo create a snapshot using the Azure portal, complete these steps.\r\n1. In the Azure portal, select Create a resource.\r\n2. Search for and select Snapshot.\r\n3. In the Snapshot window, select Create. The Create snapshot window appears.\r\n4. For Resource group, select an existing resource group or enter the name of a new one.\r\n5. Enter a Name, then select a Region and Snapshot type for the new snapshot. If you would like to store\r\nyour snapshot in zone-resilient storage, you need to select a region that supports availability zones. For a\r\nlist of supporting regions, see Azure regions with availability zones.\r\n6. For Source subscription, select the subscription that contains the managed disk to be backed up.\r\n7. For Source disk, select the managed disk to snapshot.\r\n8. For Storage type, select Standard HDD, unless you require zone-redundant storage or high-performance\r\nstorage for your snapshot.\r\nhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/snapshot-copy-managed-disk\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\n9. If needed, configure settings on the Encryption, Networking, and Tags tabs. Otherwise, default settings\r\nare used for your snapshot.\r\n10. Select Review + create.\r\nNext steps\r\nTo recover using a snapshot, you must create a new disk from the snapshot, then either deploy a new VM, and use\r\nthe managed disk as the OS disk, or attach the disk as a data disk to an existing VM.\r\nSource: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/snapshot-copy-managed-disk\r\nhttps://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/snapshot-copy-managed-disk\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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