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Azure Managed Disks pricing

So if i have azure VM with OS disk 128GB with standard SSD i will be charged for full not based on the usage of space. But if i have standard HDD 128GB OS disk ,i will be charged only for what i use ?For example in HDD i will be charged for using only…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
667 questions
asked 2025-05-09T12:10:21.7633333+00:00
PATNAM CHARAN SAI 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2025-05-09T12:31:50.4766667+00:00
TP 118.8K Reputation points Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

VM M64s size and problems starting after deallocating to add UltaDisk

Hello have VM with size M64s and have added 2 Premium SSD drive along with 2 Standard HDD Enabled the UltraDisk option and was able to add/attach the UltraDisk via the Microsoft DevOPS portal.( because do not have rights to create in Portal. The…

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
8,779 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.
667 questions
asked 2021-10-26T14:27:13.467+00:00
Barry Shay 41 Reputation points
accepted 2025-04-10T15:33:22.71+00:00
Barry Shay 41 Reputation points
0 answers

How would I resolve 'No Space Warning' in Deployment Center?

Dear Sir, How would I resolve 'No Space Warning' in Deployment Center? ie: How could I clear up those old space used by those deleted services? PS: I only host a Application Service now and deleted many tested ones . Many Thanks! Best Regards,

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
667 questions
asked 2025-03-17T09:08:21.2066667+00:00
志成 陳 20 Reputation points
commented 2025-04-02T09:13:10.7933333+00:00
Hari Babu Vattepally 2,715 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

expand disk size for windows vm

I dont know how to expand the disk when i go to try i see this Name MSP-WEBDAV-01-MSP-WEBDAV-01-0-201609261636210133 Storage account type Standard_GRS Size (GiB) Disks can be resized only when they are unattached or the owner VM is…

Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
667 questions
asked 2025-03-28T19:56:20.75+00:00
Steve Fisher 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-03-28T21:09:20.02+00:00
Steve Fisher 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

after expanding os disk from 64Gb to 128Gb and fixing the end of GPT table, disk space still not available

how do I assign the extra 64Gb to make it available. The goal is to assign this extra disk space to /opt

Azure Virtual Machines
Azure Virtual Machines
An Azure service that is used to provision Windows and Linux virtual machines.
8,779 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.
667 questions
asked 2023-12-11T19:20:13.2133333+00:00
Jean Morissette 40 Reputation points
commented 2025-03-26T18:36:10.2333333+00:00
kobulloc-MSFT 26,721 Reputation points Microsoft Employee Moderator
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can I merge two drives C and E from 1 OS disk in C:\ drive in Azure VM?

I have Azure VM with 2 disk. Data is on 2nd disk. OS disk has 2 drives, C and E, and previously data was on E drive. I copied all data on 2nd disk and E drive is free.Can I merge those 2 drives C and E in C drive on OS 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.
667 questions
asked 2025-03-19T06:00:01.3633333+00:00
SMN 20 Reputation points
accepted 2025-03-21T06:37:00.64+00:00
SMN 20 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

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.
667 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.
667 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 225 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.
667 questions
asked 2024-10-11T14:29:42.2433333+00:00
Martin Vaughan 50 Reputation points
answered 2025-03-02T03:06:33.4966667+00:00
Scion 60 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.
1,407 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.
3,478 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.
667 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.
8,779 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.
3,478 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.
667 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.
667 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
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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.
667 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 4,750 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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.
667 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 120.8K Reputation points MVP Moderator
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.
667 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 4,965 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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.
667 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.
8,779 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.
667 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.
667 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 14,470 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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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.
667 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 3,825 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
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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.
8,779 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.
667 questions
asked 2025-01-17T12:33:58.6233333+00:00
Bienert, Nina 0 Reputation points
answered 2025-01-17T20:38:32.3866667+00:00
Anusree Nashetty 3,355 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator