Day 8: Attach Managed Disk to Azure Virtual Machine
💽 Day 8: Attach Managed Disk to Azure VM | 100 Days of Cloud (Azure)
Welcome to Day 8 of the 100 Days of Cloud (Azure) series! In this lab, you’ll learn how to attach an existing managed disk to a Virtual Machine—an important step in managing storage for cloud-based workloads.
The Nautilus DevOps team is continuing their Azure migration and needs to attach an existing disk to a VM for additional storage and data handling.
📌 Lab Objective:
Attach an existing managed disk to an Azure Virtual Machine.
🛠️ Task Requirements:
Virtual Machine: nautilus-vm
Managed Disk: nautilus-disk
Region: southcentralus
Attach disk as a data disk
Ensure VM is fully initialized before attaching
🌐 Azure Portal:
https://portal.azure.com
💻 Using Azure CLI:
az vm disk attach \
--resource-group RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME \
--vm-name nautilus-vm \
--name nautilus-disk
🔍 Verify Disk Attachment:
az vm show \
--name nautilus-vm \
--resource-group RESOURCE_GROUP_NAME \
--query "storageProfile.dataDisks" \
--output table
📚 What You’ll Learn in This Video:
What managed disks are in Azure
Difference between OS disk and data disk
How to attach existing disks to VMs
Managing storage resources in Azure
Using Azure Portal and CLI
Real-world cloud storage practices
🌟 Why This Lab Matters:
Attaching data disks is essential for scaling storage, separating application data, and improving performance in cloud environments. This is a key skill for DevOps and cloud engineers.
🎯 Series: 100 Days of Cloud (Azure)
Continue your journey with hands-on Azure labs covering compute, networking, storage, and security.
🔔 Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe for more tutorials from OtterTech!
#Azure #MicrosoftAzure #CloudComputing #ManagedDisk #VirtualMachine #AzureStorage #DevOps #Cloud #Nautilus #100DaysOfCloud #OtterTech #Day8