How to copy disk into storage account as blob block?

Question

Hi,

I want to create a backup of a disk as a Block Blob (not a Page blob) then Archive this blob.
Currently, the steps I do are:

1. Export Disk by downloading the VHD file
2. Upload the VHD file as a block blob into the storage account

I used this instead of Recovery Services Vault for our "Decommissioned Disks" as it is way much cheaper.

Is there a way to directly upload the blob directly to storage account without downloading the VHD file? Something like the command below or similar:
azcopy cp <SAS URI from the export disk> <URL for storage account>

Thanks for any inputs.

Answer 1

I wrote a Powershell script to do this, hope this helps anyone in the future.

https://github.com/haukened/AzCopyVHD

Answer 2

Hi @Gregorio Montaño ,

maybe this is helpful to get started: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/scripts/copy-managed-disks-vhd-to-storage-account

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 3

Thank you for sharing links @Andreas Baumgarten .
I was able to make it work using ./azcopy cp --blob-type BlockBlob

Regards,