How to create data disk in azure
- Sign in to the Azure portal.
- Search for and select Virtual machines.
- On the Virtual machine pane under setting, select Disks.
- On the Disks page, select Create and attach a new disk.
- In the drop-downs lists for the new disk, make the selections you want, and name the disk.
- click apply to create the disk.
Initialize a new data disk
- Connect to the VM (RDP into your vm)
- Right click the Windows Start menu inside the running VM and click disk management. The Disk Management console opens.
- Disk Management recognizes that you have a new, uninitialized disk and the Initialize Disk window appears.
- Select OK to initialize it.
- The new disk appears as unallocated. Right-click anywhere on the disk and select New simple volume.
- The New Simple Volume Wizard window opens,Proceed through the wizard, keeping all of the defaults, and when you're done select Finish.
Close Disk Management.
A pop-up window appears notifying you that you need to format the new disk before you can use it. Select Format disk.
When the formatting is complete, select OK.
View your new Data Disk
Inside the running VM, click file explorer.
click this PC
in this PC page you will see your new disk with the name new volume(f).
Renaming the data disk
You can decide to personalize it be renaming the disk.
- Right click on the disk, click show more options.
- Click rename.
- Type in the new name and strike enter on your keyboard
there you have the new name!!!
we can decide to save a file into our new data disk
let's try it out
Wao, here we have them.
PEREFECT!!!
WE HAVE OUR NEW DATA DISK CREATED, ATTACHED AND INITIALIZED.
....I hope this was helpful.
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