How to change a VM's disk to a smaller, lower-cost disk? Como alterar o disco de uma VM para um outro disco menor e com menor custo?

GABRIEL COSTA AMARAL 21 Reputation points
2021-04-19T01:06:17.823+00:00

Como alterar o disco de uma VM para um outro disco menor e com menor custo? Quero trocar um P10 por um S6, mas sem perder os dados.

Obrigado.

How to change a VM's disk to a smaller, lower-cost disk? I want to exchange a P10 for an S6, but without losing data.

Tanks.

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  1. Olga Os - MSFT 5,916 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-04-19T02:44:33.49+00:00

    Hello @GABRIEL COSTA AMARAL ,

    As you know, shrinking/decreasing an existing disk isn’t supported in the Azure, and can potentially result in the data loss. It's only possible to increase the size of a disk but not decrease it.

    The same can be confirmed there: "How to expand the OS drive of a virtual machine"

    A workaround would be for you:

    1) Create a smaller disk. Attach it to a VM.
    2) Move all the data to a new smaller disk, test it.
    3) Detach and delete the bigger disk.

    (If the reply was helpful please don't forget to upvote and/or accept as answer, thank you)

    Regards,
    Olga

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  1. WhTurner 1,611 Reputation points
    2021-04-19T09:22:02.213+00:00

    But this question doesn't belong in this Small Basic programming language forum. Please remove the tag small-basix-discussion