How to create a snapshot of a virtual machine in Azure Stack Hub

FERNANDO VENDRAMIN 101 Reputation points
2021-08-09T12:13:44.357+00:00

I'm lost here, I'm comming from the virtualization world (VMware/Hyper-v) and one of the most basic yet usefull features is to be able to take snapshots of the Virtual Machines.

I can't find that in Azure Stack Hub. It is not available??

Thanks!

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  1. TravisCragg-MSFT 5,676 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2021-08-17T23:18:38.973+00:00

    There is not a direct snapshot feature of a VM, but there is a way to capture the state of a VM.

    In Azure, managed disks & the snapshot feature are how you do this, but Managed Disks is not a part of Azure Stack.

    In Azure Stack, you will need to go to the storage account that the VHD is located in. Next, Stop the VM and make sure that the VM's status shows 'stopped'. Last, copy the .VHD file to the same or another storage account. The copied .VHD file acts as a snapshot and can be used to create a new VM.

  2. kaouther AMDOUNI 0 Reputation points
    2023-03-15T20:03:55.2066667+00:00

    How to know the maximum number of snapshot backups on each Vm on Azure stack?

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