Save-AzVhd

Reference

Module:: Az.Compute

Saves downloaded .vhd images locally.

Note

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Syntax

Save-AzVhd
    [-ResourceGroupName] <String>
    [-SourceUri] <Uri>
    [-LocalFilePath] <FileInfo>
    [[-NumberOfThreads] <Int32>]
    [-OverWrite]
    [-AsJob]
    [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Save-AzVhd
    [-StorageKey] <String>
    [-SourceUri] <Uri>
    [-LocalFilePath] <FileInfo>
    [[-NumberOfThreads] <Int32>]
    [-OverWrite]
    [-AsJob]
    [-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
    [<CommonParameters>]

Description

The Save-AzVhd cmdlet saves .vhd images from a blob where they are stored to a file. You can specify the number of downloader threads that the process uses and whether to replace a file that already exists. This cmdlet downloads content as it is. It does not apply any Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format conversion.

Examples

Example 1: Download an image

Save-AzVhd -SourceUri "http://contosoaccount.blob.core.windows.net/vhdstore/win7baseimage.vhd" -LocalFilePath "C:\vhd\Win7Image.vhd" -ResourceGroupName "rgname"

This command downloads a .vhd file, and stores it in the local path C:\vhd\Win7Image.vhd.

Example 2: Download an image and overwrite the local file

Save-AzVhd -SourceUri "http://contosoaccount.blob.core.windows.net/vhdstore/win7baseimage.vhd" -LocalFilePath "C:\vhd\Win7Image.vhd" -Overwrite -ResourceGroupName "rgname"

This command downloads a .vhd file, and stores it in the local path. The command includes the Overwrite parameter. Therefore, if C:\vhd\Win7Image.vhd already exists, this command replaces it.

Example 3: Download an image by using a specified number of threads

Save-AzVhd -SourceUri "http://contosoaccount.blob.core.windows.net/vhdstore/win7baseimage.vhd" -LocalFilePath "C:\vhd\Win7Image.vhd" -NumberOfThreads 32 -ResourceGroupName "rgname"

This command downloads a .vhd file, and stores it in the local path. The command specifies a value of 32 for the NumberOfThreads parameter. Therefore, the cmdlet uses 32 threads for this action.

Example 4: Download an image and specify the storage key

Save-AzVhd -SourceUri "http://contosoaccount.blob.core.windows.net/vhdstore/win7baseimage.vhd" -LocalFilePath "C:\vhd\Win7Image.vhd" -StorageKey "zNvcH0r5vAGmC5AbwEtpcyWCMyBd3eMDbdaa4ua6kwxq6vTZH3Y+sw==" -ResourceGroupName "rgname"

This command downloads a .vhd file and specifies the storage key.

Parameters

-AsJob

Run cmdlet in the background and return a Job to track progress.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-DefaultProfile

The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure.

Type:	IAzureContextContainer
Aliases:	AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential
Position:	Named
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-LocalFilePath

Specifies the local file path of the saved image.

Type:	FileInfo
Aliases:	lf
Position:	2
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-NumberOfThreads

Specifies the number of download threads that this cmdlet uses during download.

Type:	Int32
Aliases:	th
Position:	3
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-OverWrite

Indicates that this cmdlet replaces the file specified by LocalFilePath file if it exists.

Type:	SwitchParameter
Aliases:	o
Position:	4
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	False
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-ResourceGroupName

Specifies the name of the resource group of the storage account.

Type:	String
Position:	0
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-SourceUri

Specifies the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the blob in Azure.

Type:	Uri
Aliases:	src, Source
Position:	1
Default value:	None
Accept pipeline input:	True
Accept wildcard characters:	False

-StorageKey

Specifies the storage key of the blob storage account. If you do not specify a key, this cmdlet attempts to determine the storage key of the account in SourceUri from Azure.