How to add a managed disk to a virtual machine using the UKCloud Azure Stack Hub portal

Overview

UKCloud for Microsoft Azure supports the use of managed disks on virtual machines (VMs). You can use managed disks as both OS disks and data disks.

For more information, see Introduction to Azure managed disks.

The following article shows you how to add a managed disk to a VM using the UKCloud Azure Stack Hub portal.

Intended audience

To complete the steps in this article, you must have appropriate access to a subscription in the Azure Stack Hub portal.

Adding a disk to an existing virtual machine using the Azure Stack Hub portal

  1. Log in to the Azure Stack Hub portal.

    For more detailed instructions, see the Getting Started Guide for UKCloud for Microsoft Azure.

  2. In the favourites panel, select Virtual machines.

    Virtual machines button

  3. In the Virtual machines blade, select the VM that you want to add the disk to.

    Virtual machine selection

  4. Under Settings, select Disks.

    Virtual machine disk button

  5. In the Disks blade, select +Add data disk.

    Add data disk button

If you're adding a pre-existing disk:

  1. Enter the LUN (logical unit number).

    LUN input

  2. Select the disk that you want to add to the virtual machine.

    Disk selection

  3. Click Save.

    Save button

  4. You can monitor the progress of your deployment by clicking the Notifications icon.

    Deployment progress alert

  5. When the deployment is finished, the notification will change to Successfully updated virtual machine disks.

    Deployment complete alert

  6. You can view the disk by navigating to the VM that the disk was added to, then select Disks.

    VM Data disks

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