Move Azure VHD from Premium to Standard Storage

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jdixon04 picture jdixon04 · Mar 19, 2016 · Viewed 7.1k times · Source

I have a VM that currently has the OS disk in Premium Storage -- I'd prefer that it use Standard Storage and my data disks use Premium Storage. That said, is there an easy method to move the existing VHD from Premium to Standard?

Answer

Neil Mackenzie picture Neil Mackenzie · Mar 19, 2016

You will need to

  1. delete the VM while preserving the disks
  2. use AzCopy to copy the OS disk to Standard Storage
  3. create a Premium Storage capable VM using the copied disk

This may be more trouble than it is worth. You can likely script it by downloading the configuration prior to deletion, doing the copy, then modify the configuration and create the new VM.

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