How can i copy a vm snapshot to storage account in Azure?

Question

I can successfully create a VM disk snapshot using az cli. How can i copy the snapshot to an azure storage account using az cli ?

Answer 1

How can i copy the snapshot to an azure storage account using az cli ?

You can use the command below to copy the VM snapshot to an Azure storage account using Azure CLI.

First, copy the VM snapshot URL from the portal:

Azure Portal > Snapshots > select your snapshot > Snapshot export > generate URL.

Command:

az storage blob copy start --account-name "venkat679" --destination-blob "abcd.vhd" --destination-container "test" --account-key "<Your account key>" --source-uri "<snapshoturl>"

Output:

{
  "client_request_id": "bc99xxxxxee-a269-00155df677e8",
  "copy_id": "xxxx",
  "copy_status": "pending",
  "date": "2024-04-04T06:15:30+00:00",
  "etag": "\"0x8DC546EA152C803\"",
  "last_modified": "2024-04-04T06:15:30+00:00",
  "request_id": "8xxxxx,
  "version": "2022-11-02",
  "version_id": null
}

It takes some time to finish the copy process, and after some time, it will reflect in your storage container.

Portal:

The file has been successfully copied to an Azure storage container.

Reference:

az storage blob copy | Microsoft Learn

Update:

Here is the full script with output to copy snapshot to blob storage in bash.

subscriptionId="xxxx"
resourceGroupName="xxx" 
snapshotName="snap1"
sasExpiryDuration=3600
storageAccountName="venkat123"
storageContainerName="test"
storageAccountKey="xxxx"
destinationVHDFileName="sample.vhd"

az account set --subscription $subscriptionId

sas=$(az snapshot grant-access --resource-group $resourceGroupName --name $snapshotName --duration-in-seconds $sasExpiryDuration --query [accessSas] -o tsv)

az storage blob copy start --account-name $storageAccountName --destination-blob $destinationVHDFileName --destination-container $storageContainerName  --account-key $storageAccountKey --source-uri $sas  

Output: