Prepare to deploy VHD disks

Before deployment, locate the following information you obtained in the previous sections. Each value stored in a variable in the following commands is typed as a token (for example, TOKEN), and should replace the code snippets below.

• Storage account name: STORAGE_ACCOUNT

  Find your storage account name in the Azure Portal, or run the az storage account list command, and then search for the storage account. In the example below, the storage account name is semtest.

  

• Storage account key: ACCESS_KEY
• Resource group: RESOURCE_GROUP

  Find your resource group name in the Azure Portal, or run the az storage account list command, and then search for the resource group. In the example below, the resource group is SEM-Test.

  

• Location: LOCATION

  To find your location, look in your storage account details in the Azure Portal, or run the az storage account list command, and then search for the location. In the example below, the location is eastus, for Eastern US.

  

• Storage size - sku: SKU

  To find your sku, run the az storage account list command, and then search for the sku. In the example below, the sku name is Standard_LRS. The minimum requirement is Standard_LRS. Learn more about sku types here (© Microsoft 2020, available at docs.microsoft.com, retrieved October 5, 2020). If the returned SKU value is not supported (Standard_RAGRS, for example), change it to a supported value (see image below) when you update your script.

  

• Virtual machine size: VM_SIZE

  Learn more about VM sizes here (© Microsoft 2020, available at docs.microsoft.com, retrieved March 25, 2022). If you are missing anything from the list above, review the previous sections.

Additionally, the virtual machine name and disk names should be considered before deployment.

• Virtual machine name: VM_NAME

  Can be any name you would like to use. For example, solarwinds.sem.

• Disk 1 (system) name: DISK1
• Disk 2 (data) name: DISK2