Copy managed disk snapshots to a different region from the azure command line

Question

I am trying to copy a managed disk snapshot to different region using the Azure command line and it fails with the following error - "The entity was not found"

Here is the command I am using az snapshot create --resource-group test-azstdsouthcentral --name testcopy3 --location WestUS2 --source /subscriptions/xxx/resourceG roups/test-azstdsouthcentral/providers/Microsoft.Compute/snapshots/testcopy

Is it supported to copy a managed disk snapshot to a separate region?

Jason Ye Jason Ye · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-06T02:35:13

Is it supported to copy a managed disk snapshot to a separate region?

You can't create snapshot to different region.

But you can create snapshot to the same region, then copy the snapshot as VHD to a storage account in different region, then create a managed disk from a VHD.

Sample script:

#Provide the subscription Id where snapshot is created
subscriptionId=dd80b94e-0463-4a65-8d04-c94f403879dc

#Provide the name of your resource group where snapshot is created
resourceGroupName=myResourceGroupName

#Provide the snapshot name 
snapshotName=mySnapshotName

#Provide Shared Access Signature (SAS) expiry duration in seconds e.g. 3600.
#Know more about SAS here: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/storage/storage-dotnet-shared-access-signature-part-1
sasExpiryDuration=3600

#Provide storage account name where you want to copy the snapshot. 
storageAccountName=mystorageaccountname

#Name of the storage container where the downloaded snapshot will be stored
storageContainerName=mystoragecontainername

#Provide the key of the storage account where you want to copy snapshot. 
storageAccountKey=mystorageaccountkey

#Provide the name of the VHD file to which snapshot will be copied.
destinationVHDFileName=myvhdfilename

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 --destination-blob $destinationVHDFileName --destination-container $storageContainerName --account-name $storageAccountName --account-key $storageAccountKey --source-uri $sas

More information about export/copy managed snapshots as VHD to a storage account in different region, please refer to this link.

More information about create a managed disk from a VHD, please refer to this link.

Copy managed disk snapshots to a different region from the azure command line

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