PowerShell script to add a disk on Azure VM

 

$rgName = ‘testingsan’

$vmName = ‘testingsan’

$location = ‘myAzureLocation’

$storageType = ‘StandardLRS’

 

Function Dateformat {

 

     $date =Get-Date -UFormat “%y%m%d%H%M”

     $date.ToString()

     }

 

$df = Dateformat

 

 

$dataDiskName = $vmName + ‘_datadisk’+‘_’+$df

 

$diskConfig = New-AzureRmDiskConfig -AccountType $storageType -Location $location -CreateOption Empty –DiskSizeGB 9999

 

$dataDisk = New-AzureRmDisk -DiskName $dataDiskName -Disk $diskConfig -ResourceGroupName $rgName

 

$vm = Get-AzureRmVM -Name $vmName -ResourceGroupName $rgName

 

$vm = Add-AzureRmVMDataDisk -VM $vm -Name $dataDiskName -CreateOption Attach -ManagedDiskId $dataDisk.Id -Lun 0

 

Update-AzureRmVM -VM $vm -ResourceGroupName $rgName