Add Disk

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The Add Disk operation adds a disk to the user image repository. The disk can be an operating system disk or a data disk.

Request

The Add Disk request may be specified as follows. Replace <subscription-id> with the subscription ID.

Method

Request URI

POST

https://management.core.windows.net/<subscription-id>/services/disks

URI Parameters

None.

Request Headers

The following table describes the request headers.

Request Header

Description

x-ms-version

Required. Specifies the version of the operation to use for this request. This header should be set to 2012-03-01 or higher.

Request Body

<Disk xmlns="https://schemas.microsoft.com/windowsazure" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <OS>operating-system-type</OS>
  <Label>disk-description</Label>
  <MediaLink>uri-of-the-containing-blob</MediaLink>
  <Name>disk-name</Name>
</Disk>

The following table describes the elements of the request body.

Element name

Description

OS

Required. Specifies the operating system type of the disk.

Possible values are:

  • Linux

  • Windows

Label

Required. Specifies the description of the disk.

MediaLink

Required. Specifies the location of the blob in storage where the vhd file for the disk is located. The storage account where the vhd is located must be associated with the specified subscription.

Example:

http://example.blob.core.windows.net/disks/mydisk.vhd

Name

Required. Specifies a name for the disk. The name is used to identify the disk when you create Virtual Machines using the disk.

Response

The response includes an HTTP status code and a set of response headers.

Status Code

A successful operation returns status code 200 (OK).

Response Headers

The response for this operation includes the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTP headers.

Response Header

Description

x-ms-request-id

A value that uniquely identifies a request made against the management service.

Response Body

None.