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Default Disk Drives In Virtual Machines






Default Disk Drives




  1. OS Disk - This drive contains the operating system files. Data in the OS disk is copied to multiple different locations in the same data center
  2. Temporary Disk - This is the temporary disk drive and is not recommended for storing data
Picture showing the OS Disk and Temporary Disk in the virtual machine
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Picture showing the DATALOSS_WARNING_README.txt file inside the Temporary Disk
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Restart And Stop The Virtual Machine


ActivityOS DiskTemporary DiskIP Address
Restart from the virtual machineFiles will remain intactFiles will remain intactNo impact
Stop and then Start from the Azure portalFiles will remain intactFiles will be lostAn option comes to keep the IP address intact.
Redeploy of virtual machineFiles will remain intactFiles will be lostNo impact



Posted By  -  Karan Gupta
 
Posted On  -  Thursday, March 11, 2021
 
Updated On  -  Thursday, April 22, 2021

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