Create Snapshot of the GigaVUE‑FM Instance

You must create a snapshot of the blob of the existing version of the GigaVUE‑FM instance. Snapshots capture data that are written to your Azure Virtual Disks at the time the snapshot is taken. This excludes any data that are cached by any applications or the operating system.

To create a snapshot:

1.

Click the Data Disk link in the existing version of the GigaVUE‑FM properties in the Azure portal.

2.

Click Create Snapshot in the screen. The Create Snapshot (using SSD) dialog box is displayed.

3.

In the Create Snapshot dialog box, enter the following information:

Table 1: Fields for Creating a Snapshot

Field	Description
Name	The name of the snapshot
Subscription	Subscription ID
Resource-group	The name of the resource group
Location	Location of the resource group
Account-type	Select the account type to use to store the snapshot.

4.

Click Create. It will take several minutes for the snapshot to be created.

Create Managed disk

After creating a snapshot, create a managed disk.

To create a managed disk:

1. Click Create disk to create a managed disk. Then, Create a managed disk page appears.
2. In the Create a managed disk page, enter the required Information.
3. Click Create.