Powershell Azure – Snapshot VM

#Set parameters.
$resourceGroup = ‘RSGname’
$location= “canadacentral”
$vmName = “VMname”
$snapshotName = ‘Snapname’
#$tags += @{Empty=$null; Department=”IT”;Owner=”RobLo”;Team=”Networking”}
#$tag @{Empty=$null; Department=”IT”;Owner=”RobLo”;Team=”Networking”}

#Retrieve the VM.
$vm = Get-AzVM `
-ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup `
-Name $vmName

#Create the snapshot configurations.

$snapshot = New-AzSnapshotConfig `
-SourceUri $vm.StorageProfile.OsDisk.ManagedDisk.Id `
-Location $location `
-CreateOption copy

#Take the snapshot.
New-AzSnapshot `
-Snapshot $snapshot `
-SnapshotName $snapshotName `
-ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup

#Getsnap
# Get-AzSnapshot `
# -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName