Copy managed disks to archive tier blob storage

archive-managed-disks.ps1

#Provide the name of your resource group where snapshot will be created
$vmResourceGroupName = ""

#Provide the name of your resource group where the blobs will be stored
$storageaccountResourceGroupName = ""

#Provide the name of the virtual machine where the snapshot will be made
$vmName = ""

#Provide storage account name where you want to copy the snapshot. 
$storageAccountName = ""

#Name of the storage container where the downloaded snapshot will be stored
$storageContainerName = ""

#Provide the name of the VHD files for blob storage
$pageblobVHDFileName = "pageblobsnapshot.vhd"
$archiveVHDFileName = "blockblobarchive.vhd"

#Set virtual machine context where snapshots will be taken
$vmContext = Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $VMResourceGroupName -Name $vmName

#Set the location of virtual machine for snapshot creation
$location = $vmContext.Location

#Set snapshot config settings
#Use the below command for the OS disk
$snapshotConfig =  New-AzSnapshotConfig -SourceUri $vmContext.StorageProfile.OsDisk.ManagedDisk.Id -Location $location -CreateOption copy

#For data disks use the below command where [x] is the ID of the data disk
#$snapshotConfig =  New-AzSnapshotConfig -SourceUri $vmContext.StorageProfile.DataDisks[0].ManagedDisk.Id -Location $location -CreateOption copy

#Set the name of the snapshot resource
#Use the below command for the OS disk
$snapshotName = $vmContext.StorageProfile.OsDisk.name+"-snapshot"

#For data disks use the below command where [x] is the ID of the data disk
#$snapshotName = $vmContext.StorageProfile.DataDisks[0].name+"-snapshot"

#Create snapshot
New-AzSnapshot -Snapshot $snapshotConfig -SnapshotName $snapshotName -ResourceGroupName $vmResourceGroupName

#Generate the SAS for the snapshot - valid for 24 hours
$snapshotSAS = Grant-AzSnapshotAccess -ResourceGroupName $vmResourceGroupName -SnapshotName $SnapshotName -DurationInSecond 86400 -Access Read

#Get the storage account context for the VHD blobs
$storageAccountContext = (Get-AzStorageAccount -ResourceGroupName $storageaccountResourceGroupName -AccountName $storageAccountName).context

#Generate the SAS for the storage account - valid for 24 hours
$storageaccountSAS = New-AzStorageAccountSASToken -Context $storageAccountContext -Service Blob -ResourceType Service,Container,Object -Permission "rw" -ExpiryTime (Get-Date).AddDays(1)

#Copy snapshot to page blob
azcopy copy $snapshotSAS.accessSAS "https://$storageAccountName.blob.core.windows.net/$storageContainerName/$pageblobVHDFileName$storageaccountSAS"

#Revoke SAS for the snapshot
Revoke-AzSnapshotAccess -ResourceGroupName $vmResourceGroupName -SnapshotName $SnapshotName

#Delete snapshot
Remove-AzSnapshot -SnapshotName $snapshotName -ResourceGroupName $vmResourceGroupName -Force

#Copy page blob to block blob
azcopy copy "https://$storageAccountName.blob.core.windows.net/$storageContainerName/$pageblobVHDFileName$storageaccountSAS" "https://$storageAccountName.blob.core.windows.net/$storageContainerName/$archiveVHDFileName$storageaccountSAS" --blob-type=BlockBlob

#Delete page blog
Remove-AzStorageBlob -Container $storageContainerName -Blob $pageblobVHDFileName -Context $storageAccountContext

#Set block blob to archive tier
$archiveblob = Get-AzStorageBlob -Container $storageContainerName -Blob $archiveVHDFileName -Context $storageAccountContext
$archiveblob.BlobClient.SetAccessTier("Archive", $null, "Standard")