Deploy a Premium SSD v2

To determine the regions and zones that support Premium SSD v2, replace yourSubscriptionId with your subscription, and then run the az vm list-skus command:

az cloud set -n AzureChinaCloud
az login

subscriptionId="<yourSubscriptionId>"

az account set --subscription $subscriptionId

az vm list-skus --resource-type disks --query "[?name=='PremiumV2_LRS'].{Region:locationInfo[0].location, Zones:locationInfo[0].zones}" 

To determine the regions and zones that support Premium SSD v2, replace yourSubscriptionId with your subscription, and then run the Get-AzComputeResourceSku command:

Connect-AzAccount -Environment AzureChinaCloud

$subscriptionId="yourSubscriptionId"

Set-AzContext -Subscription $subscriptionId

Get-AzComputeResourceSku | where {$_.ResourceType -eq 'disks' -and $_.Name -eq 'Premiumv2_LRS'} 

To programmatically determine the regions and zones you can deploy to, use either the Azure CLI, Azure PowerShell Module.

Create a Premium SSD v2 disk in an availability zone by using the az disk create command. Then create a VM in the same region and availability zone that supports Premium Storage and attach the disk to it by using the az vm create command.

The following script creates a Premium SSD v2 with a 4k sector size, to deploy one with a 512 sector size, update the $logicalSectorSize parameter. Replace the values of all the variables with your own, then run the following script:

## Initialize variables
diskName="yourDiskName"
resourceGroupName="yourResourceGroupName"
region="yourRegionName"
zone="yourZoneNumber"
##Replace 4096 with 512 to deploy a disk with 512 sector size
logicalSectorSize=4096
vmName="yourVMName"
vmImage="Win2016Datacenter"
adminPassword="yourAdminPassword"
adminUserName="yourAdminUserName"
vmSize="Standard_D4s_v3"

## Create a Premium SSD v2 disk
az disk create -n $diskName -g $resourceGroupName \
--size-gb 100 \
--disk-iops-read-write 5000 \
--disk-mbps-read-write 150 \
--location $region \
--zone $zone \
--sku PremiumV2_LRS \
--logical-sector-size $logicalSectorSize

## Create the VM
az vm create -n $vmName -g $resourceGroupName \
--image $vmImage \
--zone $zone \
--authentication-type password --admin-password $adminPassword --admin-username $adminUserName \
--size $vmSize \
--location $region \
--attach-data-disks $diskName

Create a Premium SSD v2 disk in an availability zone by using the New-AzDiskConfig to define the configuration of your disk and the New-AzDisk command to create your disk. Next, create a VM in the same region and availability zone that supports Premium Storage by using the az vm create. Finally, attach the disk to it by using the Get-AzVM command to identify variables for the virtual machine, the Get-AzDisk command to identify variables for the disk, the Add-AzVMDataDisk command to add the disk, and the Update-AzVM command to attach the new disk to the virtual machine.

The following script creates a Premium SSD v2 with a 4k sector size, to deploy one with a 512 sector size, update the $logicalSectorSize parameter. Replace the values of all the variables with your own, then run the following script:

# Initialize variables
$resourceGroupName = "yourResourceGroupName"
$region = "useast"
$zone = "yourZoneNumber"
$diskName = "yourDiskName"
$diskSizeInGiB = 100
$diskIOPS = 5000
$diskThroughputInMBPS = 150
#To use a 512 sector size, replace 4096 with 512
$logicalSectorSize=4096
$lun = 1
$vmName = "yourVMName"
$vmImage = "Win2016Datacenter"
$vmSize = "Standard_D4s_v3"
$vmAdminUser = "yourAdminUserName"
$vmAdminPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString "yourAdminUserPassword" -AsPlainText -Force
$credential = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($vmAdminUser, $vmAdminPassword);

# Create a Premium SSD v2
$diskconfig = New-AzDiskConfig `
-Location $region `
-Zone $zone `
-DiskSizeGB $diskSizeInGiB `
-DiskIOPSReadWrite $diskIOPS `
-DiskMBpsReadWrite $diskThroughputInMBPS `
-AccountType PremiumV2_LRS `
-LogicalSectorSize $logicalSectorSize `
-CreateOption Empty

New-AzDisk `
-ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
-DiskName $diskName `
-Disk $diskconfig

# Create the VM
New-AzVm `
    -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName `
    -Name $vmName `
    -Location $region `
    -Zone $zone `
    -Image $vmImage `
    -Size $vmSize `
    -Credential $credential

# Attach the disk to the VM
$vm = Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $vmName
$disk = Get-AzDisk -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Name $diskName
$vm = Add-AzVMDataDisk -VM $vm -Name $diskName -CreateOption Attach -ManagedDiskId $disk.Id -Lun $lun
Update-AzVM -VM $vm -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName

1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

2. Navigate to Virtual machines and follow the normal VM creation process.

3. On the Basics page, select a supported region and set Availability options to Availability zone.

4. Select one of the zones.

5. Fill in the rest of the values on the page as you like.

   

6. Proceed to the Disks page.

7. Under Data disks select Create and attach a new disk.

   

8. Select the Disk SKU and select Premium SSD v2.

   

9. Select whether you'd like to deploy a 4k or 512 logical sector size.

   

10. Proceed through the rest of the VM deployment, making any choices that you desire.

You've now deployed a VM with a premium SSD v2.

Use the az disk update command to change the performance configuration of your Premium SSD v2 disk. For example, you can use the disk-iops-read-write parameter to adjust the max IOPS limit, and the disk-mbps-read-write parameter to adjust the max throughput limit of your Premium SSD v2 disk.

The following command adjusts the performance of your disk. Update the values in the command, and then run it:

az disk update --subscription $subscription --resource-group $rgname --name $diskName --disk-iops-read-write=5000 --disk-mbps-read-write=200

Use the New-AzDiskUpdateConfig command to define your new performance configuration values for your Premium SSD v2 disks, and then use the Update-AzDisk command to apply your configuration changes to your disk. For example, you can use the DiskIOPSReadWrite parameter to adjust the max IOPS limit, and the DiskMBpsReadWrite parameter to adjust the max throughput limit of your Premium SSD v2 disk.

The following command adjusts the performance of your disk. Update the values in the command, and then run it:

$diskupdateconfig = New-AzDiskUpdateConfig -DiskIOPSReadWrite 5000 -DiskMBpsReadWrite 200
Update-AzDisk -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroup -DiskName $diskName -DiskUpdate $diskupdateconfig

1. Navigate to the disk you'd like to modify in the Azure portal.
2. Select Size + Performance
3. Set the values for Disk IOPS or Disk throughput (MB/s) or both, to meet your needs, then select Save.