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    An image is a template used to create virtual machines (VMs) that contains an operating system and software. Azure uses images to create virtual hard disks (VHDs) that VMs run from. Users can create their own VM images and VHDs using Hyper-V or by customizing existing Azure Marketplace images. After customizing a VM, users must generalize it by resetting host names, credentials, and other system-specific settings before using the image to create new VMs.

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    An image is a template used to create virtual machines (VMs) that contains an operating system and software. Azure uses images to create virtual hard disks (VHDs) that VMs run from. Users can create their own VM images and VHDs using Hyper-V or by customizing existing Azure Marketplace images. After customizing a VM, users must generalize it by resetting host names, credentials, and other system-specific settings before using the image to create new VMs.

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    An image is a template used to create virtual machines (VMs) that contains an operating system and software. Azure uses images to create virtual hard disks (VHDs) that VMs run from. Users can create their own VM images and VHDs using Hyper-V or by customizing existing Azure Marketplace images. After customizing a VM, users must generalize it by resetting host names, credentials, and other system-specific settings before using the image to create new VMs.

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    An image is a template used to create virtual machines (VMs) that contains an operating system and software. Azure uses images to create virtual hard disks (VHDs) that VMs run from. Users can create their own VM images and VHDs using Hyper-V or by customizing existing Azure Marketplace images. After customizing a VM, users must generalize it by resetting host names, credentials, and other system-specific settings before using the image to create new VMs.

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    What is VM image?

    An image is a template that's used to create a VM. The image can include an OS and other software.

    Can we create VM image?

    Yes, we can create a custom disk image to create a VM as per your organization.

    Disk image capabilities for Azure virtual machines

    An Azure virtual machine runs in the cloud, in an Azure datacenter. When you create a virtual machine,
    you specify a virtual machine image to use. This image contains the operating system and (optionally)
    other preconfigured software.

    What use azure to create VHD?

    Azure uses this image to create a new virtual hard disk (VHD) from which it can start your virtual
    machine. You can then customize the virtual machine by configuring and installing additional
    applications, according to your requirements.

    Can we create own virtual machine images and VHDs?

    Yes, you can also build your own virtual machine images and VHDs from scratch by using Microsoft
    Hyper-V. You can then upload these images to Azure so that your virtual machines can use them.

    You can extend an existing virtual machine image with your own software. You can then use the image
    as a basis for deploying additional virtual machines in your organization. For example, if you have an in-
    house system that you need to roll out across all of your virtual machines, you can create an image that
    includes this system, and then build your virtual machines from this image.

    How many ways to create own custom virtual machine image?

    You can create your own custom virtual machine image in one of two ways:

    1. Using Hyper-V: - If you're building an image from scratch by using Hyper-V, you first create a
    blank virtual disk, and then create a virtual machine with this disk. When you start the virtual
    machine, you install the operating system and any other additional software from source disks
    (typically DVDs) and other packages.
    2. Customizing an image from Azure Marketplace: - If you're customizing an image from Azure
    Marketplace, you build a virtual machine by using an existing image. The image provides the
    operating system and base functionality. You add your own software, operating system updates,
    and other packages as required.

    What you need to clean up after build and customize a virtual machine?

    After you build and customize a virtual machine, you can save the new image as a set of VHDs. However,
    you must do some cleaning up first. This is because as you create a virtual machine, the operating
    system data is updated with several items, including:

    1. The host name of your virtual machine.


    2. The username and credentials that you provided when you installed the operating system on
    the virtual machine.
    3. Log files.
    4. Security identifiers for various operating system services.

    What is a generalized image?

    You must reset these items back to a default state before you use the image to create more virtual
    machines. Otherwise, you might end up with multiple virtual machines that have the same identities.
    The process of resetting this data is called generalization.

    Which tools are used for generalization?

    1. Windows use the Microsoft System Preparation (Sysprep) tool.


    2. For Linux, use the Windows Azure Linux Agent (waagent) tool.

    What is a specialized virtual image?

    A specialized virtual image is a copy of a live virtual machine after it has reached a specific state. For
    example, a specialized image might contain a copy of the configured operating system, software, user
    accounts, databases, connection information, and other data for your system.

    You can use a specialized virtual image as a backup of your system at a particular point in time. If you
    need to recover after a catastrophic failure, or you need to roll back the virtual machine, you can restore
    your virtual machine from this image.

    If you use a specialized image to create a new virtual machine, the new virtual machine will retain all of
    the data from the image. That data includes the host name, user accounts, and other settings.

    What is a snapshot?

    A snapshot is a read-only copy of a VHD. You can use a snapshot to restore a VHD to the state it was in
    when the snapshot was taken.

    If you're taking an image of a virtual machine that spans several VHDs, you must ensure that all disk
    activity has stopped, and that you take a snapshot of every VHD. Failure to do this can result in
    inconsistencies if you need to restore the virtual machine from these snapshots. By stopping the virtual
    machine, you can ensure that there is no disk activity and that a successful snapshot is taken.

    Unlike creating an image of a virtual machine, capturing a snapshot of a VHD is a non-destructive


    process. You can continue running virtual machines by using the VHD afterward.

    Create a specialized virtual hard disk.

    Create a virtual machine from an existing managed disk.

    Create a virtual machine image.

    Create a virtual machine from an existing virtual machine image.

    Create an image of an Azure VM from the Azure CLI and provision a new VM
    Create an image from a generalized VM

    Generalize a Windows virtual machine

    Generalize a Linux virtual machine

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