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Note: If users intend to use the image in the Azure marketplace, they don’t need to upload the VHD manually. Refer to the section Download the OneFS image file for APEX File Storage for Microsoft Azure for more details.
To upload the VHD to Azure, follow these steps:
Note: Dell recommends you use tar command to extract the VHD file. Using other tools may cause unexpected errors.
python make_img.py <Location of the OneFS-9.8.0.0.vhd> <Azure resource group name>
Note: Ensure that Python 3.8 or a newer version is available before continuing.