Mount volume to Azure virtual server
apt-get install xfsprogs
sudo parted /dev/sdb --script mklabel gpt mkpart xfspart xfs 0% 100%
sudo mkfs.xfs /dev/sdb1
sudo partprobe /dev/sdb1
sudo mkdir /mnt/backupdisk
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/backupdisk
sudo blkid
/dev/sdb1: UUID="58de89a5-5a90-421d-ba9a-45f446bd57cd" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="xfs" PARTLABEL="xfspart" PARTUUID="938dccb4-7a46-4e33-8aa5-6162a1fa2006"
/dev/sda1: UUID="977c2ac7-7427-4dbc-9f71-cf25276c32ef" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="74ae04ed-06de-6848-a16f-d8d9017b6473"
/dev/sda14: PARTUUID="8246aeb7-3349-0f45-8c5b-5538fb139ebf"
/dev/sda15: SEC_TYPE="msdos" UUID="D038-0F4E" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTUUID="624b5d15-aad0-5647-a2a7-5b3a9c2abd48"
/dev/sdc1: UUID="2c05eced-57df-48bd-96dd-31964b1517f8" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="75a22555-01"
sudo nano /etc/fstab
UUID=58de89a5-5a90-421d-ba9a-45f446bd57cd /mnt/backupdisk xfs defaults,nofail 1 2
Last modified: 11 April 2025