Compute Engine Disks and Snapshots
Create persistent disks, attach and detach from VMs, create snapshots and images, and restore from them.
Lab Overview
Master persistent disk management on Compute Engine. Create zonal persistent disks, attach them to running VMs, format and mount, detach safely, create snapshots and custom images, then restore from snapshots.
What You'll Learn
Create and manage persistent disks
Attach and detach disks from VMs
Create and manage disk snapshots
Create custom images from disks
Restore disks from snapshots
Prerequisites
Basic command line familiarity
Familiarity with Compute Engine VMs
Technologies Covered
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This lab is part of the Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer course
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