Working with Azure Disk Snapshots

You can use the Automation Assembler IaaS API to create or delete snapshots of Azure managed disks. The snapshot provides a backup of your block device.

Note: If you create a snapshot of an independent disk and then delete the disk, the snapshot is left behind. So before deleting a disk from the Azure cloud account, check for snapshots. If snapshots exist, delete them first before deleting the disk.