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Market Place SQL Server VM Image Installation - Not installing SQL Server on the System disk
We are looking to implement SQL Server images from the market place for VM based SQL Servers in Azure, but note the installation of SQL Server is on the C drive in these images.
Our organisation adopts a policy of installing the SQL Server system to a non system disk - generally F:. This is widely considered best practice for numerous reasons. We are installing system databases and user databases to other disks.
Whilst we can uninstall and re-install SQL server to achieve this, there is concern this may conflict with maintenance where the Bicep/ARM code is re-applied. It is intended all servers are maintained using the infrastructure as code model.
What is the best way to utilise a Market place image, but allow for SQL Server to be installed on a non system disk?