gcloud compute disks update

NAME
gcloud compute disks update - update a Compute Engine persistent disk
SYNOPSIS
gcloud compute disks updateDISK_NAME[--access-mode=ACCESS_MODE][--provisioned-iops=PROVISIONED_IOPS][--provisioned-throughput=PROVISIONED_THROUGHPUT][--size=SIZE][--update-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]][--append-licenses=LICENSE,[LICENSE,…]--remove-licenses=LICENSE,[LICENSE,…]--replace-license=LICENSE,LICENSE][--clear-architecture    |--update-architecture=UPDATE_ARCHITECTURE][--clear-labels    |--remove-labels=[KEY,…]][--region=REGION    |--zone=ZONE][GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG]
DESCRIPTION
gcloud compute disks update updates a Compute Engine persistentdisk.
EXAMPLES
To update labels 'k0' and 'k1' and remove label 'k3' of a disk, run:
gcloudcomputedisksupdateexample-disk--zone=us-central1-a--update-labels=k0=value1,k1=value2--remove-labels=k3
`_k0_`and`_k1_`areaddedasnewlabelsifnotalreadypresent.

Labels can be used to identify the disk. To list disks with the 'k1:value2'label, run:

gcloudcomputediskslist--filter='labels.k1:value2'

To list only the labels when describing a resource, use --format to filter theresult:

gcloudcomputedisksdescribeexample-disk--format="default(labels)"

To append licenses to the disk, run:

gcloudcomputedisksupdateexample-disk--zone=us-central1-a--append-licenses=projects/license-project/global/licenses/license-1,projects/license-project/global/licenses/license-2

To remove licenses from the disk, run:

gcloudcomputedisksupdateexample-disk--zone=us-central1-a--replace-licenses=projects/license-project/global/licenses/license-1,projects/license-project/global/licenses/license-2

To replace a license on the disk, run:

gcloudcomputedisksupdateexample-disk--zone=us-central1-a--replace-license=projects/license-project/global/licenses/old-license,projects/license-project/global/licenses/new-license
POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
DISK_NAME
Name of the disk to update.
FLAGS
--access-mode=ACCESS_MODE
Specifies how VMs attached to the disk can access the data on the disk. To grantread-only access to multiple VMs attached to the disk, set access-mode toREAD_ONLY_MANY. To grant read-write access to only one VM attached to the disk,use READ_WRITE_SINGLE. READ_WRITE_SINGLE is used if omitted.ACCESS_MODE must be one of:READ_ONLY_MANY,READ_WRITE_MANY,READ_WRITE_SINGLE.
--provisioned-iops=PROVISIONED_IOPS
Provisioned IOPS of disk to update. Only for use with disks of typehyperdisk-extreme.
--provisioned-throughput=PROVISIONED_THROUGHPUT
Provisioned throughput of disk to update. The throughput unit is MB per sec.
--size=SIZE
Size of the disks. The value must be a whole number followed by a size unit ofGB for gigabyte, orTB for terabyte. If no size unit isspecified, GB is assumed. For details about disk size limits, refer to:https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks
--update-labels=[KEY=VALUE,…]
List of label KEY=VALUE pairs to update. If a label exists, its value ismodified. Otherwise, a new label is created.

Keys must start with a lowercase character and contain only hyphens(-), underscores (_), lowercase characters, andnumbers. Values must contain only hyphens (-), underscores(_), lowercase characters, and numbers.

--append-licenses=LICENSE,[LICENSE,…]
"A list of license URIs or license codes. These licenses will be appended to theexisting licenses on the disk. Provided licenses can be either license URIs orlicense codes but not a mix of both.
--remove-licenses=LICENSE,[LICENSE,…]
A list of license URIs or license codes. If present in the set of existinglicenses, these licenses will be removed. If not present, this is a no-op.Provided licenses can be either license URIs or license codes but not a mix ofboth.
--replace-license=LICENSE,LICENSE
A list of license URIs or license codes. The first license is the license to bereplaced and the second license is the replacement license. Provided licensescan be either license URIs or license codes but not a mix of both.
At most one of these can be specified:
--clear-architecture
Removes the architecture or processor type annotation from the disk.
--update-architecture=UPDATE_ARCHITECTURE
Updates the architecture or processor type that this disk can support. Foravailable processor types on Compute Engine, seehttps://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/cpu-platforms.UPDATE_ARCHITECTURE must be one of:ARM64,X86_64.
At most one of these can be specified:
--clear-labels
Remove all labels. If--update-labels is also specified then--clear-labels is applied first.

For example, to remove all labels:

gcloudcomputedisksupdate--clear-labels

To remove all existing labels and create two new labels,foo andbaz:

gcloudcomputedisksupdate--clear-labels--update-labelsfoo=bar,baz=qux
--remove-labels=[KEY,…]
List of label keys to remove. If a label does not exist it is silently ignored.If--update-labels is also specified then--update-labels is applied first.
At most one of these can be specified:
--region=REGION
Region of the disk to update. If not specified, you might be prompted to selecta region (interactive mode only).

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set thecompute/region property:

gcloudconfigsetcompute/regionREGION

A list of regions can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputeregionslist

To unset the property, run:

gcloudconfigunsetcompute/region

Alternatively, the region can be stored in the environment variableCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_REGION.

--zone=ZONE
Zone of the disk to update. If not specified and thecompute/zone property isn't set, you mightbe prompted to select a zone (interactive mode only).

To avoid prompting when this flag is omitted, you can set thecompute/zone property:

gcloudconfigsetcompute/zoneZONE

A list of zones can be fetched by running:

gcloudcomputezoneslist

To unset the property, run:

gcloudconfigunsetcompute/zone

Alternatively, the zone can be stored in the environment variableCLOUDSDK_COMPUTE_ZONE.

GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
These flags are available to all commands:--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.

Run$gcloud help for details.

NOTES
These variants are also available:
gcloudalphacomputedisksupdate
gcloudbetacomputedisksupdate

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Last updated 2025-07-22 UTC.