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Hi,

I've got a script that I'm writing which spins up multiple VMs in a resource group on Azure. For "normal" 2012 and 2016 Datacenter Offerings, each VM takes about 9 minutes to spin up.

When I replace the offering with 2016-Nano-Server I get lots of error messages about long running code and the VMs never appear. Building them by hand in the portal works and takes about 3 minutes.

Anyone else seeing the same?

Example code:

$now = get-date
write-host "$(get-date) - --------------------------------------------------------------------"
write-host "$(get-date) - Example Azure Script starts $now (demo purposes only)"
write-host "$(get-date) - --------------------------------------------------------------------"

$resourceGroupName = "noobExample_RG"
$location = "northeurope"
$myStorageAcctName = "noobexamplestorage"
$adminAcctName = "noobAdmin"
Write-host "Enter a Password which you can use to logon to the new VMs with:"
$adminAccPassword = read-host
$baseVMName = "WIN-NOOB-"
$totalServers = 3

# login
login-azurermaccount

# resource group, ties related resources together (i can delete it all with one command later for example).
write-host "$(get-date) - create resource group"
$resourceGroup = new-azurermresourcegroup -name $resourceGroupName -location $location

# storage account, lump of storage space offered by MS (can be used as internet accessible file share, or diagnostic storage area, or SQL db location etc...)
write-host "$(get-date) - create storage acct"
$myStorageAcct = New-AzureRmStorageAccount -resourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -name $myStorageAcctName -SkuName "Standard_LRS" -kind "Storage" -Location $location

# virtual network which all our VMs will end up. (we can setup site to site VPNs to extend our network into the cloud and section
# that off from the internet if we want, but this just sets up a simple network
write-host "$(get-date) - create virtual network"
$mySubnet = New-AzureRmVirtualNetworkSubnetConfig -Name "mySubnet" -AddressPrefix 10.0.0.0/24

# subnet inside the virtual network setup
write-host "$(get-date) - create subnet in vnet"
$myVnet = New-AzureRmVirtualNetwork -Name "myVnet" -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $location -AddressPrefix 10.0.0.0/16 -Subnet $mySubnet

# setup a public ip that'd host our website/external service or whatever.
write-host "$(get-date) - create a public ip"
$myPublicIp = New-AzureRmPublicIpAddress -Name "myPublicIp" -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $location -AllocationMethod Dynamic


# setup a VM or two....first grab a credential that will end up being our local admin..
write-host "$(get-date) - set admin credential details to create"
$secpasswd = ConvertTo-SecureString $adminAccPassword -AsPlainText -Force
$cred = New-Object System.Management.Automation.PSCredential ($adminAcctName, $secpasswd)

# I'm going to setup 5 vms.
write-host "$(get-date) - setup $totalServers VMs (took 30 mins in serial (6mins per VM))"

foreach ($number in 1..$totalServers){

      # setting up a network interface for our VM
      write-host "$(get-date) - --------- (VM $number) -----------"
      write-host "$(get-date) - create a NIC for VM"
      $myNIC = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name "myNIC$number" -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $location -SubnetId $myVnet.Subnets[0].Id

      $vmName = "$baseVMName$number"

     # create a "configuration" object to hold common values for our VM.
      $myVm = New-AzureRmVMConfig -VMName $vmName -VMSize "Standard_A1"

      $myVm = Set-AzureRmVMOperatingSystem -VM $myVm -Windows -ComputerName "myVM" -Credential $cred -ProvisionVMAgent -EnableAutoUpdate

      $myVm = Set-AzureRmVMSourceImage -VM $myVm -PublisherName "MicrosoftWindowsServer" -Offer "WindowsServer" -Skus "2016-Nano-Server" -Version "latest"

      $myVm = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $myVm -Id $myNIC.Id

      #setup the disk the VM will use.
      $blobPath = "vhds/$vmName-myOsDisk.vhd"
      write-host "$(get-date) -    Blob Path: $blobPath"
      $osDiskUri = $myStorageAcct.PrimaryEndpoints.Blob.ToString() +$blobPath
      write-host "$(get-date) -    osDiskUri: $osDiskUri"

      $vm = Set-AzureRmVMOSDisk -VM $myVm -Name "myOsDisk$number" -VhdUri $osDiskUri -CreateOption fromImage

      #Do it. Create them
      New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $location -VM $myVM

      write-host "$(get-date) - Finished VM Creation"

}
$now2 = get-date
# write out how long it took.
write-host "$(get-date) - finished. Took $(($now2 - $now).minutes) minute(s) and $(($now2 - $now).seconds) second(s)"

Output log of last attempt:

Environment           : AzureCloud
Account               : *******
TenantId              : be7a6363-a51a-43e1-8fda-7f3373a6fb46
SubscriptionId        : e663e862-ba2e-43c0-b439-6d1738b6f394
SubscriptionName      : Azure Pass
CurrentStorageAccount :

11/24/2016 11:26:40 - create resource group
11/24/2016 11:26:41 - create storage acct
11/24/2016 11:27:15 - create virtual network
11/24/2016 11:27:15 - create subnet in vnet
WARNING: The output object type of this cmdlet will be modified in a future release.
11/24/2016 11:27:46 - create a public ip
WARNING: The output object type of this cmdlet will be modified in a future release.
11/24/2016 11:28:18 - set admin credential details to create
11/24/2016 11:28:18 - setup 3 VMs (took 30 mins in serial (6mins per VM))
11/24/2016 11:28:18 - --------- (VM 1) -----------
11/24/2016 11:28:18 - create a NIC for VM
WARNING: The output object type of this cmdlet will be modified in a future release.
11/24/2016 11:28:19 -    Blob Path: vhds/WIN-NOOB-1-myOsDisk.vhd
11/24/2016 11:28:19 -    osDiskUri: https://noobexamplestorage.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/WIN-NOOB-1-myOsDisk.vhd
New-AzureRmVM : Long running operation failed with status 'Failed'.
ErrorCode: VMExtensionProvisioningTimeout
ErrorMessage: Provisioning of VM extension 'BGInfo' has timed out. Extension installation may be taking too long, or extension status could not be obtained.
StartTime: 24/11/2016 11:32:56
EndTime: 24/11/2016 13:03:21
OperationID: 95eb3f8b-b71c-4ddf-9ff0-03e7abfff53d
Status: Failed
At C:\Users\Daed\Documents\GitHub\playingInAzure\azureCreate5VMs.ps1:75 char:7
+       New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $ ...
+       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzureRmVM], ComputeCloudException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.NewAzureVMCommand
 
11/24/2016 13:03:26 - Finished VM Creation
11/24/2016 13:03:26 - --------- (VM 2) -----------
11/24/2016 13:03:26 - create a NIC for VM
WARNING: The output object type of this cmdlet will be modified in a future release.
11/24/2016 13:03:28 -    Blob Path: vhds/WIN-NOOB-2-myOsDisk.vhd
11/24/2016 13:03:28 -    osDiskUri: https://noobexamplestorage.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/WIN-NOOB-2-myOsDisk.vhd
New-AzureRmVM : An error occurred while sending the request.
At C:\Users\Daed\Documents\GitHub\playingInAzure\azureCreate5VMs.ps1:75 char:7
+       New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $ ...
+       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzureRmVM], HttpRequestException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.NewAzureVMCommand
 
11/24/2016 14:30:23 - Finished VM Creation
11/24/2016 14:30:23 - --------- (VM 3) -----------
11/24/2016 14:30:23 - create a NIC for VM
WARNING: The output object type of this cmdlet will be modified in a future release.
New-AzureRmNetworkInterface : Your Azure credentials have not been set up or have expired, please run Login-AzureRMAccount to set up your Azure credentials.
At C:\Users\Daed\Documents\GitHub\playingInAzure\azureCreate5VMs.ps1:53 char:16
+ ...    $myNIC = New-AzureRmNetworkInterface -Name "myNIC$number" -Resourc ...
+                 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzureRmNetworkInterface], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Network.NewAzureNetworkInterfaceCommand
 
Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface : Cannot validate argument on parameter 'Id'. The argument is null or empty. Provide an argument that is not null or empty, and then
try the command again.
At C:\Users\Daed\Documents\GitHub\playingInAzure\azureCreate5VMs.ps1:64 char:59
+       $myVm = Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface -VM $myVm -Id $myNIC.Id
+                                                           ~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidData: (:) [Add-AzureRmVMNetworkInterface], ParameterBindingValidationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : ParameterArgumentValidationError,Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.AddAzureVMNetworkInterfaceCommand
 
11/24/2016 14:30:23 -    Blob Path: vhds/WIN-NOOB-3-myOsDisk.vhd
11/24/2016 14:30:23 -    osDiskUri: https://noobexamplestorage.blob.core.windows.net/vhds/WIN-NOOB-3-myOsDisk.vhd
New-AzureRmVM : Your Azure credentials have not been set up or have expired, please run Login-AzureRMAccount to set up your Azure credentials.
At C:\Users\Daed\Documents\GitHub\playingInAzure\azureCreate5VMs.ps1:75 char:7
+       New-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $resourceGroupName -Location $ ...
+       ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzureRmVM], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.Compute.NewAzureVMCommand
 
11/24/2016 14:30:23 - Finished VM Creation
11/24/2016 14:30:23 - finished. Took 4 minute(s) and 10 second(s)

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-----------------------------

[06:51:51 server1 root@8015929 ~]cPs# netstat -tlpn | grep 2087

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PORT     STATE    SERVICE

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-----------------------------

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