Upgrading from Standard A4 to D4 Standard
We are currently running a Standard A4 with 8 cores, 14GB memory and 16 x 500 IOPS.My understanding is 500 IOPS refers to the amount of I/O per hard disk in 8KB units where KB is KiloBytes (as opposed...
View ArticleWindows Update Error 80244007 on Windows 8.1 MSDN image
HiWindows Update has stopped working on my Windows 8.1 MSDN image. I get the following error:Windows could not search for new updates There was a problem checking for updates. Error(s) found: Code...
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Virtual machine performance data
Hi, I have a cloud service in our lab environment. In that , i have one virtual machine and one web role. When i access that Virtual machine from azure console, i would see the dashboard and monitor...
View ArticleVirtual Machine automatically creating Cloud service in azure manage portal
Hi,Whenever we create virtual machine in azure management portal, it automatically create a cloud service of same name as that of VM name. So, is it mandatory for us to have cloud service, if we want...
View ArticleUbuntu 14.04 LTS VMs not accessible on 2nd day
Hello, I've ran into this problem twice now and I don't know what I'm doing wrong so I figured I'd ask the community for help. I'll try to detail all of my steps/setup below in an effort to get to the...
View ArticleWindows Azure + Virtual Machine + RDP Issues
Hello,I have created an VM in azure cloud. I am able to login and work in the VM from personal home network but the same VM when I try to login in my office network i get the below following...
View ArticleCannot Reset Azure VM Password via Portal or Powershell
I was setting up my Azure VM today when, for some unknown reason, I was prompted to re-enter my VM credentials. I did & it failed to work. After restarting the VM & retrying RDP, credentials...
View ArticleGetting an error when trying to create VM through an image.
From Benedikt Knobloch @bvknobloch via Twitter@AzureSupport Getting a strange error when trying to create VM through an image. Again and again and again... #bugged...
View ArticleManual Install of VM Agents and Extentions on Linux Instructions?
Hi,Could you please provide instruction on How to install VM Agents and Extensions Manually on Linux machines on Azure ? Ubuntu or CoreOS etc? Similar to this...
View ArticleScaling of Azure VM
Hi,Im using Azure virtual Machines which are in a VPN Network, the issue which Im facing is during scale up of VM,When my VM's are in my VNet which is in (SEAsia ,East US,West US) I cant scale up, I...
View ArticleSlow VM startups
HiI have two vm's ccreated. Windows/Ubutu servers. Their both running basic configuration.When I start the VM's from the Azure management portal, I find both VM's slow to start, approx. 5...
View ArticleCan't start GNOME on CentOS (hosted on Azure)
I just created a linux machine (using CentOS 7.1) and installed GNOME desktop on it. However, I can't start GNOME desktop - whenever I typed "startx", it starts Initializing extensions and then hangs...
View ArticleCannot Access IIS - Endpoints Not Working
Hi,I've created a virtual machine, and added two endpoints HTTP and MySQL. I installed the IIS role via the server manager. But I can't access the server neither with the public IP or the DNS name.
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VM - Windows Server 2012 R2 with SQL Server - Services/Performance...
Hi,This is a specific request regarding my VM. I am running Windows Server 2012 R2with SQL Server 2014 SP1 Web deployed from Azure Gallery onStandard A2 package and would like to use it just as Web...
View ArticleData corruption after copying file from temporary to OS disk
Hello,I sometimes experience data corruption when doing the following:Have a large file (3GB in my case) on temporary storage. Copy over to OS disk (blob storage), it finishes immediately (because of...
View ArticleBrazil South not available for selection
I'm working with Azure Windows Servers, I'd like to use "Brazil South" in order to create a VM there, but the option is not available in drop down list. I saw in many places it's available since 2014...
View ArticleSuddenly lost connection to one of my VMs
I have a few VMs in Azure: 2 CentOS, 1 Windows Server 2012 and 1 Windows 10. I was able to connect to all VMs and play with them but today while I shut down the WinServer2012 VM and then restarted it,...
View ArticleCannot select Brazil South on account with Bizpark subscription
Hi guys,I'm trying to create a new VM located on Brazil South, but there isn't this option. I read about other people with the same issue, but without resolution. Anyone know how to solve or workaround...
View ArticleCheap and scalable way to host Scrapy and Portia on Azure
Hi,I am looking for a cheap and scalable solution to host Scrapy and Portia on Microsoft Azure. Scrapy is a web scraping framework written in python. http://www.scrapy.org Portia is a tool to visually...
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