I can't RDP to my machine after running Sysprep
I followed the instructions on this page: http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-capture-image-windows-server/ Yes, I now know that this was a bad idea. I never even...
View ArticleUnable to change the configuration of the Virtual Machine
Hi,I have created 2 Virtual Servers ( Server A, Server B) which has the standard configuration of Medium (2 cores ,3.5 GB) . I would want to change the configuration so that it uses the memory...
View ArticlePassword rejected when connecting to VM via SSH
I have installed a Centos copy of Nagios monitoring from the VM Depot in Images on Virtual Machines. The installation ran without any problems but when I try to access the back end of the server via...
View ArticleBest practices for Azure hosted VMs and on premise domain
Hi - we're currently looking at putting several application severs in Azure as VMs. These servers need to be members of our on premise domain. I understand that to do this, we need to have a...
View Articleftp from vm in azure to on premise location
We are having a problem connecting to our ftp server from a vm inside of azure. When we initially set it up things were working fine. However, on the 4th test we received a connection problem that...
View ArticleService advisory - current Windows-based Oracle Preview images will be...
Service advisory - In preparation for GA for Oracle products this week, the current Windows-based Oracle Preview images are being removed from the Windows Azure gallery at noon today (March 11) and...
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Azure VM Provisioning Timed Out Error and solution
To capture the image of Azure Virtual Machine, you should follow the steps mentioned at the link –...
View ArticleCreating a VM from with a VM fails
I'm sure I've done something stupid, but I can't figure out what. Here's the situation.I need to be able to create VMs from within a Virtual Network in order to have the ability to connect to these VMs...
View ArticleWindows Azure VM - enable RDS Session Host how?
Hi there,After finding out "the hard way", am finding out that the Remote Desktop Services "Session Host" role won't install on the hosted VMs. It's great really, I love spending my time on things like...
View ArticleTerminal Service Licenses on Azure VM
Hello,I have several application that run on Windows Server 2008 Terminal Service, will it be possible to use terminal service licenses (not the administration one) in Azure VW?Thanks!
View ArticleCPU-Bound Software License is invalidated after a reboot
I am running a web application on a windows 2008 R2 server virtual machine on Azure. This particular application requires a license for activation. I have verified with the vendor that the activation...
View Articleazure vm FTP out - Connection Timed Out - at cmd prompt
We setup a Virtual Network and then setup an Windows 2012 Essentials azure VM within that network. It gets the x.x.x.4 IP address as expected. We can VPN to network as expected. We can remote desktop...
View ArticleCan't SSH to Ubuntu VM after restart
I created a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and installed some software. After a restart, the Azure portal shows the machine is running. However, it won't respond to SSH.iMac:~ pablo$ ssh...
View ArticleRun startup/bootstrap script on stock Ubuntu-12.04 in Azure
I have used cloud-init with userdata to bootstrap my service in AWS. I see cloud-init is installed in Azure Ubuntu 12.04 image but I can't find any documentation on how to supply userdata to it.My goal...
View ArticleWindows Azure Guest Agent crashing and restarting
I have a Windows 2012 Server running in Azure. After I patched my server the "Windows Azure Guest Agent" service has started to crash because of a .NET Runtime error (see below). In order to fix this...
View ArticleSending Email from an Azure VM
My Silverlight app is hosted in a VM created from a Server 2008 R2 template. I installed the roles for Application Server, Web Server, and SMTP. The application works and but doesn't send email. It...
View ArticleGetting restored old version of my webrole
Any time Microsoft plan some planned maintenance at their datacenter, my WebRole is restored to some old version. I have to instances of my webrole and it should avoid this problem, but not true.What...
View ArticleInstall MongoDB on a virtual machine running CentOS Linux in Windows Azure
Primary Content Reference: [EDITED OUT] Beginner at linux cmd and MongoDB on Virtual Machines here. The Tutorial: Install MongoDB on a virtual machine running CentOS Linux in Windows Azure Is an easy...
View ArticleTrouble connecting to a simple C++ echoserver.
Hi,I'm very new to Azure, I've picked up the free trial and I have a VM with one core running. I've created simple C++ echo server and client executables which I've uploaded and it works when I run...
View ArticleService Advisory Update - The GA versions of Oracle VM Images for...
The GA versions of VM Images for Oracle DB, WebLogic Server, and the JDK for Windows-based servers are now live. Thus means that any new Windows-based images created from the Gallery (Dashboard >...
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