Azure VM Runtime Team

Working with VM Application Names

July 5, 2023 Jul 5, 2023 07/5/23

Joseph Calev

I admit that VM Application names can be a bit tricky, or at least non-intuitive. The basic issue is this, you have some binary - let's call it MyApp.exe - and you want to install it on your VM. Therefore, you create a blob with the name MyBlob and set your install script to the following: myApp.exe /S You then name your VM ...

Working with unmanaged storage account quotas in VM Applications

June 19, 2023 Jun 19, 2023 06/19/23

Joseph Calev

While working with VM Applications, it's possible to receive the following error. Operation could not be completed as it results in exceeding approved UnmanagedStorageAccountCount quota. Additional details - Deployment Model: Resource Manager, Location: northeurope, Current Limit: 64, Current Usage: 64, Additional Required: 1, (Minimum) New...

How to determine if your Runcommand script failed

June 16, 2023 Jun 16, 2023 06/16/23

Joseph Calev

Today, we're going to cover what can be a maddening issue in just determining whether your script failed. Let's start with a very simple operation. Open a Powershell window and run the following: PS C:\> this is an error this: The term 'this' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program. ...

Long running RunCommands

March 10, 2023 Mar 10, 2023 03/10/23

Joseph Calev

Recently, there's been a bit of confusion involving long running RunCommands. For reference, the default wait time for RunCommand has been 90 minutes - the same as all other extensions. But what if you have a script that takes longer? Well, we've added a timeoutInSeconds parameter just for that purpose! az vm run-command create --...

RunCommand vs Custom Script Extension vs VM Applications

February 17, 2023 Feb 17, 2023 02/17/23

Joseph Calev

I'm sure that many of you would swear that Microsoft loves to confuse you. Currently, there are not three but four ways to run code on your machine. Custom Script Extension RunCommand Managed RunCommand VM Applications Now, I know what you're saying. "I just want to run this thing on my machine! Which do I choose?" Well, here ...

Managing VM Applications with Azure Policies

February 10, 2023 Feb 10, 2023 02/10/23

Joseph Calev

For those unacquainted with the feature, VM Applications allow you to manage applications across virtual machines and virtual machine scale sets. What exactly is an "application"? In truth, it's whatever you want. Typically, it's something that runs for a long period of time on the box, such as a service. However, the definition is really up ...