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Category: VM Applications from Azure VM Runtime Team

The treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure flag

December 11, 2023 Dec 11, 2023 12/11/23
Joseph Calev
In both VmApplications and RunCommand, we support a property called "treatFailureAsDeploymentFailure". Note that for Managed RunCommand it may not be visible yet in Powershell or CLI, but it is available via ARM. Note that this flag is only available for managed RunCommand. It is not available for action RunCommand. For those unaware, ...

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: You then name your VM Application "MyVmApp" ...

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...

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 ...