Can't see VMSS from Application gateway in different resource group
How can I make my Application Gateway from one resource group communicate with the Virtual machine scale set of another resource group in the same subscription? I have established Network Peering between the two virtual networks, but the Backend pools of…
Unknown error while deleting VMSS
I need to delete a VMSS but I can't because every time I get this error: "An unexpected error occured while processing the network profile of the VM. Please retry later." I suspect that the problem is in the NIC. The Network Settings blade…
How to get Auto scaling configuration for VMSSs
Hello, We have a requirement to fetch auto scaling configurations including auto scale status (enabled, disable or configured) auto scaling type (manual or custom), MIn and Max instance counts along with default instance count for 1000+ virtual machine…
VMSS HealthCheck - Alert on VMSS instance health state
HI, I have configured Health Check on my VMSS, and enabled automatic OS upgrade. I found one of the VM failed the health check probably after OS upgrade or deployment. I am looking for a way to be able to query this VM instance Health state, so that I…
How can I make a VM in a scale set wait for systemd to gracefully shutdown?
I am interested in using VM scale sets for a workload with automatic scale in policies. Unfortunately it seems the scale down policy for shutting down the VMs that part of the scale set is overly aggressive. In my testing I've found that it waits at most…
VM SS scale in - Issue
Scale in Requirement: It’s shutting down even if threads are running in that VM. Example:- suppose I have scaled out to 3 VMs and they are working on 3 messages. Now I want to shut down a VM when it completes the message processing and CPU…
Azure VM quota on VMSS. Will return after some VM in VMSS destroy?
If customer use VMSS (host agent) for Azure pipeline, and setting tear down on idle time. Question from customer. VMSS will return VM quota after tear down or not? Because if not, Existing VM quota will use until empty and VMSS can't create if Azure…
Why a VMSS built from a Windows image shows "Linux" operating system?
In VMSS overview: Go into the VMSS: When exporting the ARM template, the word "linux" is not there.
Azure VM deallocate operation not supported for VMs with ephemeral OS disk
I received a maintenance notification from Azure asking me to deallocate a VM, but I'm getting an error message stating that 'Operation 'deallocate' is not supported for VMs or VM Scale Set instances using an ephemeral OS disk.' How can I perform the…
Azure VMSS Autoscale Triggering Multiple Events and Causing Multiple Function Executions
I am facing an issue with Azure VMSS autoscale notifications (through webbhook) triggering multiple executions of an Azure Function. This causes my function, which includes a pipeline trigger and a DNS update, to be executed multiple times in parallel,…
Unable to upgrade vmss flex os image
I'm creating VMSS with Flexible orchestration using custom image from Azure Compute Gallery. It is WindowsServer-2022-based image. It is a Generalized image. I'm creating VMSS with a specific version of the image…
How to fix Error when creating Virtual Machine scaleset
Hello All, Please could someone assist me with the below error message. I am attempting to create a Virtual Machine Scale Set, however for some reason it complains about DNS even though I have not setup any private DNS records until the scaleset is…
Monitoring VM and VMSS Performance on Azure
Hey everyone, I’m trying to keep an eye on the performance of some VMs and VMSS instances on Azure, especially when it comes to: Average memory usage (RAM) Disk and network usage Average CPU usage Peak RAM and CPU usage (like the max…
Number of VMs per Scale Set
How many VMs can I have in a scale set? Source from FAQ
Automating Domain Unjoin When Deleting VMSS Instance
Hello, I am trying to create an automation that unjoins a domain when an alert triggers for VM deletion. I have set up a single VMSS, an alert, two action groups (for email and automation), and an Azure automation account runbook. When attempting to…
Azure VM. The extension failed to execute: .agent file not found
We have Azure Virtual machine scale set working as pipeline agent pool. This error may appear on any new pipeline run. And after it happens once it happens on all subsequent runs. Recreating agent pool or vm scale set fixes the issue. Restarting or…
Questions on VMSS auto scaling
Hello, I had asked few questions in following post, got answer for only one question, https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/answers/questions/1841869/seeking-clarification-on-vmss-auto-scaling Could you please consider answering following questions ? If…
Inbound rule for agentpool (aks-nodepool) via ARM template
How can I add a inbound rule to NSG of VMSS, attached to network Interface via ARM template?
Azure VMSS scale up time estimate?
We have 21 machines in our VMSS in our Service Fabric production cluster. We decided to scale it up to more CPU/RAM. How much time does it usually take? I need to set downtime maintenance window. I know that SF updates VMs by upgrade domains but we…
What happens to data disk attached to VM/VMSS when VM/VMSS configured with availability zone fails?
What happens to the data disk when a VM configured with Availability zones failed in any one zone? Does it automatically attach to vm once the vm is spinned up in another zone? Similarly what happens to the data disk when an instance running under…