SCVMM VM Network dependency for Hyper-V replica
Encountered a weird issue today with SCVMM. I can’t provide screenshots since I’d have to white out object names, making it without purpose. I wanted to delete a VM Network, however when I looked at...
View ArticleAzure Site Recovery learnings – Azure-To-Azure
A few things I’ve learned about Azure Site Recovery (ASR) recently, while doing an Azure-to-Azure DR design – some quite surprising: Both your Recovery Services Vault AND it’s resource group must be...
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Use Azure Function to start VMs
A use-case came up recently to provide a little bit of self-service to some users with an occasionally used Virtual Machine in Azure. I have configured Auto-Shutdown on the VM, but want an ability for...
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SCVMM – Change VM NIC from Static to Dynamic IP
Just a quick post to document how to make a change with System Center Virtual Machine Manager. I have a VM with a NIC attached to a VM Network that has a Static IP Pool. For a few not-so-great reasons,...
View ArticleTerraform refactor to modules deletes resources
I’ve finally got a use-case for using Modules in Terraform, and so I’m beginning to dip into testing with them. I’ve got a bunch of Azure resources (VNET, subnet, NSG, etc) that already exist in my...
View ArticlePass multi value parameters to Azure Runbook
I learned something recently about calling an Azure Automation Runbook through PowerShell, particularly around how to pass multi-value entries in a single parameter. The original concept was that I...
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Validate Azure resource move with REST API
If you find yourself needing to move resources in Azure, whether between resource groups or subscriptions, you may find the Portal doesn’t offer a very good validation tool to build a plan for a large...
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Testing an ARM Template function
While working on an Azure ARM Template, particularly one which references pre-existing resources rather than ones created within the template itself, I realized I needed to do more to make my code...
View ArticleInvoke-AzVMRunCommand log output
While working with the Invoke-AzVmRunCommand cmdlet, I encountered a problem, receiving the following error: Invoke-AzVMRunCommand : Long running operation failed with status 'Failed'. Additional...
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Azure Site Recovery – ARM template
Programmatic deployment of Azure Site Recovery for Azure VMs – that’s the target I started with for a project a little while ago. There is a large amount of information for Azure Site Recovery on...
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