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sharptooth
sharptooth

Reputation: 170489

How do I make use of new Azure role sizes?

New Azure role sizes were announced recently and I want to test my service on STANDARD_D1. So I open my service definition file which starts something like this

<ServiceDefinition name="MyService"
   xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/ServiceHosting/2008/10/ServiceDefinition"
   schemaVersion="2012-10.1.8">
  <WebRole name="Whatever" vmsize="Small">

and change Small to STANDARD_D1. The definition now fails validation - STANDARD_D1 is not supported by the schema version I use.

It looks like perhaps my Azure SDK version is "too old" but.. Suppose I update to a later SDK version and then some new "sizes" appear - will I have to update again or is there any way to make use of new "sizes" without updating the SDK?

How do I make it work? Do I have to update to a newer SDK or is there perhaps some workaround?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 265

Answers (2)

Steve Newton
Steve Newton

Reputation: 1078

Just update the SDK, I did this and worked first time after having the same issue as you.

Upvotes: 2

Gaurav Mantri
Gaurav Mantri

Reputation: 136176

I haven't tried it (so I may be wrong) but can you try some hack? Basically the schema is validated via schema definition file stored in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SDKs\Windows Azure\.NET SDK\[your SDK version]\schemas folder (ServiceDefinitionSchema.xsd). Can you try by changing that file to include your desired VM size in there? The node you want to manipulate is RoleSize:

  <xs:simpleType name="RoleSize">
    <xs:restriction base="xs:string">
      <xs:enumeration value="ExtraSmall" />
      <xs:enumeration value="Small" />
      <xs:enumeration value="Medium" />
      <xs:enumeration value="Large" />
      <xs:enumeration value="ExtraLarge" />
      <xs:enumeration value="A5" />
      <xs:enumeration value="A6" />
      <xs:enumeration value="A7" />
      <xs:enumeration value="A8" />
      <xs:enumeration value="A9" />
    </xs:restriction>
  </xs:simpleType>

Please give it a try and let me know if that works. If not, then I will delete my answer.

Upvotes: 0

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