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sonicnofadz
sonicnofadz

Reputation: 1

Problems when adding empty Azure disk

Using Azure powershell cmdlets, for an already existing VM called "raytest-ze1-06". I am attempting to add an empty storage disk to a different storage account than the VM was created on, but I am receiving a very strange error from Azure:

PS C:\> Get-AzureVM -ServiceName "cse1dmzinfracorep01" -Name "raytest-ze1-06" | Add-AzureDataDisk -CreateNew -DiskSizeInGB 10 -DiskLabel "fourth" -LUN 1 -MediaLocation "https://sae1excdmzcore2.blob.core.windows.net/ddisk1/raytest-ze1-01-dd1-1.vhd" | Update-AzureVM

VERBOSE: 2:22:40 PM - Completed Operation: Get Deployment 
VERBOSE: 2:22:42 PM - Completed Operation: Get Deployment 
VERBOSE: 2:22:42 PM - Begin Operation: Update-AzureVM 
Update-AzureVM : InternalError : The server encountered an internal error. 

Please retry the request. 
At line:1 char:243 
+ ... 1-dd1-1.vhd" | Update-AzureVM 
+                    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [Update-AzureVM], CloudException

    + FullyQualifiedErrorId :
Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.IaaS.UpdateAzureVMCommand

VERBOSE: 2:23:15 PM - Completed Operation: Update-AzureVM

I have tried many things, but cannot get it to add the disk. If I switch the default storage account for my subscription back to the storage account the VM was created on, (and change the medialocation to reflect appropriate container) it works fine.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 629

Answers (1)

Panos
Panos

Reputation: 1973

That's because you cannot add a disk that is on a different storage account. The disks have to be on the same storage account as the VM is.

To get the maximum performance out of the disks, you can follow a guide similar to how you optimize for a SQL server load found here.

Lastly, you can find all the limits for the storage accounts (and other Azure services) here

Upvotes: 1

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