Virtual machine agent status is not ready.

Question

After creating vMX Meraki on Azure I see an error on VM stating: Virtual machine agent status is not ready. No matter how many times I rebuilt the vMX or rebooted the machine, I couldn't get rid of this error for vMX VM.

Answer 1

Hello, @Cyrus Ghaderpour !

Why am I seeing agent status is not ready on my Cisco Meraki vMX VM?

There are multiple reports of this issue on Cisco Meraki vMX. In general, the solutions have been:

• Update the version number (18.107 was reported as working)
• Reboot the VM a number of times (it's unclear exactly why this works, but it has worked for a number of people)
• Some people have had to redeploy the VM

See also:

• Cisco Meraki Community: Azure Meraki VMX virtual machine agent status not ready
• Reddit r/meraki: Azure vMX

Azure specific agent status not ready troubleshooting:

• Troubleshoot the Azure Linux Agent
• Q&A: What is the reason for Azure virtual machine agent status not ready error?

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Answer 2

HI , Try to :

1. Restart Azure VM Agent.
   For Windows:

• Open an elevated Command Prompt.
• Run the following command:

  
  net stop waagent
net start waagent
  

For Linux:

• Open a terminal.
• Run the following commands:

  sudo systemctl restart walinuxagent
  

2. Check Azure Service Health.
3. Review VM Agent logs.
4. Update VM Agent.
5. Check Azure resource provider permissions.
6. Reimage the VM.
7. Contact Azure Support if needed.