Clone VMs that are allocated in different tenants

Question

Clone VMs that are allocated in different tenants. VMs are SQL Virtual machine Instances on Azure. and i have copied the vhds of both OS and Data vhds on storage account blob. then created image from both vhds(OS and data)then create a normal WindowsVM using this image... but i faced one problem during the deployment:

"status": "Failed",
"error": {
    "code": "OSProvisioningClientError",
    "message": "OS Provisioning for VM 'AA-CR' did not finish in the allotted time. However, the VM guest agent was detected running. This suggests the guest OS has not been properly prepared to be used as a VM image (with CreateOption=FromImage). To resolve this issue, either use the VHD as is with CreateOption=Attach or prepare it properly for use as an image:\r\n * Instructions for Windows: https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-windows-upload-image/ \r\n * Instructions for Linux: https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/articles/virtual-machines-linux-capture-image/ "
}

}

Anyone have an idea.. i can also start up the machine but with the same error ?

Answer 1

@Elsemary, Hadeer
I understand you are trying to copy a VM to another tenant and facing the above error.

Prior to creating the VHD and copying it to the new storage account you need to run Sysprep on the VM and generalize it. After you have run Sysprep on a VM, that VM is considered generalized and cannot be restarted. The process of generalizing a VM is not reversible. If you need to keep the original VM functioning, you should create a copy of the VM and generalize its copy.

Please try this and see if it resolves your issue.

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Answer 2

@deherman-MSFT

VM is SQL virtual machine with unmanaged Disk .. i have changed from unmanaged disk to managed disk then copy disks to another storage accoutn in new tenant then create a vm from managed disk

is this good solution