Problem to boot the VM machine after upgrading from Ubuntu 18.04.3 to 20.04
I have a problem booting the VM machine after upgrading OS to Ubuntu 20.04. I got an error in boot diagnostics: error: symbol 'grub_file_filter' not found. Entering rescue mode... grub rescue> I do not have a backup. How could I fix this issue?
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New Azure VM using - Standard NV8as v4 (8 vcpus, 28 GiB memory) - Nvidia Gpu Driver extension fails to install
Hello, I just created a new VM in Aust East of type Standard NV8as v4 (8 vcpus, 28 GiB memory) . This machine has 1 GPU (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/gpu-accelerated/nvv4-series?tabs=sizeaccelerators) . As part of the…
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GPU not working on instance with gpu (T4)
I have an instance with 4xT4, I've installed cuda and the t4 drivers. The GPUs are showing in the device manager, but not in the taskmanager under "performance". I can not choose anything else than "Microsoft basic render driver" in…
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Shared DevBox
Greetings, I'm currently using on-premise VMs for team project development and testing. On-premise VMs are shared per environment. I would like to explore Microsoft Dev Box as a cloud alternative. However, since it was recently released, I have found…
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My Azure Windows VM is down. It started an automatic update last night and it never completed. I followed the recommended troubleshooting steps: stop, start, reapply, redeploy, etc. But nothing seems to be working. Can you please help as soon as possible?
My Azure Windows VM is down. It started an automatic update last night and it never completed. I followed the recommended troubleshooting steps: stop, start, reapply, redeploy, etc. But nothing seems to be working. Can you please help as soon as…
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Set delete options when creating a VM Not available
I have a W11 AVD host and I use Nerdio to manage the environment. I have created a PowerShell script to attach an existing azure managed disk to the AVD Host VM and that works fine, I need to ensure the disk is not deleted if the VM is deleted so I've…
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I could not able to link the hostname in virtual machine
I could not able to link the hostname in virtual machine
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Windows Pro 11 - "You version of Windows has reached end of support"
I have an Azure VM running "Image SKU wind11-22h2-pro". Will I continue to receive security updates? The image may be deprecated, but why stop support for the OS - its Windows 11?
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VM Agent Status is not ready
i cant connect linux VM SSH and i don't know why ?
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Can't turn on virtual machine
Can't turn on virtual machine. I need help to resize the virtual machine.
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Preparing a hands-on workshop on Proxmox using Azure VMs
I am preparing a hand-on workshop for my tech group to learn Proxmox. Despite the Russian-doll-ness, I'd like to use multiple Azure VMs to simulate multiple PC boxes (and run inner-VMs/containers within those Azure VMs using Proxmox) and allow people to…
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Price API support for all SKUs
Does the price api have all SKUs? https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/cost-management/retail-prices/azure-retail-prices I'm trying to find the price of Standard_F16s_v6 though the API but no success.
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IOPs for temp local storage
Hi we're trying size VM's for new SQL servers and we'd like to know if the IOPs local temporary hard drives are included in the Max IOPs for the VM. Also is there any information for the Max IOPs for the local drives. Cheers Alex
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VR restore
Hi, I'm looking for guidance regarding a virtual machine in Azure that was accidentally deleted around mid-June 2025. The VM was used for integration purposes. I’d like to know: Is it possible to recover the deleted VM or at least its managed disks —…
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VM and public IP in different resource group
Hi, I’m wondering if it’s possible for a VM (including its network interface) and a Public IP address to reside in different resource groups. I have a VM and its network interface in Resource Group A, but I need to associate a Public IP address that…
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Error while creating Windows11 Virtual Machine for Remote desktop purpose
As a First time Azure personal user, I am trying to create a single user Windows virtual machine to access Windows 11 virtual desktop via mac laptop. Getting error creating virtual machine saying. - "Validation Failed for the following tab: Basics.…
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Can´t delete disk belonging to unexisting vm
Hi!!! I got two disks marked as in Reserved state, and apparently attached to a VM (the property Managed By) but the VM doesn´t exists. Therefore I want to delete these disks, however in Azure Portal it says I must unattached de disks first but this is…
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unable to set the HPC Cluster parameter MinuteCounterRetention to value 30 days
Hi, I am trying to configure the HPC cluster to keep the performance metric data for 30 days using the below command. But after I restart the server the settings are reverted to default 3 days. Could someone please help me with how to set this value…
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Help to resolve VM size not available issue while creating cluster in Databricks
I am trying to create a cluster in Databricks. I have chosen worker type, spent more than 3 hours. I am getting the message "The VM size you are specifying is not available. [details] QuotaExceeded: Operation could not be completed as it results in…
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Power Automate - What are the Azure VM prerequisites (firewall, service accounts, access) for running Unattended RPA ?
Hi Team, We are planning to implement Unattended Robotic Process Automation (RPA) using Microsoft Hello All, We are planning to deploy the Power Automate Desktop hosted on an Azure VM. The VM will act as an RPA agent and run under a service/system…