KB: Virtual machine creation fails when you try to deploy a virtual machine in Windows Azure Pack

First published on TECHNET on Jul 28, 2014

When you try to deploy a virtual machine in Windows Azure Pack to a cloud that has a capability profile selected, virtual machine creation may fail and you receive the following errors:

Error (31304)
VM Role resource (VMNAME) was not successfully deployed in the Cloud Service.
Recommended Action
VM Role can be repaired if the entity was created.

Error (23776)
The VM [machine001] could not be placed on cloud [Gold Cloud] due to the following issues:
(2 / 2) 23751
The virtual machine workload machine001 specifies settings that are not allowed by any capability profile supported by the cloud. A list of validation errors specific to each matching capability profile can be accessed by validating the hardware profile or template before it is rated
Recommended Action
Ensure that there are no operations occurring on virtual machine machine001 and attempt placement again.

Error (23737)
The deployment configuration for VM with name machine001 cannot be placed on the host group or cloud that it targets. More detailed information can be found by getting star ratings for the target host group or cloud.
Recommended Action
Ensure that sufficient host resources are available on the host group or cloud that this virtual machine configuration targets by resolving any issues found while rating the virtual machine and try the operation again.

Error (23737)
The deployment configuration for VM with name machine001 cannot be placed on the host group or cloud that it targets. More detailed information can be found by getting star ratings for the target host group or cloud.
Recommended Action
Ensure that sufficient host resources are available on the host group or cloud that this virtual machine configuration targets by resolving any issues found while rating the virtual machine and try the operation again.

Error (22042)
The service Testno88 was not successfully deployed. Review the event log to determine the cause and corrective actions.
Recommended Action
The deployment can be restarted by retrying the job.

For all the details and a resolution, please see the following:

KB2983876 - Virtual machine creation fails when you try to deploy a virtual machine in Windows Azure Pack ( http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2983876 )

J.C. Hornbeck | Solution Asset PM | Microsoft GBS Management and Security Division

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