RESOLVED: New VMs not getting deployed

RESOLVED: New VMs not getting deployed

Version: 2023-08-24

TL;DR

RESOLVED: Connect via Bastion, the cause is Azure Portal, beyond our control and for Microsoft to fix
RESOLVED: Creation of new VMs are failing, potentially due to an update pushed by Microsoft earlier than expected.  We apologise for any inconvenience this might cause you.

Updates

2023-08-25 @ 03:53

Bastion works fine again.

2023-08-25 @ 03:01

Successfull VM deployments in production. Later today a full write up of the cause and possible lessons learned.
Windows RDP-client access works fine, but we notice that Azure Bastion is very slow/unresponsive. We raised the issue, but at anDREa we cannot do more than this because Azure Portal is beyond our control.

2023-08-25 @ 02:22

Solution tested successfull and pushed to production.

2023-08-24 @ 21:38

Possible solution found, running some tests.

2023-08-24 @ 20:10

Still trying to identify the problem that is caused by Microsoft.

2023-08-24 @ 14:24

Issue reproduced by local Support Team and issue handed over to anDREa.

2023-08-24 @ 09:42

Issue first reported. 

What happened?

On 2023-03-23 at 09:42 (Amsterdam Time Zone), the local Support Team received the first ticket of new VMs failing to be created. At 14:24, the issue was reproduced by the local Support Team and handed over to anDREa. 

VM deployments are failing with the message:
 
  • Diagnostic settings does not support retention for new diagnostic settings. (Code: BadRequest)

Cause

Microsoft reported the following:


It looks like this update has been pushed earlier than expected.

Resolution

The anDREa development team is working hard to resolve the issue.

Impact

So far, we have received 1 support ticket regarding this issue. However, we believe that this impacts all Workspaces.

Next steps

TBD.


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