Azure Hybrid Instance Metadata Service (himds) could not start.
Hi everyone, I got the agent installed on a group of on-prem servers where the Log-on-as-a-service is set by a group policy. That made the Azure Arc agent could not start after restarting the servers (NT SERVICE\himds was removed from…
Version '0.5.1b1' not found for extension 'azure-iot-ops'
I am trying to install Jumpstart Agora Contoso Motors. I have deployed the bicep files and when I opened the Client VM, the automated scripts started running. But I was facing the highlighted issue in the below image (Please ignore the errors above and…
Use Azure Policy to manage Extensions Allow- and Blocklist on Azure Arc Connected Machines
Is there a way to manage Extensions Allow- and Blocklist for Azure Arc Connected Machines? As mentioned in this KB-Article, it should be possible. But it is not precisely stated, if this works only for Azure VMs, or if this also applies for Arc…
Azure Arc Upgrade Failed - ImageNotFound
Running manual upgrade of Azure Arc Resource Bridge from local powershell but it fails with an error "ImageNotFound". The console log shows the following:- 2025-01-29T17:01:54Z INFO Uploading template to the datastore...…
How to get the list of resources which are using TLS versions < 1.2 in Azure environment.
How to get the list of resources which are using TLS versions < 1.2 in Azure environment. As we need list of resources on a subscription which are still on lower version.
How to connect Azure Arc "azcmagent connect" non-interactively?
The "azcmagent connect" command to connect a machine to Azure expects manual interaction to complete the connection. Looking at the docs, for non-interactive apps, we can use access-token. Tried that, got the token using…
how do i fix this error "[AksHci] This computer does not appear to be configured for deployment."
Hi, i have an issue with setting up the AKS service on my azure stack hci which is a cluster with 4 nodes, under the aks extension on windows admin server i got an error message "[AksHci] This computer does not appear to be configured for…
What is the best Azure Integration if I want to have an active synchronization between an on premise database and Azure cloud database
I would like to integrate my on premise SQL Server database with the Azure cloud database such that there both contain the same data. If there is no internet, users can connect to the on premise database and continue to work.
Issue with Collecting Metrics for Azure Arc-enabled SQL MI via API
Hi team, I am trying to collect metrics for Azure Arc-enabled SQL Managed Instance (SQL MI), but the API is not working. Here is the API I am using:…
Azure Arc Kubernetes - How do you enable AAD Authentication for a given cluster
How do you enable AAD Authentication for a given K8s cluster within Azure Arc. I want to manage the use of Azure RBAC for viewing the azure resource(s), namespaces, workloads, etc. See image below
Setup Azure Arc SCVMM self service
Hi, I'm looking to add our SCVMM to Azure Arc to enable users to self service VM's. I've followed the instructions and successfully added our SCVMM to Azure Arc. As an admin I can see all the vms, clouds, etc but after following the instructions here to…
How to collect multiple text logs from a single Arc server with Data Collection Rules? I have deployed multiple DCR's, but only the first configured rule is collecting data.
I have provided a sample bicep template that we use to deploy the DCR's. We manually associate the DCR with the Arc server after deployment. The Arc servers are running RHEL 9.4. When I deploy the first DCR, logs appear as expected in the…
Change SQL Server 2022 Evaluation to PAYG
Hello, i'm unable to change the license method on a SQL Server 2022 from Evaluation to PAYG. The VM is hosted on prem. The VM is connected to Azure Arc and all requiered extensions are installed. The subscriprion and all other resources are located…
Azure Arc endpoint not reachable
We setup Arc a while back and have onboarded a bunch of VMs onsite through a private scope link. All was working fine until a few days ago a lot of them became disconnected. Upon checking the agent we now get this: azcmagent check INFO Testing…
MS List for supported OS by Azure Defender for Server
We have Defender for Cloud enabled in our tenant with ARC onboarded servers; unfortunately supported OS aren't always clear between ARC and Azure Defender for Servers. Below articles checked: -ARC supported OS :…
Is there a way to force a windows server to use TLS 1.2 or greater when communicating with Azure arc agent
We are trying to make sure our servers utilize TLS 1.2 or greater when communicating to azure arc (agent.) They can still use TLS<1.2 for other things but with arc agent always use 1.2 or higher. What is the best way to accomplish this at…
Activating benefit of Azure Arc enabled Windows Server 2012 R2 failed
Activation failed Activation of Software Assurance benefits for 1 machines has failed with error 'Pay-As-You-Go Subscription for SoftwareAssurance is ineligible due to 'InvalidLicenseStatus'.'
Failed to connect Azure Arc from on premises linux server
Connected machine agent is installed successfully Connectivity method: Priviate endpoint server details: Linux Redhat 7 ERROR Message: ---------------------- ERROR Unable to obtain a token for deletion operation. Please wait a…
Server missing from Update Manager after activating Azure benefits
We activated Windows Server Azure benefits on servers recently and then they all disappeared from Azure Update Manager. They are still available in Azure Arc, and I can trigger update assessment. If I log onto server and run azcmagent show, they are…
Azure Patch Manager Error Code (100) - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
While testing the capability's of Azure Arc for on-prem servers using 24.04 LTS I'm receiving the below. The machine show connected inside azure arc -> machine name. However when attempting to use the updates -> Check for updates the error below is…