Application package is not deployed to Azure Batch Node
I followed the steps described at: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/batch/batch-application-packages. In particular: Created a zip package containing my custom app Added it to the list of Applications in my Batch Account Added Application…
Migrate a Batch pool with low-priority compute nodes or create a Batch pool with Spot instances
I received the “Migrate a Batch pool with low-priority compute nodes or create a Batch pool with Spot instances” email, listing affected Azure Batch resources across multiple subscriptions. I have reviewed the support documentation and confirmed that all…
Azure Batch SKU Upgrade and End-of-Life Warning
Currently we are using microsoft-azure-batchfor job scheduling for run specific job-tasks in our service. And our current pool having warning as well "This pool's image is nearing its end-of-life date of Wednesday 23 April 2025 at 05:30:00. After…
Intermittent Mount configuration error
I'm getting this error in my new Azure batch workloads. This error does not appear every time though. It is like 25% of the time my pool creates a new node this error happens. The only solution I have now is to re-image the node but that is not what I…
Appropriate alternative for microsoft-azure-batch ubuntu-server-container 20-04-lts when it's retired
What is appropriate alternative for microsoft-azure-batch ubuntu-server-container 20-04-lts when it's retired along with other 20.04 images? It has container support / is docker…
Unable to request a pool quota increase (set to 0) in Azure Batch account
I created a new batch account and noticed that the current quota for 'Pools' is set to 0. When I try to request a quota increase, there is no option to select the pool quota specifically, only active jobs – see the screenshots below. Is there another way…
Azure.Compute.Batch vs Microsoft.Azure.Batch
What's the difference between Microsoft.Azure.Batch and Azure.Compute.Batch packages and which one should be preferred for the new development? Both are included in https://github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-net and Microsoft has samples for both, but…
MPI error in Azure Batch
In MPI-enabled tasks, occasionally we will get this error: Aborting: smpd on a3315966100000A failed to communicate with child smpd manager If we restart the exact same task it will complete. This seems to suggest that a node has terminated and is no…
ffmpeg mp4 to hls transcode fails on Azure Batch with Windows Server Image
Hi - I started from the sample below showing how to use FFMEG with Batch https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/batch/tutorial-parallel-dotnet#review-the-code This works. I then tried to actually transcode the video from MP4 to HLS using FFMPEG but I…
How to run .NET 8 console app on Azure Batch Node?
I am trying to run a custom .NET 8 app on Azure Batch Node. To do that, I need get the corresponding .NET runtime installed on the target node. While researching this problem, I found the following possible solutions: Use custom image with…
Azure batch node stays in starting for very long and moves to unusable state
I am trying to trigger an Azure batch process from ADF using custom activity. I did the following Created Azure batch account and attached a storage account to it. Allocated a Pool with the following configuration The nodes creation starts and…
Linking Azure batch pool to blob storage
Hi, I am trying to create a batch pool with two mounted blob storage ( one for input, one for output). I am currently using the Azure website UI to create the pool. I trying mounting it with the following settings : Mount configuration source :…
How do I activate GPUs on a batch task using a custom image
I'm trying to run a GPU task on an NC6_v3 node using Azure Batch. I'm using a custom image based on "mcr.microsoft.com/azureml/minimal-ubuntu22.04-py39-cuda11.8-gpu-inference:latest" and the node itself is using the node agent SKU…
Creating a batch pool with free subscription
I'm new to Azure and am trying to follow this tutorial: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/batch/tutorial-run-python-batch-azure-data-factory On the step "Create a Batch pool using Batch Explorer", it errors out. I think this is…
Non-admin task-scope auto-user not providing file permission isolation
In my testing, a task may access another task's data (from a different job) on the same worker node, despite executing as a non-admin task-scope auto-user. My understanding is that this should not be possible; the intention of task scope users is to…
How to Schedule Azure Batch Jobs to Run Only on Weekdays and Skip Weekends?
Hi, I'm looking to configure an Azure Batch job schedule to run only on weekdays and skip weekends. From my research and forum interactions, I understand that the Weekdays attribute has been deprecated in the latest version. Any guidance or examples…
Azure batch immediately returning trigger to dependent task when resourcefilles are added
Hi, I am using Azure batch task dependencies feature and facing one issue. I have one parent task which needs some data to process. I have configured ResourceFiles for my parent task so that it can download the files to process. I have dependent (child)…
in azure batch service how we add storage account that is in another subscription
Hi All, i have a batch service account. now i have a new storage account that is provision in another subscription. now the requirement is how we add this storage account in batch service
Unable to create a pool under a batch account with 'IP address provisioning type' set to 'NoPublicIPAddresses' [Python SDK]'
Hi, Need help on Pool creation using Python SDK. I have a virtual network and also a subnet in my Azure account. I'm trying to create a pool under an existing batch account. Through Azure Portal: When I create it through the Azure portal I do not have…
How can I create CI/CD unit tests for python scripts that run on batch service.
We are developing a python django web application that employs batch for large computations. We are using github to support CI. We are trying to implement the automated testing. Recommendations on how to get these tests to run properly github actions.
