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How to fix "Changing property 'osProfile' is not allowed" error when scaling VM with PowerShell

Mohammed Haseeb K P 0 Reputation points
2024-05-14T14:57:00.57+00:00

I am attempting to scale one of my VMs using PowerShell, but I keep encountering the following error: "Changing property 'osProfile' is not allowed."

Here are the current specifications for my VM:

  • Operating system: Linux (CentOS 7.9.2009)
  • Size: Standard DS2 v2 (2 vCPUs, 7 GiB memory)
  • Location: East US

I also tried using the Azure CLI, but the issue remained. The script worked for another VM with the same operating system (Linux CentOS 7.9.2009). Attached is an image of the error message:

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  1. deherman-MSFT 34,041 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-05-21T15:18:23.9566667+00:00

    @Mohammed Haseeb K P

    It is possible that your VM is using a specialized image which could be leading to the issue.

    1.    Create a snapshot of the OS Disk of problematic VM.

    2.    Create a managed disk from that snapshot.

    1.   Swap the disk with current OS Disk, it will remove that metadata info of the disk.
    2.     Try to resize command again.

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