I have a FreeBSD server on Azure that I created using the marketplace. It was running FreeBSD 12.2 (the latest version available) and I wanted to duplicate this virtual machine. Within the Azure portal I navigated to the Virtual machine page where all the details are, clicked on "capture" and followed the steps. Since doing so the virtual machine has been turned off and is "generalized".
I then searched around and found many guides on how to bring this back up. This was one of the guides:
https://www.lucee.nl/post.cfm/azure-fix-the-vm-is-generalized
After following these steps I come across this error:
Creating a virtual machine from Marketplace image or a custom image sourced from a Marketplace image requires Plan information in the request.
After searching this error I found this guide:
https://samcogan.com/creating-vms-from-a-marketplace-image-that-needs-a-plan/
Is there a way to include these plan details on the Azure portal rather than using powershell? I ask this as I had no luck running the commands given in the guide above. It has an issue finding the image created.
Even better... is there a simpler way to just bring back the server without having to go through all these steps?