New-AzureQuickVM not creating VM on exsisting Cloud Service?

Question

I'm trying to run the following Azure Powershell cmdlet to provision a new Virtual Machine on a existing Cloud Service.

PS C:\> Get-AzureService | ft ServiceName

ServiceName                                                                                                                                                                    
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$AZURETEST-EUWEST0                                                                                                                                                                 
$AZURETEST-JPWEST0                                                                                                                                                                 
$AZURETEST-USEAST0                                                                                                                                                                 
$AZURETEST-USWEST0                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

PS C:\> $image = "a699494373c04fc0bc8f2bb1389d6106__Windows-Server-2012-R2-201505.01-en.us-127GB.vhd"

PS C:\> New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -ServiceName "$AZURETEST-USEAST0" -name "AZURESVM-USE1" -ImageName $image -Password Password1 -AdminUsername admin -WaitForBoot
New-AzureQuickVM : ResourceNotFound: The deployment name '$AZURETEST-USEAST0' does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -ServiceName "$AZURETEST-USEAST0" -name "AZURESVM-USE1" -Im ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzureQuickVM], CloudException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.IaaS.PersistentVMs.NewQuickVM

New-AzureQuickVM : Sequence contains no matching element
At line:1 char:1
+ New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -ServiceName "$AZURETEST-USEAST0" -name "AZURESVM-USE1" -Im ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : CloseError: (:) [New-AzureQuickVM], InvalidOperationException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.ServiceManagement.IaaS.PersistentVMs.NewQuickVM


PS C:\> 

What doesn't make sense is I'm getting an error that says my Cloud Service - or Deployment Name doesn't exist when you can clearly see it returned when I listed all the available Cloud Services!

Answer 1

First of all, admin as administrator account name will not work. It's a reserved word, once you get past the service name, it will break on this one.

Second, there's nothing wrong with your powershell command and I tested exactly with the same parameters to make sure. I can bet it's the "$" you used for the cloud service name that is being misinterpreted by the cmdlet.

Since you can't rename cloud services, create a new one without the "$" and try again to see if it works.

Update: This is what happens when i try to create CS from the portal with the "$" as first character:

"This field can contain only letters, numbers, and hyphens. The first and last character in the field must be a letter or number. Trademarks, reserved words, and offensive words are not allowed."

Answer 2

Try to enter all parameters inline without using named parameters (e.g $image). that solved it for me. Here is a working example:

$image = "a699494373c04fc0bc8f2bb1389d6106__Windows-Server-2012-Datacenter-20160229-en.us-127GB.vhd"
$location = 'West Europe'

 New-AzureQuickVM -Windows -Location $location -ServiceName "RamiSOTest1-cs" -name "RamiSOTest1-VM" -ImageName $image -Password 'RamiPass-1' -AdminUsername 'rami' -WaitForBoot