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Operation start is not allowed on VM

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Thursday, August 3, 2017 9:03 PM

What can i do to start a Vm when the OSState is generalized, We  tryed to generate the image and the vm don´t start, the error is "Operation 'start' is not allowed on VM 'bkhProdDbMaster' since the VM is generalized"

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Friday, August 4, 2017 3:05 AM | 1 vote

Why do we generalize the VM?

To create an image, the VM needs to be deallocated and marked as generalized in Azure.

Can we start the generalized VM?

No, you cannot start the generalized VM, where you can create one or more new VMs using the image created.

I would suggest you to create a new VM from the image created, in order to start the generalized VM.

For more details, refer “Create a custom image of an Azure VM using PowerShell”.

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