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Azure VM “The Server Encountered An Internal Error”

And so it begins …

The day had only just begun … I got into the office … I grabbed a coffee … sat down at my desk.

I tried connecting to one of my Azure dev VM’s but for some reason I couldn’t RDP to it. I waited a bit of time and then tried again, but still no luck.

My Azure AutomationAccount was configured to automatically start and shutdown my VM’s each working day.

I checked the logs for my AutomationAccount and found the message

“The Server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request.”.

Shrink Oracle VirtualBox VM

20th June 2015 / Shane Bartholomeusz / 0 Comments

Dynamic Disks

If you use a Dynamic Disk in Oracle VirtualBox then you’ll probably notice that your disk space usage will increase over time however this space never reclaimed when you delete data from your virtual machine.

How to setup Apple iTunes within Oracle Virtualbox

13th May 2015 / Shane Bartholomeusz / 0 Comments

Let me explain …

Ok, for the record, I’m not the biggest fan of iTunes for Windows, and that’s why when I needed to use iTunes I decided to install it within an Oracle Virtualbox virtual machine.

This configuration provides the benefit of portability and it also prevents Apple iTunes from wreaking havoc on your host PC.

Hooray for no iTunes on my host machine!!!

Anyway, this is how you do it,

Shane Bartholomeusz

Geek and lover of all things tech related