TFS 2015 and Azure VMs File Copy

Question

In TFS I selected Azure VMs File Copy:

My machine is classic and I created classic storage account. I set up the connection using username and password, not management certificate.

The storage account and cloud service I had to populate myself, because they did not appear in the drop-down menu (so possibly something is wrong already at this stage). In the Cloud Service I entered MyMachine.cloudapp.net.

The task starts, it seems to login successfully, but throws:

Unable to find type [Hyak.Common.CloudException]

Log:

2017-11-24T14:21:28.80333Z Add-AzureAccount -Credential $psCredential 2017-11-24T14:21:35.866333Z Select-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionId -Default
2017-11-24T14:21:35.882333Z Set-AzureSubscription -SubscriptionId yy -CurrentStorageAccountName yyy
2017-11-24T14:21:35.898333Z ##[debug]Starting Azure File Copy Task
2017-11-24T14:21:35.898333Z ##[debug]connectedServiceNameSelector = ConnectedServiceName
2017-11-24T14:21:35.898333Z [debug]connectedServiceName = yyyyyy
(..)
2017-11-24T14:21:35.991333Z ##[debug]Loading AzureUtilityLTE9.8.ps1
2017-11-24T14:21:36.007333Z ##[debug]Connection type used is UsernamePassword
2017-11-24T14:21:36.022333Z ##[debug]Azure CallRetrieving storage key for the storage account: mystorageaccount

2017-11-24T14:21:38.924333Z ##[error]Unable to find type [Hyak.Common.CloudException].

Please help.

Answer 1

Actually you don't need to manually type the storage account, it will auto appear in the drop list. You just need to specify a pre-existing classic storage account. It is also used as an intermediary for copying files to Azure VMs.

Classic Storage Account

Required if you select Azure Classic for the Azure Connection Type parameter. The name of an existing storage account within the Azure subscription.

According to your log, the issue may related to the storage account setting. Double check this configuration under your Azure subscription.

Also suggest you go through this documentation to get more info of the Azure File Copy task. Such as make sure the machine should configured to allow WinRM connections.