Powershell get-azureSqlDatabse InternalError \ task cancelled

Question

Hi,
    I am using powershell to connect, and administrate,  the SqlDatabases on a server which had been working without problem but now I am unable to connect.
    E.g. with cmdlet (Get-AzureSqlDatabase "servername") I'd expect to get databases but I am getting an internal error and lately a task cancelled error message.
    It returns Client Session Id and Client Request Id, but darned if I know what to do with those - i.e. I have no idea how to understand the error and fix what ever, assumedly, that I am doing wrong.
   I have checked that I have a current subscription; also I can connect to the server and its databases via TFS; just that it no longer likes my powershell.
   I have also tried to re-do the credentials, but to no avail.
  ... any ideas as to how I can proceed?
Initial error message:
> $dbs = get-azureSqlDatabase "..."
WARNING: Request Id: 'ff19a567aeae6f6ea6925fc102a353ca'
get-azureSqlDatabase : InternalError: The server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request.
At line:1 char:8
+ $dbs = get-azureSqlDatabase "..."
+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-AzureSqlDatabase], CloudException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.SqlDatabase.Database.Cmdlet.GetAzureSqlDatabase
Subsequent error message:
>$dbs = get-azureSqlDatabase "..."
WARNING: Client Session Id: '60d930e5-ba1a-449d-aa70-ce2896a7e8a2-2015-01-13 15:04:39Z'
WARNING: Client Request Id: '1afcf9e5-d692-4b34-9f2e-fb67c5237191-2015-01-13 15:04:42Z'
get-azureSqlDatabase : A task was canceled.
At line:1 char:8
+ $dbs = get-azureSqlDatabase "...."
+        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-AzureSqlDatabase], TaskCanceledException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.SqlDatabase.Database.Cmdlet.GetAzureSqlDatabase
n.b. My subscription does not allow me to raise a technical support (which, not surprisingly, is where Billing point me to).
n.b.b. Have further tried:
 Creating a new server and database - no go.
 Running get-AzureSqlDatabaseServer; this works, demonstrating that powershell can connect to the server I'm trying to call.
  Explicitly setting the parameters, e.g. Get-AzureSqlDatabase -ServerName
  Explicitly listing a databse, e.g. Get-AzureSqlDatabase -servername .... -databaseName ....
Same problem for both.
n.b.b.b.  Hah!
  Using -connectionContext (after creating the connectionContext by server name with cert auth, which required supplying the user name and password).
None the less I would still like to know what is wrong with trying  to connect with -servername (and credentials file).
   Also, far as I can see, the connectionContext shows a popup... which for scripts is not quite what I want.  Long and short seems to be that with powershell I am better off working through the .Net assmeblies which is a pity as I'd rather be
using all them cmdLets that are provided.

Answer 1

Thanks for looking into this
Explict calling of the server name without quotes:
> get-azureSqlDatabase -ServerName ??????
WARNING: Request Id: '508096ab797a631db6f5460cf46c4a26'
get-azureSqlDatabase : InternalError: The server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request.
At line:1 char:1
+ get-azureSqlDatabase -ServerName ???????
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-AzureSqlDatabase], CloudException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.SqlDatabase.Database.Cmdlet.GetAzureSqlDatabase
n.b.  Righty-O, something a little on the odd side.
I tested with the New-AzureSqlDatabase cmdlet which appeared to have failed:
> New-AzureSqlDatabase -ServerName ?????? -DatabaseName TestANew -Edition Basic
WARNING: Request Id: 'e23664b3233e640585b505d0afa953f1'
New-AzureSqlDatabase : InternalError: The server encountered an internal error. Please retry the request.
At line:1 char:1
+ New-AzureSqlDatabase -ServerName ????? -DatabaseName TestANew -Edition Basi ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [New-AzureSqlDatabase], CloudException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Commands.SqlDatabase.Database.Cmdlet.NewAzureSqlDatabase
As such, I though it had just failed but when I looked, later on, the database had actually been created!!! grrrhhhh....
(would put picture but I have to be validated or something).