Release Management and Azure Hosted Build Agents

Good day,
I configured Release Management as follows:
http://intovsts.net/2014/11/06/connect-visual-studio-release-management-to-visual-studio-online-and-microsoft-azure/
In this material mentioned that it is for VS Online (which I don't use)... However, I can't get it to work with Hosted Build Agent in Azure. When I try to release I get error
"Exception Message: The directory name is invalid (type Win32Exception)"
What actually mean that Release Management Client is not installed on the Build Agent.
Is it so, that I can't use Release Management with Hosted Build Controller/Agent? What other options to drive test Release Management w/o full TFS installation are available?
Looking forward for your answers! Thank you in advance!

Hi Voron81,
Thanks for your post.
You’re using On-premise TFS Server(TFS 2013 Update 4) rather than the VSO? If yes and you installed the RM Server, you should install the RM Client on your On-premise build agent machine.
For which software installed on hosted build server, please refer to the information in this article:
http://listofsoftwareontfshostedbuildserver.azurewebsites.net/.
If you want use your VSO account as RM Server to deploy to Azure, please refer to the solution this article:
http://www.visualstudio.com/get-started/deploy-to-azure-vs.
For how to use the VSO account as RM Server, please refer to the steps in this article:
http://www.visualstudio.com/get-started/manage-your-release-vs.
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Release Management and Dsc - How to queue a build when a release is in progress?

I have VSO and Release Management 2013.4 working and deploying to Azure vm's via DSC
The build profile is set to trigger on commit to the Git repo and the release template is set to be triggered on successful build from TFS
However if a developer commits in quick succession the resultant builds cause releases to overlap in RM? - this causes some of the releases to fail with a DSC error ("the consistency check or pull cmdlet is in progress....")
Is there a way to force RM to prevent concurrent releases? (based on the same release template and build profile)

Thats correct - in this instance its VSO as source control and using the hosted release management to attempt to deploy to azure vms
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Release management with Azure and Visual Studio Online (Cloud TFS)

What strategy would you use to manage the releasing of versioned software to Azure cloud services (web and worker roles)? We are not looking for continuous integration. We are using Visual Studio 2013 and Visual Studio Online (Cloud TFS).
At one point, we were releasing straight from Visual Studio using the Azure Cloud Project Publish tool. This is really bad practice in my opinion as you can never be sure what you are really releasing. Additionally, there is no automated control on the labeling
or branching of code, or the running of unit tests and code analysis checks.
Next, we employed Release builds on Visual Studio Online. Before deployment, one would edit the appropriate Build Definition (whether it be for Test or Production by and filling in the code label (under the "Get Version" build property) that is to
be released. This would then get the appropriate code (by the label specified), build it, and release it to whatever cloud service is specified in the targeted Cloud Project profile (this is using the AzureContinuousDeployment.11.xaml template).
There is still a degree of manual intervention involved. Also, the fact that a version of code is built every time before it is released is not ideal (as far as I understand it would be better if it was packaged once).
Microsoft Release Management tools
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Is there a better way of handling our releases?

/waves hand.. These are not the tools you seek. You are looking for continuous integration.
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branch.
If you do this, not only do you get all the joy of controlled CI, but you guarantee what you release is exactly what is controlled in your SCM - under the Releases branch, preferably tagged or otherwise noted as a particular release. That means you can also
rollback to a previous release by simply reverting to a previous release in your SCM!
Of course you don't have to let it happen automatically, you can set it up to build 'continually' and then remove the check on the SCM to see if any changes have been committed. You can replace this with the manual build button.

Oracle Applications Release 12 and Oracle Warehouse Builder 10gR2

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I'm trying to deploying process flows to Workflow but I get the following error:
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May be the excerpt from the other thread is a response I posted.
So, when you say, deploying process flows to Workflow, I do not understand what you are doing exactly? If this involves the Oracle Warehouse Builder you may want to explain a little more in detail since I do not understand how OWB works with Workflow. But as far as I have heard, it is Workflow standalone that is packaged with OWB but you are deploying into Oracle Applications.
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Is it possible to do Continuous deployment for azure cloud services(website,web and worker roles) using VSO Release management?

Hi,
I am trying to do continuous deployment using visual studio online and release management for Azure cloud services. But not able to find the way to do it(with the help of different blogs, those are describing using VM only).
I tried using Release management visual studio extension also. But no Luck.
Please help me if it is possible to do continuous deployment using release management.
Thanks,
Phani

Hi,
Please refer to the following Forum Thread with similar question which has been answered. Let us know if this helps.
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/9d8322f6-36e5-4cca-a982-d420d34d2072/realease-management-deployment-to-azure-websites-webworker-roles?forum=tfsbuild
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Wix problem in hosted build, results in BadImageFormatException?

I am about to start using the hosted build in VSOnline. But I have run into a problem with a Wix installer Project.
The build fails with the following error on the hosted build agent:
Unhandled Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: Could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.7\bin\Heat.exe' or one of its dependencies. An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format.
In the log file I find this (some details has been replaced with xxxxx to protect the innocent):
BeforeBuild:
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Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
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Boolean forIntrospection, Boolean suppressSecurityChecks)
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suppressSecurityChecks, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
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The build works well from Visual Studio on my local dev workstation (Windows 8.1 x64).
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Any tips on changes I can try to work around this problem?
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Hi Per,
Please let us know if there any update. If the issue is fixed, please share your solution here. If not, you can try to add the heat into source control and check in
to see if the issue can be resolved.
Another option is configure an on-premise build controller to build your project. For how to configure an on-premise build controller, you can refer to this thread
for more information.
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Error in TFS Release Management Server after Upgrading to Update 3

Some weird and unexplained error logged in InRelease aka (Release Management) server event log after upgrading Release Management Update 1 to update 3.
Below error started getting logged only after upgrading to Update 3.
Even though we started the Inrelease Server and all agents but no luck.
Any immediate help would be much helpful.
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Dear Charles-Li,
Thank you so much for your reply.
we started using Release Management Update 1 and it was worked perfectly fine. then we move to upgrade existing Release Management(server,
Database and agent) with Update 3, which we did, and its working fine except lots of error as mentioned in above thread, are getting logged in server event log at regular interval till now(3-4 errors every second).
even though lots of error are getting logged but we are not facing any issue while using Release Management with update 3.
But i am bit curious to know out reason for getting those error.
<<clean
the cache folder and restrat Release Management and try again>>
already tried but no luck.
Thanks!!

Release Management slow to tell TFS that a deployment was successful.

This is an example of the slowness from one of my projects:
A build is queued > MSBuild starts within ten seconds > the build is complete within 35 seconds > I see "Creating the release and waiting for deployment results" within 50 seconds from the build status page > The build deploys to the
first deployment stage, Release Management is done, there is nothing left to do
within 60 seconds > The build status page is "waiting for deployment result..." for 5-7 minutes > Build status changes to "Build succeeded".
Does anybody know why the build takes 1 minute to build and deploy, but the "Build status" page doesn't update until 5 minutes later?
I am using TFS 2013.4, RM 2013.4, and Agent-based releases. My template is "ReleaseTfvcTemplate.12.xaml"
Edit: Also, this Release Template seems to ignore "Release Target Stage". I set "Release Target Stage" to "Development Staging" (my second stage) and it still went to "Development" (my first stage). I did not have this
problem with the 11.1 template. Should I use that instead?

I am going to change the verbosity of all the logs to the highest setting and get back with you.
However, I wanted to add some additional information to the problem before I do:
We are using CI and gated check-ins.
If I set "Release Build" to False, then the build completes in 30 seconds.
If I set "Release Build" to True, then the build completes in 30 seconds. Within 60 seconds I can usually check Release Management and see that the build is past the "Deploy" stage and in the "Validation" stage. Checking the
deployment directory confirms that it has deployed. Up until recently the build summary would show that build as a success almost immediately... now it hangs for 5 minutes.
Sometimes the build summary shows a failure due to a Release Exception DESPITE seeing that the release was successfully deployed in Release Management.
This is a huge problem because we use gated check-ins. This happens whether a check-in triggers the build or it's a manually triggered.
Screenshot 1 of build configuration:
Screenshot 2:

Release Management questions

Hi all,
I've been looking at Visual Studio Release Management and on the whole, I think it's good, but I have a few issues that someone here may have already worked around.
Can I send an email to a group of users once the deployment is complete that includes custom text
including details about the build (e.g. build number)?
Is it possible to skip stages? We have 4 Development environments, but may not always want to deploy to all of them before moving onto Test
Our builds create 4 different sets of output - one for each environment (DEVT, TEST, STAG and PROD). Each of these is in a separate folder. Do I have to define separate components for each of these and specify the build number of each of them when triggering
a release? One of our apps has 7 different components and if I have to enter the build number 7x4 times it is going to take a while!
How can I run a script against a database that is not in a fixed location - e.g. c:\buildoutput\app\1.2.3 (4.5.6.7)\scripts\scripttorun.sql if the folder that contains the build output is different for every build (i.e. the version number changes)
Easy questions to answer I'm sure, but any help will be appreciated :)

Hi Mark
If you are planning on going for RM 'all in', in my experience it's probably best to be prepared to ditch what you already have in terms of deployment artefacts and start again so it works best with RM. This isn't as bad as it sounds. My thoughts as follows:
As far as I can see RM doesn't have a role in deploying to desktop clients as it's not designed for that.
My preference is to xcopy stuff where possible. If there are problems xcopy feels like it's going to be the easiest to debug.
You want to define one build definition that results in each of your deployables in 9 separate folders (I'm assuming the client is now out of scope here) as files you can xcopy with a tokenisation story in place for each deployable. (Different
story for web apps and services.)
You define your environments via Configure Paths > Environments
You link your environments / stages in a chain / pipeline via Configure Paths > Agent-based Release Paths (assuming you are not using DSC)
You create 9 components for each of your deployables. You don't worry about the build version as RM dynamically supplies this but you do specify the 'Path to package' eg \WebApp1Folder\_PublishedWebsites\WebAppName. The component will also
deal with tokenisation.
The components are used in the Agent-based Release Template which is based on the Agent-based Release Path specified earlier. Your 9 components will be used at each stage. The 'Path to package' will always be the same but the config will change as
required for each stage. There is no need to specify a parameter for the environment since you will reuse the component in each environment.
Your DEVT / virtual garages problem sounds like it needs some thought. Is DEVT part of the deployment pipeline ie is it a critical part of the route to live? If not then you will want to treat them separately.
Hope all this makes sense. At my work we are implementing continuous delivery on existing applications and it's 50 times harder than creating a demo pipeline.
Very happy to be helping by the way - other people's problems are a great source of possible blog posts :).
Cheers - Graham

Release Management 2013 Update 3 doesn't display retry button

When using Release management 2013 Update 3. I do not get a button to retry failed releases. I am viewed one answer on here that states the release needs to be automatically created from a build. I tried that solution and it still does not appear.
I am the Release Manager and I have every permission given to my account. Can anyone help me with this.
Thanks

Hi Release Mgmt,
Thanks for your post.
First, please upgrade your Release Management 2013 Update 3 to Release Management 2013 Update 4. Then run your TFS build to trigger the release template, if the release not be executed successfully, open the release in RM Client>>Releases tab, you
will see that Retry Failed Deployment button. Please refer to the discussions and answer reply in this post:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/e47c574b-adcc-4f58-8cd5-49c474adcbc8/how-to-repeate-a-release?forum=tfsbuild.
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TFS Group not updating in Release Manager

I have a bunch of release paths and plans tied to a development group with security for those plans defined by TFS Groups managed by the development team. They recently had a new hire start and added him to their TFS groups but the developer can't
access their release plans in Release Manager. I checked the groups he was added to in TFS in Release Manager and they don't have him listed. I verified that the developer is a member of those TFS Groups via the team's project site. I can't delete
the group and re-add it since it is part of multiple release paths and plans so, short of detaching the group from TFS and adding the user in Release Manager, I can't find a way to get the group to update in Release Manager. Any ideas?

Hi Coding4ever,
Thanks for your reply.
I reproduced this scenario in my RM 2013 Update 4 Client, and received the same result. For this issue, you can try this workaround: open that TFS group in RM Client, click
Detach From TFS button, then click Delete button delete this TFS group from RM Client, then click
New>>New From TFS to re-add this TFS group into your RM Client.
For this TFS group updated users not show in RM Client issue, please
submit it to Microsoft Connect Feedback portal at: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio. Microsoft engineers will evaluate them seriously.
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Release Management Update 4-Errors while loading releases in Release Managment Client Interface.

Hi Team,
We are using Release Management from last 8 months and we upgraded to Release Management Update 4 and using it from last 4 months. Currently we are creating around 50-60 releases daily, but we are facing below issues from last few days with
Releases tab and no issues with other tabs (Administration, Inventory, Configure Paths and Configure Apps)
Release Management Client interface is taking long time when we are opening it.
Throwing error when we are clicking on Releases link in Releases tab.
Throwing error when we are creating new releases.
Please find the error log below:
Timestamp: 3/27/2015 6:49:44 PM
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   at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteXmlReader()
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bNeedSecurityCheck)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
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   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.Data.WebRequest.RestClientResponseRetriever.EndGetAsyncMemoryStreamFromResponse(IAsyncResult asyncResult, IPlatformHttpClient platformHttpClient)
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.Data.WebRequest.RestClientResponseRetriever.EndDownloadString(IAsyncResult asyncResult, IPlatformHttpClient platformHttpClient)
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.Data.WebRequest.RestClient.EndPost(IAsyncResult asyncResult)
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.Data.Proxy.RestProxy.HttpRequestor.<>c__DisplayClass1.<GetPostCaller>b__0(String url, String body)
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   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.Data.Model.ReleaseV2.LoadListXml(String filterXml)
   at Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.Data.Model.ModelFactory.LoadListElements[T](String filterXml)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Release.ViewModel.ViewModels.ReleasesViewModel.LoadElements(String filterXml)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Release.ViewModel.DataAccess.ElementRepository.LoadElements(String filterXml)
   at Microsoft.VisualStudio.Release.ViewModel.ViewModels.ListWorkspaceViewModel.Initialize()
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   at System.Windows.DependencyObject.SetCurrentValueInternal(DependencyProperty dp, Object value)
   at System.Windows.Controls.TabItem.OnPreviewGotKeyboardFocus(KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.OnPreviewGotKeyboardFocusThunk(Object sender, KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Input.KeyboardFocusChangedEventArgs.InvokeEventHandler(Delegate genericHandler, Object genericTarget)
   at System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs.InvokeHandler(Delegate handler, Object target)
   at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(Object target, RoutedEventArgs routedEventArgs)
   at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(Object source, RoutedEventArgs args, Boolean reRaised)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEventImpl(DependencyObject sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseTrustedEvent(RoutedEventArgs args)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEvent(RoutedEventArgs args, Boolean trusted)
   at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessStagingArea()
   at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessInput(InputEventArgs input)
   at System.Windows.Input.KeyboardDevice.TryChangeFocus(DependencyObject newFocus, IKeyboardInputProvider keyboardInputProvider, Boolean askOld, Boolean askNew, Boolean forceToNullIfFailed)
   at System.Windows.Input.KeyboardDevice.Focus(DependencyObject focus, Boolean askOld, Boolean askNew, Boolean forceToNullIfFailed)
   at System.Windows.Input.KeyboardDevice.Focus(IInputElement element)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.Focus()
   at System.Windows.Controls.TabItem.SetFocus()
   at System.Windows.Controls.TabItem.OnMouseLeftButtonDown(MouseButtonEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.OnMouseLeftButtonDownThunk(Object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs.InvokeEventHandler(Delegate genericHandler, Object genericTarget)
   at System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs.InvokeHandler(Delegate handler, Object target)
   at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(Object target, RoutedEventArgs routedEventArgs)
   at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(Object source, RoutedEventArgs args, Boolean reRaised)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.ReRaiseEventAs(DependencyObject sender, RoutedEventArgs args, RoutedEvent newEvent)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.OnMouseDownThunk(Object sender, MouseButtonEventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Input.MouseButtonEventArgs.InvokeEventHandler(Delegate genericHandler, Object genericTarget)
   at System.Windows.RoutedEventArgs.InvokeHandler(Delegate handler, Object target)
   at System.Windows.RoutedEventHandlerInfo.InvokeHandler(Object target, RoutedEventArgs routedEventArgs)
   at System.Windows.EventRoute.InvokeHandlersImpl(Object source, RoutedEventArgs args, Boolean reRaised)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEventImpl(DependencyObject sender, RoutedEventArgs args)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseTrustedEvent(RoutedEventArgs args)
   at System.Windows.UIElement.RaiseEvent(RoutedEventArgs args, Boolean trusted)
   at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessStagingArea()
   at System.Windows.Input.InputManager.ProcessInput(InputEventArgs input)
   at System.Windows.Input.InputProviderSite.ReportInput(InputReport inputReport)
   at System.Windows.Interop.HwndMouseInputProvider.ReportInput(IntPtr hwnd, InputMode mode, Int32 timestamp, RawMouseActions actions, Int32 x, Int32 y, Int32 wheel)
   at System.Windows.Interop.HwndMouseInputProvider.FilterMessage(IntPtr hwnd, WindowMessage msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
   at System.Windows.Interop.HwndSource.InputFilterMessage(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
   at MS.Win32.HwndWrapper.WndProc(IntPtr hwnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wParam, IntPtr lParam, Boolean& handled)
   at MS.Win32.HwndSubclass.DispatcherCallbackOperation(Object o)
   at System.Windows.Threading.ExceptionWrapper.InternalRealCall(Delegate callback, Object args, Int32 numArgs)
   at MS.Internal.Threading.ExceptionFilterHelper.TryCatchWhen(Object source, Delegate method, Object args, Int32 numArgs, Delegate catchHandler)
Please help us.
Thanks & Regards,
Ramakrushna Parupalli

Hi Ramakrushna,
For the situation, you can connect to the database of Release Management, and check whether you can execute stored procedure ReleaseV2_List manually.
You can also try to clean some of releases records if possible to check if the timeout issue can be resolved. Or you can set the timeout configuration of Release Management to a larger value. Refer to this
thread for more information.
Another option is check event logs to see if there any useful informaiton, and repair Release Management on your server machine if possible. If the problem still exist after taking the methods I mentioned above, please elaborate more details about your scenario.
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Access, execute mof from pull server using release management

I have created a DSC pull server and deployed a mof to this server.
I could access the mof from pull server using below script and it executed successfully from powershell ISE.
    1.
Configuration
C_Pull_Webserver
    2.
    3.
LocalConfigurationManager
    4.
    5.
AllowModuleOverwrite=$true;
    6.
ConfigurationID
= "db00cf80-cb0e-4537-8344-90e3906e0b34";
    7.
RefreshMode
= "Pull";
    8.
DownloadManagerName
= "WebDownloadManager";
    9.
RefreshFrequencyMins
= 15;
    10.
ConfigurationModeFrequencyMins
= 30;
    11.
ConfigurationMode
= "ApplyAndAutoCorrect";
    12.
DownloadManagerCustomData
= @{
    13.
ServerUrl
= "http://myserver:8080/PSDSCPullServer/PSDSCPullServer.svc";
    14.
AllowUnsecureConnection
= "TRUE" }
    15.
    16.
    17.
#Create MOF to push
    18.
C_Pull_Webserver
    19.
#push the MOF: this will engage pull mode
    20.
$FilePath
= (Get-Location
-PSProvider FileSystem).Path
+ "\C_Pull_Webserver"
    21.
Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager
-ComputerName "CHN-AERO-VM13"
-Path $FilePath
-Verbose
I removed the below lines from the above script
19.
#push the MOF: this will engage pull mode
20.
$FilePath
= (Get-Location
-PSProvider FileSystem).Path
+ "\C_Pull_Webserver"
21.
Set-DscLocalConfigurationManager
-ComputerName "CHN-AERO-VM13"
-Path $FilePath
-Verbose
andand tried to access it from release management and i get the below error
System.Reflection.TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. ---> System.AggregateException: One or more errors occurred. ---> Microsoft.TeamFoundation.Release.Common.Helpers.OperationFailedException:
Perform operation 'Invoke CimMethod' with following parameters, ''methodName' = SendConfigurationApply,'className' = MSFT_DSCLocalConfigurationManager,'namespaceName' = root/Microsoft/Windows/DesiredStateConfiguration'.
Failed to apply configuration in the DSC script to the computer. Consult the Logs below for details of the error.
System.Management.Automation.RemoteException: Unable to find the mof file. Make sure you are generating the MOF in the DSC script in the current directory.
   at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.CoreInvokeRemoteHelper[TInput,TOutput](PSDataCollection`1 input, PSDataCollection`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings)
   at System.Management.Automation.PowerShell.CoreInvoke[TInput,TOutput](PSDataCollection`1 input, PSDataCollection`1 output, PSInvocationSettings settings)

Don't know. How did you generate the MOF?
When I run this it works just fine:
Configuration C_Pull_Webserver{
LocalConfigurationManager{
AllowModuleOverwrite=$true;
ConfigurationID = "db00cf80-cb0e-4537-8344-90e3906e0b34";
RefreshMode = "Pull";
DownloadManagerName = "WebDownloadManager";
RefreshFrequencyMins = 15;
ConfigurationModeFrequencyMins = 30;
ConfigurationMode = "ApplyAndAutoCorrect";
DownloadManagerCustomData = @{
ServerUrl = "http://myserver:8080/PSDSCPullServer/PSDSCPullServer.svc";
AllowUnsecureConnection = "TRUE"
C_Pull_Webserver
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Version control, build, deploy and release management of eBS applications?

Hi All
I am setting up a standard configuration management, build & deployment automation and change & release management process for all types of applications including Oracle eBS, Informatica, Siebel, Cognos, Java etc. As you know, SCM for Java and .Net types of applications are very matured, but not for other types of applications such as Oracle eBS.
Can you give me some hint or point me to some documents on how to manage Oracle eBS applications from SCM's perspective? For example,
1. How to version control eBS artifacts? e.g. what kind of eBS artifacts need to be version controlled?
2. How to build eBS artifacts and then deploy to a new environment? How to move an eBS application from one environment (DEV) to test environment?
3. How to manage changes?
We have a standard SCM tool called RTC from IBM, which has version control, build and change control functions.
Thanks
Jirong

hujirong wrote:
Hi All
I am setting up a standard configuration management, build & deployment automation and change & release management process for all types of applications including Oracle eBS, Informatica, Siebel, Cognos, Java etc. As you know, SCM for Java and .Net types of applications are very matured, but not for other types of applications such as Oracle eBS.
Can you give me some hint or point me to some documents on how to manage Oracle eBS applications from SCM's perspective? For example,
1. How to version control eBS artifacts? e.g. what kind of eBS artifacts need to be version controlled?
2. How to build eBS artifacts and then deploy to a new environment? How to move an eBS application from one environment (DEV) to test environment?
3. How to manage changes?
We have a standard SCM tool called RTC from IBM, which has version control, build and change control functions.
Thanks
JirongPlease do not create duplicate threads -- Software Configuration Management of Oracle eBS

TFS and Release Managment Setup in Azure VM- Release managment Extension not avaliable

Hi
We are planning to setup TFS and Release Management on a VM in Azure. In the portal there is an option to create a VM with TFS which is great but I do not see any option to install Release Managment as an extension.
based on this link
Install Release Management as Extension (at the end of the article). I do not see the this option under extension when i am setting up a VM.
If there is another way of installing this from the portal please let me know
I know I can install all this as a stand alone installer but since azure provides these options thought i would use them.
Thanks

Hi kumarforum,
Since this thread is more related to Azure management portal, I will move it to the right forum for a better response. Thanks for your understanding.
Best regards,

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