Merge pull request #8649 from MicrosoftDocs/main

Auto push to live 2025-04-03 18:00:02

Author: Deland-Han

support/sql/azure-sql/media/sql-deployment-fails-drive-not-ready/sql-deployment-error.png

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 title: SQL Server Azure VM Deployment Fails with Drive Not Ready Error
 description: Resolves an issue that occurs when you try to deploy a SQL Server on Azure VM image in Azure Marketplace. 
-ms.date: 03/31/2025
-ms.author: dpless
-author: dplessMSFT
+ms.date: 04/02/2025
+ms.author: mathoma
+author: MashaMSFT
 ms.reviewer: mathoma, v-sidong
 ms.custom: sap:SQL Licensing, Installation and Patching
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@@ -13,12 +13,17 @@ This article helps you resolve a failed deployment of a SQL Server on Azure Virt
 
 _Applies to:_  SQL Server on Azure VMs
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> The investigation of this issue is actively ongoing. The information in this article is subject to change as new details become available.
+
 ## Symptoms
 
 When you try to deploy a SQL Server on Azure VM image in Azure Marketplace, the deployment fails with a status of `Conflict` and the following error: 
 
 > System Drive returned status not ready for use.
 
+:::image type="content" source="media/sql-deployment-fails-drive-not-ready/sql-deployment-error.png" alt-text="Screenshot of the deployment error in the Azure portal." lightbox="media/sql-deployment-fails-drive-not-ready/sql-deployment-error.png":::
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 ## Cause
 
 Some of the newest Azure VM sizes present a RAW Local SSD volume for ephemeral storage configured with the Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) interface. This configuration might cause the deployment of a SQL Server on Azure VM image to fail because it attempts to place `tempdb` data files on the local SSD volume.  
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-|Dlsv6|Dalsv6|
-|Dldsv6|Daldsv6|
-|Ddsv6|Dasv6|
-|Esv6|Dadsv6|
-|Edsv6|Easv6|
-|Esv6 constrained core sizes|Eadsv6|
-|Edsv6 constrained core sizes|Falsv6|
-|Lsv3 - All Azure VMs|Fasv6|
-||Famsv6|
+|[Dldsv6](/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dldsv6-series#sizes-in-series)|[Daldsv6](/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/daldsv6-series#sizes-in-series)|
+|[Ddsv6](/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/ddsv6-series#sizes-in-series)|[Dadsv6](/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/general-purpose/dadsv6-series#sizes-in-series)|
+|[Edsv6](/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/edsv6-series#sizes-in-series)|[Eadsv6](/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/eadsv6-series#sizes-in-series)|
+|[Edsv6](/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/memory-optimized/edsv6-series#sizes-in-series)||
+|[Lsv3](/azure/virtual-machines/sizes/storage-optimized/lsv3-series#sizes-in-series) - All Azure VMs||
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