Create a VM with a reserved IP - azure

Question

I tried to create a VM with a reserved IP adress like this:
New-AzureQuickVM -ImageName a699494373c04fc0bc8f2bb1389d6106__Windows-Server-2012-R2-201409.01-en.us-127GB.vhd -ServiceName VmPIPBis3 -Windows -AdminUsername amethyste -Location "West Europe" -Password SuperMotDePasse12 -ReservedIPName 104.45.13.146
But all I get is this error message:
New-AzureQuickVM : BadRequest: The Reserved IP 104.45.13.146 does not exist.
The only thing created is the service cloud
Does anybody know what happened?
thanks

Answer 1

You need to first reserve the IP in your Azure Subscription and then pass the ReservedIPName (not the address) to the ReservedIPName parameter in your call to New-AzureQuickVM. Below is a script that creates a new reserved IP if one doesn't exist for the name given and then creates a new VM using the reserved IP.
$location = "West US"
$appVMName = "AppVM01"
$appVMServiceName = [Guid]::NewGuid().ToString();
$imageName = "a699494373c04fc0bc8f2bb1389d6106__Windows-Server-2012-R2-201409.01-en.us-127GB.vhd"
$adminUser = "AdminUser"
$adminPswd = "AdminPassw0rd"
$reservedIPName = $appVMName + "-resrvdIP"
# Get the reserved IP if it exists or create a new one.
$reservedIP = Get-AzureReservedIP -ReservedIPName $reservedIPName -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
if ($reservedIP -eq $null)
{
Write-Host "Reserving IP in '$location' as '$reservedIPName'."
New-AzureReservedIP -ReservedIPName $reservedIPName -Location $location
$reservedIP = Get-AzureReservedIP -ReservedIPName $reservedIPName -ErrorAction Stop
}
# Create a new VM using the reserved IP
New-AzureQuickVM -Name $appVMName -ServiceName $appVMServiceName -Windows -ImageName $imageName `
-AdminUsername $adminUser -Password $adminPswd -Location $location -ReservedIPName $reservedIP.ReservedIPName
Write-Host "VM Created using the following reserved IP Address:... " + $reservedIP.Address