"The value provided for one of the properties in the request body is invalid." error when trying to create pool

I have a recurring job that runs every day, scheduled using an external scheduler. It worked just fine yesterday, but stopped working today. Tried kicking it off again a few times, with the same problem.

This error occurs when the job tries to create the pool (some names changed)

2017-03-11T00:18:06.4385430Z Unable to find image 'alfpark/batch-shipyard:cli-latest' locally
2017-03-11T00:18:07.5574940Z cli-latest: Pulling from alfpark/batch-shipyard
2017-03-11T00:18:07.5607490Z 6daefd62341a: Pulling fs layer
2017-03-11T00:18:07.5625380Z 2aa297eab108: Pulling fs layer
2017-03-11T00:18:08.1042870Z 6daefd62341a: Download complete
2017-03-11T00:18:08.3003220Z 6daefd62341a: Pull complete
2017-03-11T00:18:11.6265530Z 2aa297eab108: Verifying Checksum
2017-03-11T00:18:11.6282660Z 2aa297eab108: Download complete
2017-03-11T00:18:14.5793500Z 2aa297eab108: Pull complete
2017-03-11T00:18:14.6183050Z Digest: sha256:7286eeaf0d3cb776acef202d96d16a55987cf31154a03d12ee44bdc2df8c24e7
2017-03-11T00:18:14.6440140Z Status: Downloaded newer image for alfpark/batch-shipyard:cli-latest
2017-03-11T00:18:15.6050450Z 2017-03-11 00:18:15,603Z DEBUG convoy.keyvault:parse_secret_ids:248 fetching batch account key from keyvault
2017-03-11T00:18:16.0461670Z 2017-03-11 00:18:16,042Z DEBUG convoy.keyvault:parse_secret_ids:263 fetching storage account key for link data from keyvault
2017-03-11T00:18:16.3074910Z 2017-03-11 00:18:16,306Z DEBUG convoy.keyvault:parse_secret_ids:263 fetching storage account key for link batch from keyvault
2017-03-11T00:18:16.6545270Z 2017-03-11 00:18:16,653Z DEBUG convoy.keyvault:parse_secret_ids:278 fetching docker registry password for registry myregistry.azurecr.io from keyvault
2017-03-11T00:18:17.3565740Z 2017-03-11 00:18:17,355Z INFO convoy.storage:create_storage_containers:469 creating container: shipyardtor-mybatchaccount-mypool
2017-03-11T00:18:17.5785020Z 2017-03-11 00:18:17,575Z INFO convoy.storage:create_storage_containers:474 creating table: shipyardtorrentinfo
2017-03-11T00:18:17.7681260Z 2017-03-11 00:18:17,766Z INFO convoy.storage:create_storage_containers:477 creating queue: shipyardgr-mybatchaccount-mypool
2017-03-11T00:18:17.9617670Z 2017-03-11 00:18:17,958Z INFO convoy.storage:create_storage_containers:474 creating table: shipyardgr
2017-03-11T00:18:18.0079060Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,006Z INFO convoy.storage:create_storage_containers:474 creating table: shipyardimages
2017-03-11T00:18:18.0591210Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,057Z INFO convoy.storage:create_storage_containers:474 creating table: shipyardregistry
2017-03-11T00:18:18.1066530Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,105Z INFO convoy.storage:create_storage_containers:474 creating table: shipyarddht
2017-03-11T00:18:18.1601350Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,159Z INFO convoy.storage:create_storage_containers:469 creating container: shipyardrf-mybatchaccount-mypool
2017-03-11T00:18:18.2105060Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,209Z INFO convoy.storage:_clear_blobs:384 deleting blobs: shipyardtor-mybatchaccount-mypool
2017-03-11T00:18:18.2860930Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,285Z DEBUG convoy.storage:_clear_table:413 clearing table (pk=mybatchaccount$mypool): shipyardtorrentinfo
2017-03-11T00:18:18.3684180Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,367Z INFO convoy.storage:clear_storage_containers:452 clearing queue: shipyardgr-mybatchaccount-mypool
2017-03-11T00:18:18.4156300Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,414Z DEBUG convoy.storage:_clear_table:413 clearing table (pk=mybatchaccount$mypool): shipyardgr
2017-03-11T00:18:18.5136990Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,512Z DEBUG convoy.storage:_clear_table:413 clearing table (pk=mybatchaccount$mypool): shipyardimages
2017-03-11T00:18:18.5619460Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,560Z DEBUG convoy.storage:_clear_table:413 clearing table (pk=mybatchaccount$mypool): shipyardperf
2017-03-11T00:18:18.6100800Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,608Z DEBUG convoy.storage:_clear_table:413 clearing table (pk=mybatchaccount$mypool): shipyardregistry
2017-03-11T00:18:18.7062410Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,705Z DEBUG convoy.storage:_clear_table:413 clearing table (pk=mybatchaccount$mypool): shipyarddht
2017-03-11T00:18:18.8991810Z 2017-03-11 00:18:18,897Z INFO convoy.storage:_clear_blobs:384 deleting blobs: shipyardrf-mybatchaccount-mypool
2017-03-11T00:18:19.2330150Z 2017-03-11 00:18:19,231Z WARNING convoy.fleet:_adjust_settings_for_pool_creation:1006 forcing shipyard docker image to be used due to VM config, publisher=openlogic offer=centos sku=7.2
2017-03-11T00:18:19.2809030Z 2017-03-11 00:18:19,279Z INFO convoy.storage:_add_global_resource:255 adding global resource: docker:myimage
2017-03-11T00:18:19.7223520Z 2017-03-11 00:18:19,721Z INFO convoy.storage:upload_resource_files:338 uploading file /opt/batch-shipyard/scripts/shipyard_nodeprep.sh as 'shipyard_nodeprep.sh'
2017-03-11T00:18:19.9671350Z 2017-03-11 00:18:19,965Z INFO convoy.storage:upload_resource_files:338 uploading file /opt/batch-shipyard/scripts/docker_jp_block.sh as 'docker_jp_block.sh'
2017-03-11T00:18:20.2068330Z 2017-03-11 00:18:20,205Z INFO convoy.storage:upload_resource_files:338 uploading file /opt/batch-shipyard/scripts/shipyard_blobxfer.sh as 'shipyard_blobxfer.sh'
2017-03-11T00:18:20.4706070Z 2017-03-11 00:18:20,469Z INFO convoy.batch:create_pool:361 Attempting to create pool: mypool
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5340780Z Traceback (most recent call last):
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5356860Z   File "/opt/batch-shipyard/shipyard.py", line 941, in <module>
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5371900Z     cli()
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5385490Z   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/click/core.py", line 716, in __call__
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5398770Z     return self.main(*args, **kwargs)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5412370Z   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/click/core.py", line 696, in main
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5428400Z     rv = self.invoke(ctx)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5441240Z   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1060, in invoke
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5454590Z     return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5467890Z   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/click/core.py", line 1060, in invoke
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5481400Z     return _process_result(sub_ctx.command.invoke(sub_ctx))
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5495210Z   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/click/core.py", line 889, in invoke
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5508400Z     return ctx.invoke(self.callback, **ctx.params)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5521630Z   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/click/core.py", line 534, in invoke
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5535560Z     return callback(*args, **kwargs)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5548800Z   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/click/decorators.py", line 64, in new_func
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5561900Z     return ctx.invoke(f, obj, *args[1:], **kwargs)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5575330Z   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/click/core.py", line 534, in invoke
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5588100Z     return callback(*args, **kwargs)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5601120Z   File "/opt/batch-shipyard/shipyard.py", line 607, in pool_add
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5614220Z     ctx.table_client, ctx.config)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5627110Z   File "/opt/batch-shipyard/convoy/fleet.py", line 1200, in action_pool_add
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5639870Z     _add_pool(batch_client, blob_client, config)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5653520Z   File "/opt/batch-shipyard/convoy/fleet.py", line 640, in _add_pool
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5666650Z     nodes = batch.create_pool(batch_client, config, pool)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5679700Z   File "/opt/batch-shipyard/convoy/batch.py", line 365, in create_pool
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5692760Z     batch_client.pool.add(pool)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5705710Z   File "/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/azure/batch/operations/pool_operations.py", line 291, in add
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5718720Z     raise models.BatchErrorException(self._deserialize, response)
2017-03-11T00:18:20.5732820Z azure.batch.models.batch_error.BatchErrorException: {'value': 'The value provided for one of the properties in the request body is invalid.\nRequestId:79b2f4d8-8b47-49fd-a85e-206574727170\nTime:2017-03-11T00:18:20.6184337Z', 'lang': 'en-US'}

Any idea why this might be happening? I haven’t touched my pool.json since yesterday.

My pool.json:

{
    "pool_specification": {
        "id": "mypool",
        "vm_size": "STANDARD_A2_V2",
        "vm_count": 10,
        "max_tasks_per_node": 2,

        "publisher": "OpenLogic",
        "offer": "CentOS",
        "sku": "7.2",

        "reboot_on_start_task_failed": true,
        "block_until_all_global_resources_loaded": true
    }
}

[lediur]

Cool, thanks for the update. 👍 A better error message would be super helpful in tracking these things down.

[alfpark]

@lediur You should now be able to deploy STANDARD_A*_V2 sizes again.