Windows Azure VM Role: CSUPLOAD Exception System.BadImageFormatException: an attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format
When you run CSUPLOAD tool on a Windows OS 7 32bit machine, you will receive the following error:
An unexpected error occurred: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: an attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B)
The detailed Exception looks as below:
C:\Azure>csupload Add-VMImage -Connection "SubscriptionId=xxxxx; CertificateThumbprint=xxxxxx; -Description "Base image Windows Server 2008 R2" -LiteralPath "c:\Azure\baseimage.vhd" -Name baseimage.vhd -Location "South Central US" Windows(R) Azure(TM) Upload Tool 1.3.0.0 for Microsoft(R) .NET Framework 3.5 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. … Successfully passed the verification tests. The mounted size of the VM image is 30 GB. This image can be used with the following Windows Azure VM sizes: Small, Medium, Large, ExtraLarge Windows(R) Azure(TM) VHD Preparation Tool. 1.3.0.0 for Microsoft(R) .NET Framework 3.5 Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Compressing VHD from c:\Azure\baseimage.vhd to c:\Azure\20110121133856Z4483690FF0694173BFE39998C4FF64B8.preped... An unexpected error occurred: An attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) Exception: System.BadImageFormatException: an attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007000B) Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Tools.CsVhdPrep.NativeMethods.BCCompressFile(String InputFilename, String OutputFilename, UInt32 Flags, PFN_RDBCAPI_PROGRESS Callback) Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Tools.CsVhdPrep.BlockCompress.CompressFile(String inputFile, String outputFile) Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Tools.CsVhdPrep.DoActions.Prepare(FileInfo inputVhd, FileInfo outputFile, FileInfo outputFileDigest) Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Tools.CsVhdPrep.ProgramCommands.PrepareVhdAction(IList`1 unnamedArgs, IDictionary`2 switches) Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Internal.Common.CommandParser.ParseCommand(CommandDefinition cmdDef, IEnumerable`1 commandArgs) Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Internal.Common.CommandParser.ParseCommand(IEnumerable`1 commandLine) Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Tools.CsVhdPrep.Program.ExecuteActions(String[] args) Microsoft.WindowsAzure.Tools.CsVhdPrep.Program.Main(String[] args) Cannot prepare VHD c:\Azure\baseimage.vhd. |
What actually happens is that CSUPLOAD calls csvhdprep which returns the following exception:
"An unexpected error occurred: an attempt was made to load a program with an incorrect format. Cannot prepare VHD {0}".
So the actual problem is caused by CSVHDPREP.EXE.
Solution:
To solve this problem you should run Windows Azure SDK 1.3 on a 64bit Windows 7 or Windows Server 2008 R2 machine to successfully use CSUPLOAD tool along with VM Role BETA.
During Windows Azure VM Role BETA phase CSUPLOAD tools is supported only on 64bit Windows OS however things may change later with respect to 32bit Support included with VM Role Tools.