Virtual Machine on Dashboard missing name

Question

Hi, 

For some reason some of the virtual machines i have pinned to the dashboard don't have a name or status displayed with the virtual machine tile. So i when looking at the dashboard i can't see the name or tell if the machine is running?

Any ideas?

Thanks

Tommy

Answer 1

I would suggest you to let me know if you are able to see the Hostnames when you click on the VM blades in the Browse section.
It would also be great if you could provide a screenshot along with the requested information.

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Sapna G

Answer 2



Hi Sapna, 

Thanks for the reply, My account doesn't allow me to upload images :(

I can see the hostname in the VMblade

Cheers

Tom

Answer 3

I too am having this issue - any word on a solution/fix?

My old VM dashboard tiles look normal, with name, icon and status.  New VM dashboard tiles only show the VM icon, no additional text.

EDIT: I found some technical information by digging into the page source.  It would appear that the tiles used to be called "VirtualMachinePart".  The new tile type is called "InferredBladePinPartVirtualMachineProtoBlade".

EDIT 2: I have also checked POST messages that update the dashboard to produce the tile.  There appears to be an issue/bug with linking the new VM blade displays with a corresponding tile, it can be seen in the JS console of the page after the POST sent to add the tile to the dashboard.

Answer 4

@Tommy, you must be seeing verify your account error while adding links and images in your response here. Typical users will not need to take any additional action in order to have their account verified. However, if you would like to expedite this process you could post here - https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/054fddac-7164-4412-a077-f57ba5dd9e5d/verify-your-account-38?forum=reportabug and you'll be verified automatically.

Answer 5

I checked about this issue internally and it appears that this is an ongoing issue which has been identified a while ago by our Development Engineers.

We, however already have a fix for this now. But, it might take a week or two until the fix gets into production. We appreciate you for pointing this out to us.

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Sapna G

Answer 6

Looks like this has been fixed now. I've removed the tile and re-added and all appear as expected.

Cheers,

Tommy

Answer 7

Glad to hear that. Enjoy! :)