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Azure PostgreSQL Flexible Server restart failed

Mu'awiyah Namadi 0 Reputation points
2025-08-10T19:06:36.57+00:00

My PostgreSQL Flexible Server has an unresponsive VM agent causing:

  1. Server reports "Ready" state but cannot perform operations
  2. All CLI commands fail with "Cannot complete operation while server is in 'Ready' state"
  3. Auto-migration from PostgreSQL 11 failed due to VM agent issues
  4. This matches the known issue where VM agent becomes unresponsive

The issue I'm facing coincide with what is reported here
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4370586/message-restart-and-stop-operations-are-only-suppo

Need VM agent reset and server state recovery to complete PostgreSQL upgrade.

Azure Database for PostgreSQL

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  1. Saraswathi Devadula 10,855 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff Moderator
    2025-08-11T09:37:42.94+00:00

    Hello Mu'awiyah Namadi

    Following up on the discussion, the Azure Database for PostgreSQL Flexible Server in the Azure portal is unable to perform any operation with error message., Restart and stop operations are only supported on servers that are in 'Ready' state. Server 'xxx' is in 'Ready' state.

    As mentioned, we attempted to mitigate the issue by getting back the server online. The cause of this issue is because of the VMagent is unresponsive.

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