Remove-AzureRmResource The requested resource does not support http method 'DELETE'

Question

OK - I have a weird one.....

I've deployed Compilation Jobs via ARM Templates using the following code:

{
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2015-01-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"parameters": {
    "compile-settings": {
        "type": "object",
        "metadata": {
            "description": "These are settings for a DSC Compile"
        }
    },
    "tag-values": {
        "type": "object",
        "metadata": {
            "description": "These are the Tag values"
        }
    }
},
"resources": [
    {
        "name": "[parameters('compile-settings').name]",
        "type": "Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/compilationjobs",
        "apiVersion": "2015-10-31",
        "location": "Australia Southeast",
        "tags": "[parameters('tag-values')]",
        "dependsOn": [],
        "properties": {
            "configuration": "[parameters('compile-settings').configuration]",
            "parameters": "[parameters('compile-settings').parameters]"
        },
        "resources": []
    }
],
"outputs": {}

}

Because I'm developing at the moment. when I re-run the deployment I get the following error:

{ "code": "Conflict", "message": "Job with specified id already exists. Job id: cde3eb0e-e8e4-de3e-0eae-e4cde3eb0eae" }

Using resources.azure.com, I cannot find this resource, but I can find it when using PowerShell e.g.

Get-AzureRmResource -ResourceId "/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/rg-au-901/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/aa-au-901/compilationjobs/cde3eb0e-e8e4-de3e-0eae-e4cde3eb0eae" -ApiVersion "2015-10-31"

Result:

ResourceId : /subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/rg-au-901/providers/Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/aa-au-901/compilationjobs/cde3eb0e-e8e4-de3e-0eae-e4cde3eb0eae ResourceName : aa-au-901/cde3eb0e-e8e4-de3e-0eae-e4cde3eb0eae ResourceType : Microsoft.Automation/automationAccounts/compilationjobs ResourceGroupName : rg-au-901 SubscriptionId : xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxx Properties : @{jobId=cde3eb0e-e8e4-de3e-0eae-e4cde3eb0eae; creationTime=2017-07-16T08:27:13.457+00:00; provisioningState=Suspended; status=Suspended; statusDetails=None; startTime=2017-07-16T08:28:01.74+00:00; endTime=; lastModifiedTime=2017-07-16T08:28:13.85+00:00; lastStatusModifiedTime=2017-07-16T08:28:13.85+00:00; exception=The running command stopped because the preference variable "ErrorActionPreference" or common parameter is set to Stop: The term 'xStorage\xWaitforDisk' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.; parameters=; configuration=; runOn=; newNodeConfigurationBuildVersionRequired=False}

However, when I try to remove it using Remove-AzureRmResource with the Force parameter it fails:

Remove-AzureRmResource : The pipeline has been stopped. At line:1 char:1 + Remove-AzureRmResource -ResourceId "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [Remove-AzureRmResource], PipelineStoppedException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.RemoveAzureResourceCmdlet Remove-AzureRmResource : {"code":"MethodNotAllowed","message":"{\"Message\":\"The requested resource does not support http method 'DELETE'.\"}"} At line:1 char:1 + Remove-AzureRmResource -ResourceId "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx ... + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [Remove-AzureRmResource], ErrorResponseMessageException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodNotAllowed,Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.RemoveAzureResourceCmdlet

Help?

whats the question? you obviously cannot delete those if they don't support delete — 4c74356b41
i would expect that to be the case, for instance there's no powershell cmdlet to delete them, only the get cmdlet — 4c74356b41
@mrptsai You could not delete these jobs. These jobs record log information and they have different job id. In your template, you should use different job id. Please refer to this link. — Shui shengbao

4c74356b41 4c74356b41 · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-16T13:22:29

You could work around that with a powershell step to generate a GUID, or maybe omit the GUID so it generates one for itself.

Also, there's a powershell cmdlet to start a compilation job, that doesn't need a guid.

Start-AzureRmAutomationDscCompilationJob

Remove-AzureRmResource The requested resource does not support http method 'DELETE'

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