I'm trying to change network profile in the WFS Building workflow.
I'm trying to change the property VirtualMachine.network0.ProfileName. If I set it at properties tab in the blueprint it works. But for some reason when I try to change it in the workflow, It run successfully but nothing changes.
I read some article that says that there is no way to change the network profile with workflow because the system sets the network profile after the building machine workflow or something like that.
The reason for this is that at this point in time during provisioning the allcoation of resources already has taken place. Yo even when you change the property its changes will not be reflected.
Instead you can change the reservation manually on your own via the ManagementModelEntities.svc ManagemetnContext. On the Machine object you would actually change the links in 'StaticIPV4Addresses' and possibly the 'VMToNetworks' as well. But do not forget to mark the previous addresses as 'free' after the change. I have implemented this with other customers and though it is a little bit of coding it is doable.
+1 to ronalds comment, allocation happens before any workflow injection points, there are talks about adding an injection point before allocation for reasons like this and also reservation policies.
