Blog Post: Windows Azure Package Deployment failed with Error - "The specified deployment slot Production is occupied"

It is possible that when you deploy your CSPKG file , you may encounter an error as "The specified deployment slot Production is occupied" and your package deployment will fail.

This error may occur in the following cases: 

• Error Creating a New Deployment
• Error creating deployment for hosted service 'Your-Service-Name'
• During Actual Deployment

 

Here is the call stack which is showed during the error and exception:

 

 

The specified deployment slot Production is occupied.  Date: 5/27/2011 10:04:11 PM UTC  Dr. Watson Diagnostic ID: 869cd6b1b974480b9419c61d942734de  Inner exception message:  Details:  HostName:RD************* Timestamp:5/27/2011 10:04:10 PM  Code:SlotOccupied Description:The specified deployment slot Production is occupied.  Exception Details:  An ExceptionDetail, likely created by IncludeExceptionDetailInFaults=true, whose value is:  Microsoft.Cis.DevExp.Services.Rdfe.RdfeConflictException: The specified deployment slot Production is occupied.     at AsyncHelper.RethrowableException.AsyncHelper.IRethrowableException.Rethrow()     at AsyncHelper.ExceptionUtility.ReThrow(Exception exception)     at Microsoft.Cis.DevExp.Services.Rdfe.DataModel.Operation`1.EndRun(IAsyncResult asyncResult)     at Microsoft.Cis.DevExp.Services.Rdfe.ServiceManagement.ServiceManagementService.EndCreateDeployment(IAsyncResult asyncResult)     at AsyncInvokeEndEndCreateDeployment(Object , Object[] , IAsyncResult )     at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.AsyncMethodInvoker.InvokeEnd(Object instance, Object[]& outputs, IAsyncResult result)     at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.DispatchOperationRuntime.InvokeEnd(MessageRpc& rpc)     at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage7(MessageRpc& rpc)     at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage6(MessageRpc& rpc)     at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage5(MessageRpc& rpc)     at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.ImmutableDispatchRuntime.ProcessMessage4(MessageRpc& rpc)     at System.ServiceModel.Dispatcher.MessageRpc.Process(Boolean isOperationContextSet)  Exception Rethrown at:[1]     at AsyncHelper.RethrowableException.AsyncHelper.IRethrowableException.Rethrow()     at AsyncHelper.ExceptionUtility.ReThrow(Exception exception)     at Microsoft.Cis.DevExp.Services.Rdfe.DataModel.Operation.EndExecuteOnFrontend(IAsyncResult asyncResult)     at Microsoft.Cis.DevExp.Services.Rdfe.DataModel.Operation.<RunInternal>d__14.MoveNext()     at AsyncHelper.AsyncIteratorContextBase.ExecuteIterator(Boolean inBegin)  Exception Rethrown at:[0]     at Microsoft.Cis.DevExp.Services.Rdfe.Operations.CreateDeploymentOperation.<ExecuteOnFrontend>d__5.MoveNext()     at AsyncHelper.AsyncIteratorContextBase.ExecuteIterator(Boolean inBegin)Microsoft.Cis.DevExp.Services.Rdfe.ServiceManagement.ConflictFaultServer Error: The specified deployment slot Production is occupied. (Conflict)
  

 

 

Here are two workarounds you can use to solve this problem:

• Delete the existing production deployment and re-deploy with new package
• Start the current deployment (Production), Deploy new package in Staging slot, Perform VIP-Swap operation.

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