Stopping a Azure VM in auto scale set and letting it start again

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I have 3 VMs in my Azure autoscale set. My question is if I stop one of the VMs using the Azure Portal manually (i.e. deallocate it) will the AutoScale Set be able to start it again?

I have been through this but it still doesn't answer my question.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 08 '16 at 22:03

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Nope. Autoscale will not start a deallocated VM in a scale set :)

answered Nov 08 '16 at 22:03

Neil Sant Gat

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 10 '16 at 07:39

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Instead of starting the deallocated VM, if usage was high enough to trigger scale-out, Autoscale would create a new VM.

The deallocated VM would remain deallocated until you started it, issued a start to the scale set, or until it was deleted by autoscale scaling in.

answered Nov 10 '16 at 07:39

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So summarizing your statements "Autoscale won't start the VM if it was deallocated manually from the portal right?" – amitection Nov 10 '16 at 11:37
Right. Autoscale creates and deletes VMs, it doesn't start existing ones. – sendmarsh Nov 14 '16 at 16:20

Stopping a Azure VM in auto scale set and letting it start again

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