What happens if I don't migrate my VM to another image before the image is deprecated?

kobulloc msft 45 Reputation points
2024-07-20T06:00:46.06+00:00

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My virtual machines have recommended actions that say "Upgrade your VM to alternative image offer". Why am I getting this message?

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  1. kobulloc msft 45 Reputation points
    2024-07-20T06:01:37.52+00:00

    Note: Based on common issues that we have seen from customers and other sources, we are posting these questions to help the Azure community.

    What happens if I don't upgrade my VM image to an alternative image offer before it is deprecated?

    You might have received an email telling you that your Virtual machine is running on images that are scheduled for deprecation or already deprecated. There are several reasons an image can be deprecated by the publisher, which might be due to security issues or the image reaching end of life.

    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/deprecated-images

    • Following the scheduled deprecation date, you won't be able to deploy any additional virtual machine (VM) or virtual machine scale set (VMSS)instances using any images within these respective plans.
    • Your active VM won't be affected following the deprecation date.
    • Your existing VMSS deployments will continue to be operation but can't be scaled out following deprecation.

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  2. akinbade abiola 17,050 Reputation points
    2024-07-20T08:13:40.8066667+00:00

    Hello kobulloc msft,

    Due to community policy of Authors not being accept their own answer, I will be reposting this to be be marked as "Accept Answer" to be able to be seen as aswered by the community

    kobulloc msft said:

    Note: Based on common issues that we have seen from customers and other sources, we are posting these questions to help the Azure community.

    What happens if I don't upgrade my VM image to an alternative image offer before it is deprecated?

    You might have received an email telling you that your Virtual machine is running on images that are scheduled for deprecation or already deprecated. There are several reasons an image can be deprecated by the publisher, which might be due to security issues or the image reaching end of life.

    https://video2.skills-academy.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/deprecated-images

    • Following the scheduled deprecation date, you won't be able to deploy any additional virtual machine (VM) or virtual machine scale set (VMSS)instances using any images within these respective plans.
    • Your active VM won't be affected following the deprecation date.
    • Your existing VMSS deployments will continue to be operation but can't be scaled out following deprecation.

    Additional reading:

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