Update or delete a standby pool (Preview)

1. Navigate to Virtual Machine Scale set the standby pool is associated with.
2. Under Availability + scale select Standby pool.
3. Select Manage pool.
4. Update the configuration and save any changes.

Update an existing standby pool using az standby-vm-pool update.

az standby-vm-pool update \
   --resource-group myResourceGroup 
   --name myStandbyPool \
   --max-ready-capacity 20 \
   --vm-state "Deallocated" \

Update an existing standby pool using Update-AzStandbyVMPool.

Update-AzStandbyVMPool `
   -ResourceGroup myResourceGroup 
   -Name myStandbyPool `
   -MaxReadyCapacity 20 `
   -VMState "Deallocated" `

Update an existing standby pool deployment. Deploy the updated template using az deployment group create or New-AzResourceGroupDeployment.

{
    "$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/schemas/2019-04-01/deploymentTemplate.json#",
    "contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
    "parameters": {
        "location": {
           "type": "string",
           "defaultValue": "east us"    
        },
        "name": {
           "type": "string",
           "defaultValue": "myStandbyPool"
        },
        "maxReadyCapacity" : {
           "type": "int",
           "defaultValue": 10
        },
        "virtualMachineState" : {
           "type": "string",
           "defaultValue": "Deallocated"
        },
        "attachedVirtualMachineScaleSetId" : {
           "type": "string",
           "defaultValue": "/subscriptions/{subscriptionID}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/myScaleSet"
        }
    },
    "resources": [ 
        {
            "type": "Microsoft.StandbyPool/standbyVirtualMachinePools",
            "apiVersion": "2023-12-01-preview",
            "name": "[parameters('name')]",
            "location": "[parameters('location')]",
            "properties": {
               "elasticityProfile": {
                   "maxReadyCapacity": "[parameters('maxReadyCapacity')]" 
               },
               "virtualMachineState": "[parameters('virtualMachineState')]",
               "attachedVirtualMachineScaleSetId": "[parameters('attachedVirtualMachineScaleSetId')]"
            }
        }
    ]
   }

Update an existing standby pool deployment. Deploy the updated template using az deployment group create or New-AzResourceGroupDeployment.

param location string = resourceGroup().location
param standbyPoolName string = 'myStandbyPool'
param maxReadyCapacity int = 10
@allowed([
  'Running'
  'Deallocated'
])
param vmState string = 'Deallocated'
param virtualMachineScaleSetId string = '/subscriptions/{subscriptionID}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/myScaleSet'

resource standbyPool 'Microsoft.standbypool/standbyvirtualmachinepools@2023-12-01-preview' = {
  name: standbyPoolName
  location: location
  properties: {
     elasticityProfile: {
      maxReadyCapacity: maxReadyCapacity
    }
    virtualMachineState: vmState
    attachedVirtualMachineScaleSetId: virtualMachineScaleSetId
  }
}

Update an existing standby pool using Create or Update.

PUT https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionID}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.StandbyPool/standbyVirtualMachinePools/myStandbyPool?api-version=2023-12-01-preview
{
"type": "Microsoft.StandbyPool/standbyVirtualMachinePools",
"name": "myStandbyPool",
"location": "east us",
"properties": {
	 "elasticityProfile": {
		 "maxReadyCapacity": 20
	 },
	  "virtualMachineState":"Deallocated",
	  "attachedVirtualMachineScaleSetId": "/subscriptions/{subscriptionID}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/myScaleSet"
	  }
}

1. Navigate to Virtual Machine Scale set the standby pool is associated with.
2. Under Availability + scale select Standby pool.
3. Select Delete pool.
4. Select Delete.

Delete an existing standby pool using az standbypool delete.

az standby-vm-pool delete \
    --resource-group myResourceGroup \
    --name myStandbyPool

Delete an existing standby pool using Remove-AzStandbyVMPool.

Remove-AzStandbyVMPool `
    -ResourceGroup myResourceGroup `
    -Name myStandbyPool `
    -Nowait

Delete an existing standby pool using Delete.

DELETE https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionID}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.StandbyPool/standbyVirtualMachinePools/myStandbyPool?api-version=2023-12-01-preview