VirtualMachinesOperations Class

Warning

DO NOT instantiate this class directly.

Instead, you should access the following operations through

ComputeManagementClient's

<xref:virtual_machines> attribute.

Inheritance

builtins.object

VirtualMachinesOperations

Constructor

VirtualMachinesOperations(*args, **kwargs)

Methods

begin_assess_patches	Assess patches on the VM.
begin_capture	Captures the VM by copying virtual hard disks of the VM and outputs a template that can be used to create similar VMs.
begin_convert_to_managed_disks	Converts virtual machine disks from blob-based to managed disks. Virtual machine must be stop-deallocated before invoking this operation.
begin_create_or_update	The operation to create or update a virtual machine. Please note some properties can be set only during virtual machine creation.
begin_deallocate	Shuts down the virtual machine and releases the compute resources. You are not billed for the compute resources that this virtual machine uses.
begin_delete	The operation to delete a virtual machine.
begin_install_patches	Installs patches on the VM.
begin_perform_maintenance	The operation to perform maintenance on a virtual machine.
begin_power_off	The operation to power off (stop) a virtual machine. The virtual machine can be restarted with the same provisioned resources. You are still charged for this virtual machine.
begin_reapply	The operation to reapply a virtual machine's state.
begin_redeploy	Shuts down the virtual machine, moves it to a new node, and powers it back on.
begin_reimage	Reimages the virtual machine which has an ephemeral OS disk back to its initial state.
begin_restart	The operation to restart a virtual machine.
begin_run_command	Run command on the VM.
begin_start	The operation to start a virtual machine.
begin_update	The operation to update a virtual machine.
generalize	Sets the OS state of the virtual machine to generalized. It is recommended to sysprep the virtual machine before performing this operation. >>:code:<br>For Windows, please refer to Create a managed image of a generalized VM in Azure <https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/capture-image-resource>_<<.:code: For Linux, please refer to How to create an image of a virtual machine or VHD.
get	Retrieves information about the model view or the instance view of a virtual machine.
instance_view	Retrieves information about the run-time state of a virtual machine.
list	Lists all of the virtual machines in the specified resource group. Use the nextLink property in the response to get the next page of virtual machines.
list_all	Lists all of the virtual machines in the specified subscription. Use the nextLink property in the response to get the next page of virtual machines.
list_available_sizes	Lists all available virtual machine sizes to which the specified virtual machine can be resized.
list_by_location	Gets all the virtual machines under the specified subscription for the specified location.
retrieve_boot_diagnostics_data	The operation to retrieve SAS URIs for a virtual machine's boot diagnostic logs.
simulate_eviction	The operation to simulate the eviction of spot virtual machine.

begin_assess_patches

Assess patches on the VM.

async begin_assess_patches(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[VirtualMachineAssessPatchesResult]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[VirtualMachineAssessPatchesResult]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either VirtualMachineAssessPatchesResult or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_capture

Captures the VM by copying virtual hard disks of the VM and outputs a template that can be used to create similar VMs.

async begin_capture(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: _models.VirtualMachineCaptureParameters, *, content_type: str = 'application/json', **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[_models.VirtualMachineCaptureResult]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.
parameters Required	VirtualMachineCaptureParameters or IO[bytes] Parameters supplied to the Capture Virtual Machine operation. Is either a VirtualMachineCaptureParameters type or a IO[bytes] type. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[VirtualMachineCaptureResult]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either VirtualMachineCaptureResult or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_convert_to_managed_disks

Converts virtual machine disks from blob-based to managed disks. Virtual machine must be stop-deallocated before invoking this operation.

async begin_convert_to_managed_disks(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_create_or_update

The operation to create or update a virtual machine. Please note some properties can be set only during virtual machine creation.

async begin_create_or_update(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: _models.VirtualMachine, *, content_type: str = 'application/json', **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[_models.VirtualMachine]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.
parameters Required	VirtualMachine or IO[bytes] Parameters supplied to the Create Virtual Machine operation. Is either a VirtualMachine type or a IO[bytes] type. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[VirtualMachine]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either VirtualMachine or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_deallocate

Shuts down the virtual machine and releases the compute resources. You are not billed for the compute resources that this virtual machine uses.

async begin_deallocate(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, *, hibernate: bool | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name	Description
hibernate	bool Optional parameter to hibernate a virtual machine. (Feature in Preview). Default value is None.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_delete

The operation to delete a virtual machine.

async begin_delete(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, *, force_deletion: bool | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name	Description
force_deletion	bool Optional parameter to force delete virtual machines. Default value is None.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_install_patches

Installs patches on the VM.

async begin_install_patches(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, install_patches_input: _models.VirtualMachineInstallPatchesParameters, *, content_type: str = 'application/json', **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[_models.VirtualMachineInstallPatchesResult]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.
install_patches_input Required	VirtualMachineInstallPatchesParameters or IO[bytes] Input for InstallPatches as directly received by the API. Is either a VirtualMachineInstallPatchesParameters type or a IO[bytes] type. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[VirtualMachineInstallPatchesResult]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either VirtualMachineInstallPatchesResult or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_perform_maintenance

The operation to perform maintenance on a virtual machine.

async begin_perform_maintenance(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_power_off

The operation to power off (stop) a virtual machine. The virtual machine can be restarted with the same provisioned resources. You are still charged for this virtual machine.

async begin_power_off(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, *, skip_shutdown: bool = False, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name	Description
skip_shutdown	bool The parameter to request non-graceful VM shutdown. True value for this flag indicates non-graceful shutdown whereas false indicates otherwise. Default value for this flag is false if not specified. Default value is False.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_reapply

The operation to reapply a virtual machine's state.

async begin_reapply(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_redeploy

Shuts down the virtual machine, moves it to a new node, and powers it back on.

async begin_redeploy(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_reimage

Reimages the virtual machine which has an ephemeral OS disk back to its initial state.

async begin_reimage(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: _models.VirtualMachineReimageParameters | None = None, *, content_type: str = 'application/json', **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.
parameters Required	VirtualMachineReimageParameters or IO[bytes] Parameters supplied to the Reimage Virtual Machine operation. Is either a VirtualMachineReimageParameters type or a IO[bytes] type. Default value is None.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_restart

The operation to restart a virtual machine.

async begin_restart(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_run_command

Run command on the VM.

async begin_run_command(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: _models.RunCommandInput, *, content_type: str = 'application/json', **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[_models.RunCommandResult]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.
parameters Required	RunCommandInput or IO[bytes] Parameters supplied to the Run command operation. Is either a RunCommandInput type or a IO[bytes] type. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[RunCommandResult]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either RunCommandResult or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_start

The operation to start a virtual machine.

async begin_start(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[None]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[None]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

begin_update

The operation to update a virtual machine.

async begin_update(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: _models.VirtualMachineUpdate, *, content_type: str = 'application/json', **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncLROPoller[_models.VirtualMachine]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.
parameters Required	VirtualMachineUpdate or IO[bytes] Parameters supplied to the Update Virtual Machine operation. Is either a VirtualMachineUpdate type or a IO[bytes] type. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncLROPoller[VirtualMachine]	An instance of AsyncLROPoller that returns either VirtualMachine or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

generalize

Sets the OS state of the virtual machine to generalized. It is recommended to sysprep the virtual machine before performing this operation. >>:code:<br>For Windows, please refer to Create a managed image of a generalized VM in Azure <https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/virtual-machines/windows/capture-image-resource>_<<.:code:
For Linux, please refer to How to create an image of a virtual machine or VHD.

async generalize(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
None	None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

get

Retrieves information about the model view or the instance view of a virtual machine.

async get(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, *, expand: str | InstanceViewTypes | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> VirtualMachine

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name

Description

expand

str or InstanceViewTypes The expand expression to apply on the operation. 'InstanceView' retrieves a snapshot of the runtime properties of the virtual machine that is managed by the platform and can change outside of control plane operations. 'UserData' retrieves the UserData property as part of the VM model view that was provided by the user during the VM Create/Update operation. Known values are: "instanceView" and "userData". Default value is None.

Returns

Type	Description
VirtualMachine	VirtualMachine or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

instance_view

Retrieves information about the run-time state of a virtual machine.

async instance_view(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> VirtualMachineInstanceView

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
VirtualMachineInstanceView	VirtualMachineInstanceView or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

list

Lists all of the virtual machines in the specified resource group. Use the nextLink property in the response to get the next page of virtual machines.

list(resource_group_name: str, *, filter: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncIterable[VirtualMachine]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name	Description
filter	str The system query option to filter VMs returned in the response. Allowed value is 'virtualMachineScaleSet/id' eq /subscriptions/{subId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmssName}'. Default value is None.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncItemPaged[VirtualMachine]	An iterator like instance of either VirtualMachine or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

list_all

Lists all of the virtual machines in the specified subscription. Use the nextLink property in the response to get the next page of virtual machines.

list_all(*, status_only: str | None = None, filter: str | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncIterable[VirtualMachine]

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name	Description
status_only	str statusOnly=true enables fetching run time status of all Virtual Machines in the subscription. Default value is None.
filter	str The system query option to filter VMs returned in the response. Allowed value is 'virtualMachineScaleSet/id' eq /subscriptions/{subId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmssName}'. Default value is None.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncItemPaged[VirtualMachine]	An iterator like instance of either VirtualMachine or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

list_available_sizes

Lists all available virtual machine sizes to which the specified virtual machine can be resized.

list_available_sizes(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncIterable[VirtualMachineSize]

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncItemPaged[VirtualMachineSize]	An iterator like instance of either VirtualMachineSize or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

list_by_location

Gets all the virtual machines under the specified subscription for the specified location.

list_by_location(location: str, **kwargs: Any) -> AsyncIterable[VirtualMachine]

Parameters

Name	Description
location Required	str The location for which virtual machines under the subscription are queried. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
AsyncItemPaged[VirtualMachine]	An iterator like instance of either VirtualMachine or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

retrieve_boot_diagnostics_data

The operation to retrieve SAS URIs for a virtual machine's boot diagnostic logs.

async retrieve_boot_diagnostics_data(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, *, sas_uri_expiration_time_in_minutes: int | None = None, **kwargs: Any) -> RetrieveBootDiagnosticsDataResult

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Keyword-Only Parameters

Name	Description
sas_uri_expiration_time_in_minutes	int Expiration duration in minutes for the SAS URIs with a value between 1 to 1440 minutes. <br>:code:>><<<br>NOTE: If not specified, SAS URIs will be generated with a default expiration duration of 120 minutes. Default value is None.

Returns

Type	Description
RetrieveBootDiagnosticsDataResult	RetrieveBootDiagnosticsDataResult or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

simulate_eviction

The operation to simulate the eviction of spot virtual machine.

async simulate_eviction(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> None

Parameters

Name	Description
resource_group_name Required	str The name of the resource group. Required.
vm_name Required	str The name of the virtual machine. Required.

Returns

Type	Description
None	None or the result of cls(response)

Exceptions

Type	Description
HttpResponseError

Attributes

models

models = <module 'azure.mgmt.compute.v2021_11_01.models' from 'C:\\hostedtoolcache\\windows\\Python\\3.11.9\\x64\\Lib\\site-packages\\azure\\mgmt\\compute\\v2021_11_01\\models\\__init__.py'>