Start-AzVmss
Starts the VMSS or a set of virtual machines within the VMSS.
Syntax
Start-AzVmss
[-ResourceGroupName] <String>
[-VMScaleSetName] <String>
[[-InstanceId] <String[]>]
[-AsJob]
[-DefaultProfile <IAzureContextContainer>]
[-WhatIf]
[-Confirm]
[<CommonParameters>] Description
The Start-AzVmss cmdlet starts all the virtual machines within the Virtual Machine Scale Set (VMSS) or a set of virtual machines. You can use the InstanceId parameter to select a set of virtual machines.
Examples
Example 1: Start a specific set of virtual machines within the VMSS
Start-AzVmss -ResourceGroupName "ContosOrg" -VMScaleSetName "ContosoVMSS"-InstanceId "0", "1"This command starts a specific set of virtual machines specified by the instance ID string array that belong to the VMSS named ContosoVMSS.
Example 2: Start all virtual machines within the VMSS
Start-AzVmss -ResourceGroupName "ContosOrg" -VMScaleSetName "ContosoVMSS"This command starts all virtual machines that belong to the VMSS named ContosoVMSS.
Parameters
-AsJob
Run cmdlet in the background and return a Job to track progress.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-Confirm
Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | cf |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-DefaultProfile
The credentials, account, tenant, and subscription used for communication with azure.
| Type: | IAzureContextContainer |
| Aliases: | AzContext, AzureRmContext, AzureCredential |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-InstanceId
Specifies, as a string array, the ID or IDs of the instances that cmdlet starts.
For instance: -InstanceId "0", "3"
| Type: | String[] |
| Position: | 2 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-ResourceGroupName
Specifies the name of the resource group of the VMSS.
| Type: | String |
| Position: | 0 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-VMScaleSetName
Specifies the name of the VMSS that this cmdlet starts the virtual machines.
| Type: | String |
| Aliases: | Name |
| Position: | 1 |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | True |
| Accept pipeline input: | True |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
-WhatIf
Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
| Type: | SwitchParameter |
| Aliases: | wi |
| Position: | Named |
| Default value: | None |
| Required: | False |
| Accept pipeline input: | False |
| Accept wildcard characters: | False |
Inputs
String[]
