VirtualMachinesOperations Class

VirtualMachinesOperations operations.

You should not instantiate this class directly. Instead, you should create a Client instance that instantiates it for you and attaches it as an attribute.

Inheritance
builtins.object
VirtualMachinesOperations

Constructor

VirtualMachinesOperations(client, config, serializer, deserializer)

Parameters

client
Required

Client for service requests.

config
Required

Configuration of service client.

serializer
Required

An object model serializer.

deserializer
Required

An object model deserializer.

Variables

models

Alias to model classes used in this operation group.

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/en-us/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.

begin_assess_patches(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[_models.VirtualMachineAssessPatchesResult]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either VirtualMachineAssessPatchesResult or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

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_capture(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: _models.VirtualMachineCaptureParameters, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[_models.VirtualMachineCaptureResult]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

parameters
VirtualMachineCaptureParameters
Required

Parameters supplied to the Capture Virtual Machine operation.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either VirtualMachineCaptureResult or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

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_convert_to_managed_disks(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[None]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

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_create_or_update(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: _models.VirtualMachine, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[_models.VirtualMachine]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

parameters
VirtualMachine
Required

Parameters supplied to the Create Virtual Machine operation.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either VirtualMachine or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

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_deallocate(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[None]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_delete

The operation to delete a virtual machine.

begin_delete(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, force_deletion: Optional[bool] = None, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[None]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

force_deletion
bool
default value: None

Optional parameter to force delete virtual machines.(Feature in Preview).

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_install_patches

Installs patches on the VM.

begin_install_patches(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, install_patches_input: _models.VirtualMachineInstallPatchesParameters, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[_models.VirtualMachineInstallPatchesResult]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

install_patches_input
VirtualMachineInstallPatchesParameters
Required

Input for InstallPatches as directly received by the API.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either VirtualMachineInstallPatchesResult or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_perform_maintenance

The operation to perform maintenance on a virtual machine.

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

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

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_power_off(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, skip_shutdown: Optional[bool] = False, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[None]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

skip_shutdown
bool
default value: False

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.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_reapply

The operation to reapply a virtual machine's state.

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

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_redeploy

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

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

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_reimage

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

begin_reimage(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: Optional[_models.VirtualMachineReimageParameters] = None, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[None]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

parameters
VirtualMachineReimageParameters
default value: None

Parameters supplied to the Reimage Virtual Machine operation.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_restart

The operation to restart a virtual machine.

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

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_run_command

Run command on the VM.

begin_run_command(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: _models.RunCommandInput, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[_models.RunCommandResult]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

parameters
RunCommandInput
Required

Parameters supplied to the Run command operation.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either RunCommandResult or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_start

The operation to start a virtual machine.

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

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either None or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

begin_update

The operation to update a virtual machine.

begin_update(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, parameters: _models.VirtualMachineUpdate, **kwargs: Any) -> LROPoller[_models.VirtualMachine]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

parameters
VirtualMachineUpdate
Required

Parameters supplied to the Update Virtual Machine operation.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

continuation_token
str

A continuation token to restart a poller from a saved state.

polling
bool or PollingMethod

By default, your polling method will be ARMPolling. Pass in False for this operation to not poll, or pass in your own initialized polling object for a personal polling strategy.

polling_interval
int

Default waiting time between two polls for LRO operations if no Retry-After header is present.

Returns

An instance of LROPoller that returns either VirtualMachine or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

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/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/windows/capture-image-resource>_<<.:code:
For Linux, please refer to How to create an image of a virtual machine or VHD
.

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

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

Returns

None, or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

get

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

get(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, expand: Optional[str] = 'instanceView', **kwargs: Any) -> _models.VirtualMachine

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

expand
str
default value: instanceView

The expand expression to apply on the operation.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

Returns

VirtualMachine, or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

instance_view

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

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

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

Returns

VirtualMachineInstanceView, or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

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, **kwargs: Any) -> Iterable[_models.VirtualMachineListResult]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

Returns

An iterator like instance of either VirtualMachineListResult or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

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: Optional[str] = None, **kwargs: Any) -> Iterable[_models.VirtualMachineListResult]

Parameters

status_only
str
default value: None

statusOnly=true enables fetching run time status of all Virtual Machines in the subscription.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

Returns

An iterator like instance of either VirtualMachineListResult or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

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) -> Iterable[_models.VirtualMachineSizeListResult]

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

Returns

An iterator like instance of either VirtualMachineSizeListResult or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

list_by_location

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

list_by_location(location: str, **kwargs: Any) -> Iterable[_models.VirtualMachineListResult]

Parameters

location
str
Required

The location for which virtual machines under the subscription are queried.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

Returns

An iterator like instance of either VirtualMachineListResult or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

retrieve_boot_diagnostics_data

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

retrieve_boot_diagnostics_data(resource_group_name: str, vm_name: str, sas_uri_expiration_time_in_minutes: Optional[int] = None, **kwargs: Any) -> _models.RetrieveBootDiagnosticsDataResult

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

sas_uri_expiration_time_in_minutes
int
default value: None

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.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

Returns

RetrieveBootDiagnosticsDataResult, or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

simulate_eviction

The operation to simulate the eviction of spot virtual machine.

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

Parameters

resource_group_name
str
Required

The name of the resource group.

vm_name
str
Required

The name of the virtual machine.

cls
callable

A custom type or function that will be passed the direct response

Returns

None, or the result of cls(response)

Return type

Exceptions

Attributes

models

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