Virtual machine maintenance in azure

Question

Hi

What is Virtual machine maintenance in azure

How to perform Virtual machine maintenance in azure

Answer 1

Hi Seshu, I want to help you with this question.

A distinction is made between two types of virtual machine maintenance.

• The update does not require a reboot (Azure will pause the host for few seconds) or
• the update requires a reboot.

If an update requires a reboot, you will receive a notification and can trigger the reboot within 35 days (for non-critical updates) via CLI or Powershell.

Command for Powershell:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/maintenance-notifications-powershell#start-maintenance-on-your-vm-using-powershell

Check out also the following docs about vm maintenance:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/maintenance-notifications

Maybe helpful:

To ensure a high availability a virtual machine availability set is recommended. This way not all VMs will be updated at the same time.

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