How can I check when a VM was last turned on? (I want to delete it)

Morten Munch-Andersen 0 Reputation points
2024-04-17T14:12:18.85+00:00

I have a MABS VM that has the status Stopped (deallocated). It has been so for a long time, and I want to delete it.

However, I'd like to make sure.

How can I check when a VM was last turned on?

/Morten

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  1. kobulloc-MSFT 23,491 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
    2024-04-17T14:52:33.9566667+00:00

    Hello, @Morten Munch-Andersen !

    How can I tell when my VM was last turned on?

    From Azure, you can check the Activity Log for the last Start time in the portal (for Azure CLI you can use az monitor activity-log and for Azure PowerShell you can use Get-AzLog ).

    In the Activity Log for your VM resource, look for the last Start Virtual Machine (Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/start/action) operation:

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    From the VM, you can check OS logs as well (such as Systeminfo / System Boot Time ).

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