Virtual Machine Scale Sets - Delete Instances

Service:

Compute

API Version:

2024-03-01

Deletes virtual machines in a VM scale set.

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/delete?api-version=2024-03-01

With optional parameters:

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/delete?forceDeletion={forceDeletion}&api-version=2024-03-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceGroupName	path	True	string	The name of the resource group.
subscriptionId	path	True	string	Subscription credentials which uniquely identify Microsoft Azure subscription. The subscription ID forms part of the URI for every service call.
vmScaleSetName	path	True	string	The name of the VM scale set.
api-version	query	True	string	Client Api Version.
forceDeletion	query		boolean	Optional parameter to force delete virtual machines from the VM scale set. (Feature in Preview)

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
instanceIds	True	string[]	The virtual machine scale set instance ids.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK		OK
202 Accepted		Accepted
Other Status Codes	CloudError	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Security

azure_auth

Azure Active Directory OAuth2 Flow

Type: oauth2
Flow: implicit
Authorization URL: https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/authorize

Scopes

Name	Description
user_impersonation	impersonate your user account

Examples

VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MaximumSet_Gen

VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MinimumSet_Gen

VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MaximumSet_Gen

Sample request

HTTP

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/delete?forceDeletion=True&api-version=2024-03-01

{
  "instanceIds": [
    "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
  ]
}

Java

Java

import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs;
import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachineScaleSets DeleteInstances.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MaximumSet_Gen.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MaximumSet_Gen.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void
        virtualMachineScaleSetDeleteInstancesMaximumSetGen(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachineScaleSets().deleteInstances("rgcompute",
            "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", new VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs()
                .withInstanceIds(Arrays.asList("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")),
            true, com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Go

Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v6"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/81a4ee5a83ae38620c0e1404793caffe005d26e4/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MaximumSet_Gen.json
func ExampleVirtualMachineScaleSetsClient_BeginDeleteInstances_virtualMachineScaleSetDeleteInstancesMaximumSetGen() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachineScaleSetsClient().BeginDeleteInstances(ctx, "rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", armcompute.VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs{
		InstanceIDs: []*string{
			to.Ptr("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")},
	}, &armcompute.VirtualMachineScaleSetsClientBeginDeleteInstancesOptions{ForceDeletion: to.Ptr(true)})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	_, err = poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

JavaScript

JavaScript

const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Deletes virtual machines in a VM scale set.
 *
 * @summary Deletes virtual machines in a VM scale set.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MaximumSet_Gen.json
 */
async function virtualMachineScaleSetDeleteInstancesMaximumSetGen() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "rgcompute";
  const vmScaleSetName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
  const forceDeletion = true;
  const vmInstanceIDs = {
    instanceIds: ["aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"],
  };
  const options = {
    forceDeletion,
  };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachineScaleSets.beginDeleteInstancesAndWait(
    resourceGroupName,
    vmScaleSetName,
    vmInstanceIDs,
    options,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

dotnet

C#

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MaximumSet_Gen.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachineScaleSets_DeleteInstances" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this VirtualMachineScaleSetResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineScaleSetResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineScaleSetResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
string virtualMachineScaleSetName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId = VirtualMachineScaleSetResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, virtualMachineScaleSetName);
VirtualMachineScaleSetResource virtualMachineScaleSet = client.GetVirtualMachineScaleSetResource(virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId);

// invoke the operation
VirtualMachineScaleSetVmInstanceRequiredIds vmInstanceIds = new VirtualMachineScaleSetVmInstanceRequiredIds(new string[]
{
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
});
bool? forceDeletion = true;
await virtualMachineScaleSet.DeleteInstancesAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, vmInstanceIds, forceDeletion: forceDeletion);

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded");

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:

200

Status code:

202

HTTP

location: https://foo.com/operationstatus

VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MinimumSet_Gen

Sample request

HTTP

HTTP

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/delete?api-version=2024-03-01

{
  "instanceIds": [
    "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
  ]
}

Java

Java

import com.azure.resourcemanager.compute.models.VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs;
import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachineScaleSets DeleteInstances.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MinimumSet_Gen.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MinimumSet_Gen.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void
        virtualMachineScaleSetDeleteInstancesMinimumSetGen(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachineScaleSets().deleteInstances("rgcompute",
            "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", new VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs()
                .withInstanceIds(Arrays.asList("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")),
            null, com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Go

Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore/to"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azidentity"
	"github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/resourcemanager/compute/armcompute/v6"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/81a4ee5a83ae38620c0e1404793caffe005d26e4/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MinimumSet_Gen.json
func ExampleVirtualMachineScaleSetsClient_BeginDeleteInstances_virtualMachineScaleSetDeleteInstancesMinimumSetGen() {
	cred, err := azidentity.NewDefaultAzureCredential(nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to obtain a credential: %v", err)
	}
	ctx := context.Background()
	clientFactory, err := armcompute.NewClientFactory("<subscription-id>", cred, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to create client: %v", err)
	}
	poller, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachineScaleSetsClient().BeginDeleteInstances(ctx, "rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", armcompute.VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs{
		InstanceIDs: []*string{
			to.Ptr("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")},
	}, &armcompute.VirtualMachineScaleSetsClientBeginDeleteInstancesOptions{ForceDeletion: nil})
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	_, err = poller.PollUntilDone(ctx, nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to pull the result: %v", err)
	}
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

JavaScript

JavaScript

const { ComputeManagementClient } = require("@azure/arm-compute");
const { DefaultAzureCredential } = require("@azure/identity");

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Deletes virtual machines in a VM scale set.
 *
 * @summary Deletes virtual machines in a VM scale set.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MinimumSet_Gen.json
 */
async function virtualMachineScaleSetDeleteInstancesMinimumSetGen() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "rgcompute";
  const vmScaleSetName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
  const vmInstanceIDs = {
    instanceIds: ["aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"],
  };
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachineScaleSets.beginDeleteInstancesAndWait(
    resourceGroupName,
    vmScaleSetName,
    vmInstanceIDs,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

dotnet

C#

using Azure;
using Azure.ResourceManager;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Azure.Core;
using Azure.Identity;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Resources.Models;
using Azure.ResourceManager.Compute;

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-03-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_DeleteInstances_MinimumSet_Gen.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachineScaleSets_DeleteInstances" operation, for the dependent resources, they will have to be created separately.

// get your azure access token, for more details of how Azure SDK get your access token, please refer to https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/azure/sdk/authentication?tabs=command-line
TokenCredential cred = new DefaultAzureCredential();
// authenticate your client
ArmClient client = new ArmClient(cred);

// this example assumes you already have this VirtualMachineScaleSetResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineScaleSetResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineScaleSetResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
string virtualMachineScaleSetName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId = VirtualMachineScaleSetResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, virtualMachineScaleSetName);
VirtualMachineScaleSetResource virtualMachineScaleSet = client.GetVirtualMachineScaleSetResource(virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId);

// invoke the operation
VirtualMachineScaleSetVmInstanceRequiredIds vmInstanceIds = new VirtualMachineScaleSetVmInstanceRequiredIds(new string[]
{
"aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"
});
await virtualMachineScaleSet.DeleteInstancesAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, vmInstanceIds);

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded");

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

Sample response

Status code:

200

Status code:

202

HTTP

location: https://foo.com/operationstatus

Definitions

Name	Description
ApiError	Api error.
ApiErrorBase	Api error base.
CloudError	An error response from the Compute service.
InnerError	Inner error details.
VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs	Specifies a list of virtual machine instance IDs from the VM scale set.

ApiError

Object

Api error.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
details	ApiErrorBase[]	The Api error details
innererror	InnerError	The Api inner error
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

ApiErrorBase

Object

Api error base.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The error code.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The target of the particular error.

CloudError

Object

An error response from the Compute service.

Name	Type	Description
error	ApiError	Api error.

InnerError

Object

Inner error details.

Name	Type	Description
errordetail	string	The internal error message or exception dump.
exceptiontype	string	The exception type.

VirtualMachineScaleSetVMInstanceRequiredIDs

Object

Specifies a list of virtual machine instance IDs from the VM scale set.

Name	Type	Description
instanceIds	string[]	The virtual machine scale set instance ids.