Virtual Machines - Instance View

Service:

Compute

API Version:

2024-07-01

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

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/{vmName}/instanceView?api-version=2024-07-01

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.
vmName	path	True	string	The name of the virtual machine.
api-version	query	True	string	Client Api Version.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	VirtualMachineInstanceView	OK
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

Get instance view of a virtual machine placed on a dedicated host group through automatic placement.

Get Virtual Machine Instance View.

Get instance view of a virtual machine placed on a dedicated host group through automatic placement.

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM/instanceView?api-version=2024-07-01

Java

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines InstanceView.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceViewAutoPlacedOnDedicatedHostGroup.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Get instance view of a virtual machine placed on a dedicated host group through automatic placement.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void getInstanceViewOfAVirtualMachinePlacedOnADedicatedHostGroupThroughAutomaticPlacement(
        com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachines()
            .instanceViewWithResponse("myResourceGroup", "myVM", com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python virtual_machine_get_instance_view_auto_placed_on_dedicated_host_group.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    response = client.virtual_machines.instance_view(
        resource_group_name="myResourceGroup",
        vm_name="myVM",
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceViewAutoPlacedOnDedicatedHostGroup.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"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/c7b98b36e4023331545051284d8500adf98f02fe/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceViewAutoPlacedOnDedicatedHostGroup.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_InstanceView_getInstanceViewOfAVirtualMachinePlacedOnADedicatedHostGroupThroughAutomaticPlacement() {
	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)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().InstanceView(ctx, "myResourceGroup", "myVM", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.VirtualMachineInstanceView = armcompute.VirtualMachineInstanceView{
	// 	AssignedHost: to.Ptr("/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/hostGroups/myHostGroup/hosts/myHost"),
	// 	ComputerName: to.Ptr("myVM"),
	// 	Disks: []*armcompute.DiskInstanceView{
	// 		{
	// 			Name: to.Ptr("myOsDisk"),
	// 			Statuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 				{
	// 					Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 					DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 					Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 					Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2024-07-01T21:29:47.477Z"); return t}()),
	// 			}},
	// 	}},
	// 	HyperVGeneration: to.Ptr(armcompute.HyperVGenerationTypeV1),
	// 	OSName: to.Ptr("Windows Server 2016 Datacenter"),
	// 	OSVersion: to.Ptr("Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0"),
	// 	Statuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 		{
	// 			Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 			DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 			Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 			Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2024-07-01T21:30:12.805Z"); return t}()),
	// 		},
	// 		{
	// 			Code: to.Ptr("PowerState/running"),
	// 			DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("VM running"),
	// 			Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 	}},
	// 	VMAgent: &armcompute.VirtualMachineAgentInstanceView{
	// 		Statuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 			{
	// 				Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 				DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Ready"),
	// 				Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 				Message: to.Ptr("GuestAgent is running and accepting new configurations."),
	// 				Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2024-07-01T23:11:22.000Z"); return t}()),
	// 		}},
	// 		VMAgentVersion: to.Ptr("2.7.41491.949"),
	// 	},
	// }
}

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JavaScript

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

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Retrieves information about the run-time state of a virtual machine.
 *
 * @summary Retrieves information about the run-time state of a virtual machine.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceViewAutoPlacedOnDedicatedHostGroup.json
 */
async function getInstanceViewOfAVirtualMachinePlacedOnADedicatedHostGroupThroughAutomaticPlacement() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "myResourceGroup";
  const vmName = "myVM";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.instanceView(resourceGroupName, vmName);
  console.log(result);
}

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dotnet

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

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceViewAutoPlacedOnDedicatedHostGroup.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachines_InstanceView" 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 VirtualMachineResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup";
string vmName = "myVM";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineResourceId = VirtualMachineResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, vmName);
VirtualMachineResource virtualMachine = client.GetVirtualMachineResource(virtualMachineResourceId);

// invoke the operation
VirtualMachineInstanceView result = await virtualMachine.InstanceViewAsync();

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

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Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "computerName": "myVM",
  "osName": "Windows Server 2016 Datacenter",
  "osVersion": "Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0",
  "vmAgent": {
    "vmAgentVersion": "2.7.41491.949",
    "statuses": [
      {
        "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
        "level": "Info",
        "displayStatus": "Ready",
        "message": "GuestAgent is running and accepting new configurations.",
        "time": "2024-07-01T23:11:22+00:00"
      }
    ]
  },
  "disks": [
    {
      "name": "myOsDisk",
      "statuses": [
        {
          "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
          "level": "Info",
          "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
          "time": "2024-07-01T21:29:47.477089+00:00"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyperVGeneration": "V1",
  "assignedHost": "/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/hostGroups/myHostGroup/hosts/myHost",
  "statuses": [
    {
      "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
      "level": "Info",
      "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
      "time": "2024-07-01T21:30:12.8051917+00:00"
    },
    {
      "code": "PowerState/running",
      "level": "Info",
      "displayStatus": "VM running"
    }
  ]
}

Get Virtual Machine Instance View.

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/myResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/myVM/instanceView?api-version=2024-07-01

Java

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines InstanceView.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceView.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Get Virtual Machine Instance View.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void getVirtualMachineInstanceView(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachines()
            .instanceViewWithResponse("myResourceGroup", "myVM", com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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Python

from azure.identity import DefaultAzureCredential

from azure.mgmt.compute import ComputeManagementClient

"""
# PREREQUISITES
    pip install azure-identity
    pip install azure-mgmt-compute
# USAGE
    python virtual_machine_get_instance_view.py

    Before run the sample, please set the values of the client ID, tenant ID and client secret
    of the AAD application as environment variables: AZURE_CLIENT_ID, AZURE_TENANT_ID,
    AZURE_CLIENT_SECRET. For more info about how to get the value, please see:
    https://docs.microsoft.com/azure/active-directory/develop/howto-create-service-principal-portal
"""


def main():
    client = ComputeManagementClient(
        credential=DefaultAzureCredential(),
        subscription_id="{subscription-id}",
    )

    response = client.virtual_machines.instance_view(
        resource_group_name="myResourceGroup",
        vm_name="myVM",
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceView.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

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Go

package armcompute_test

import (
	"context"
	"log"

	"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/c7b98b36e4023331545051284d8500adf98f02fe/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceView.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_InstanceView_getVirtualMachineInstanceView() {
	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)
	}
	res, err := clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().InstanceView(ctx, "myResourceGroup", "myVM", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
	// You could use response here. We use blank identifier for just demo purposes.
	_ = res
	// If the HTTP response code is 200 as defined in example definition, your response structure would look as follows. Please pay attention that all the values in the output are fake values for just demo purposes.
	// res.VirtualMachineInstanceView = armcompute.VirtualMachineInstanceView{
	// 	BootDiagnostics: &armcompute.BootDiagnosticsInstanceView{
	// 		ConsoleScreenshotBlobURI: to.Ptr("https://{myStorageAccount}.blob.core.windows.net/bootdiagnostics-myOsDisk/myOsDisk.screenshot.bmp"),
	// 		SerialConsoleLogBlobURI: to.Ptr("https://{myStorageAccount}.blob.core.windows.net/bootdiagnostics-myOsDisk/myOsDisk.serialconsole.log"),
	// 	},
	// 	ComputerName: to.Ptr("myVM"),
	// 	Disks: []*armcompute.DiskInstanceView{
	// 		{
	// 			Name: to.Ptr("myOsDisk"),
	// 			Statuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 				{
	// 					Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 					DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 					Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 					Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2019-10-14T21:29:47.477Z"); return t}()),
	// 			}},
	// 		},
	// 		{
	// 			Name: to.Ptr("myDataDisk0"),
	// 			Statuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 				{
	// 					Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 					DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 					Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 					Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2019-10-14T21:29:47.461Z"); return t}()),
	// 			}},
	// 	}},
	// 	HyperVGeneration: to.Ptr(armcompute.HyperVGenerationTypeV1),
	// 	IsVMInStandbyPool: to.Ptr(false),
	// 	OSName: to.Ptr("Windows Server 2016 Datacenter"),
	// 	OSVersion: to.Ptr("Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0"),
	// 	PatchStatus: &armcompute.VirtualMachinePatchStatus{
	// 		AvailablePatchSummary: &armcompute.AvailablePatchSummary{
	// 			AssessmentActivityID: to.Ptr("68f8b292-dfc2-4646-9781-33cc88631968"),
	// 			CriticalAndSecurityPatchCount: to.Ptr[int32](1),
	// 			LastModifiedTime: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-04-24T21:02:04.255Z"); return t}()),
	// 			OtherPatchCount: to.Ptr[int32](2),
	// 			RebootPending: to.Ptr(true),
	// 			StartTime: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-04-24T21:02:04.255Z"); return t}()),
	// 			Status: to.Ptr(armcompute.PatchOperationStatusSucceeded),
	// 		},
	// 		ConfigurationStatuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 			{
	// 				Code: to.Ptr("PatchModeConfigurationState/Ready"),
	// 				DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Status_PatchModeConfigurationState_Ready"),
	// 				Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 				Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-04-24T21:02:04.255Z"); return t}()),
	// 			},
	// 			{
	// 				Code: to.Ptr("AssessmentModeConfigurationState/Pending"),
	// 				DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Status_AssessmentModeConfigurationState_Pending"),
	// 				Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 				Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-04-24T21:02:04.255Z"); return t}()),
	// 		}},
	// 		LastPatchInstallationSummary: &armcompute.LastPatchInstallationSummary{
	// 			ExcludedPatchCount: to.Ptr[int32](1),
	// 			FailedPatchCount: to.Ptr[int32](1),
	// 			InstallationActivityID: to.Ptr("68f8b292-dfc2-4646-9981-33cc88631968"),
	// 			InstalledPatchCount: to.Ptr[int32](1),
	// 			LastModifiedTime: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-04-24T21:02:04.255Z"); return t}()),
	// 			MaintenanceWindowExceeded: to.Ptr(false),
	// 			NotSelectedPatchCount: to.Ptr[int32](1),
	// 			PendingPatchCount: to.Ptr[int32](1),
	// 			StartTime: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2020-04-24T21:02:04.255Z"); return t}()),
	// 			Status: to.Ptr(armcompute.PatchOperationStatusSucceeded),
	// 		},
	// 	},
	// 	PlatformFaultDomain: to.Ptr[int32](1),
	// 	PlatformUpdateDomain: to.Ptr[int32](1),
	// 	Statuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 		{
	// 			Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 			DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 			Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 			Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2019-10-14T21:30:12.805Z"); return t}()),
	// 		},
	// 		{
	// 			Code: to.Ptr("PowerState/running"),
	// 			DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("VM running"),
	// 			Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 	}},
	// 	VMAgent: &armcompute.VirtualMachineAgentInstanceView{
	// 		ExtensionHandlers: []*armcompute.VirtualMachineExtensionHandlerInstanceView{
	// 			{
	// 				Type: to.Ptr("Microsoft.Azure.Security.IaaSAntimalware"),
	// 				Status: &armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 					Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 					DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Ready"),
	// 					Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 				},
	// 				TypeHandlerVersion: to.Ptr("1.5.5.9"),
	// 		}},
	// 		Statuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 			{
	// 				Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 				DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Ready"),
	// 				Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 				Message: to.Ptr("GuestAgent is running and accepting new configurations."),
	// 				Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2019-10-14T23:11:22.000Z"); return t}()),
	// 		}},
	// 		VMAgentVersion: to.Ptr("2.7.41491.949"),
	// 	},
	// 	Extensions: []*armcompute.VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView{
	// 		{
	// 			Name: to.Ptr("IaaSAntiMalware-ext0"),
	// 			Type: to.Ptr("Microsoft.Azure.Security.IaaSAntimalware"),
	// 			Statuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 				{
	// 					Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 					DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 					Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 					Message: to.Ptr("Microsoft Antimalware enabled"),
	// 			}},
	// 			TypeHandlerVersion: to.Ptr("1.5.5.9"),
	// 	}},
	// }
}

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JavaScript

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

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Retrieves information about the run-time state of a virtual machine.
 *
 * @summary Retrieves information about the run-time state of a virtual machine.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceView.json
 */
async function getVirtualMachineInstanceView() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "myResourceGroup";
  const vmName = "myVM";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.instanceView(resourceGroupName, vmName);
  console.log(result);
}

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dotnet

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

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2024-07-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_Get_InstanceView.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachines_InstanceView" 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 VirtualMachineResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "myResourceGroup";
string vmName = "myVM";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineResourceId = VirtualMachineResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, vmName);
VirtualMachineResource virtualMachine = client.GetVirtualMachineResource(virtualMachineResourceId);

// invoke the operation
VirtualMachineInstanceView result = await virtualMachine.InstanceViewAsync();

Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded: {result}");

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Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "platformUpdateDomain": 1,
  "platformFaultDomain": 1,
  "computerName": "myVM",
  "osName": "Windows Server 2016 Datacenter",
  "osVersion": "Microsoft Windows NT 10.0.14393.0",
  "vmAgent": {
    "vmAgentVersion": "2.7.41491.949",
    "statuses": [
      {
        "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
        "level": "Info",
        "displayStatus": "Ready",
        "message": "GuestAgent is running and accepting new configurations.",
        "time": "2019-10-14T23:11:22+00:00"
      }
    ],
    "extensionHandlers": [
      {
        "type": "Microsoft.Azure.Security.IaaSAntimalware",
        "typeHandlerVersion": "1.5.5.9",
        "status": {
          "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
          "level": "Info",
          "displayStatus": "Ready"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "disks": [
    {
      "name": "myOsDisk",
      "statuses": [
        {
          "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
          "level": "Info",
          "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
          "time": "2019-10-14T21:29:47.477089+00:00"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "myDataDisk0",
      "statuses": [
        {
          "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
          "level": "Info",
          "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
          "time": "2019-10-14T21:29:47.461517+00:00"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "bootDiagnostics": {
    "consoleScreenshotBlobUri": "https://{myStorageAccount}.blob.core.windows.net/bootdiagnostics-myOsDisk/myOsDisk.screenshot.bmp",
    "serialConsoleLogBlobUri": "https://{myStorageAccount}.blob.core.windows.net/bootdiagnostics-myOsDisk/myOsDisk.serialconsole.log"
  },
  "extensions": [
    {
      "name": "IaaSAntiMalware-ext0",
      "type": "Microsoft.Azure.Security.IaaSAntimalware",
      "typeHandlerVersion": "1.5.5.9",
      "statuses": [
        {
          "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
          "level": "Info",
          "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
          "message": "Microsoft Antimalware enabled"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "hyperVGeneration": "V1",
  "patchStatus": {
    "availablePatchSummary": {
      "status": "Succeeded",
      "assessmentActivityId": "68f8b292-dfc2-4646-9781-33cc88631968",
      "rebootPending": true,
      "criticalAndSecurityPatchCount": 1,
      "otherPatchCount": 2,
      "startTime": "2020-04-24T21:02:04.2556154Z",
      "lastModifiedTime": "2020-04-24T21:02:04.2556154Z",
      "error": null
    },
    "lastPatchInstallationSummary": {
      "status": "Succeeded",
      "installationActivityId": "68f8b292-dfc2-4646-9981-33cc88631968",
      "maintenanceWindowExceeded": false,
      "notSelectedPatchCount": 1,
      "excludedPatchCount": 1,
      "pendingPatchCount": 1,
      "installedPatchCount": 1,
      "failedPatchCount": 1,
      "startTime": "2020-04-24T21:02:04.2556154Z",
      "lastModifiedTime": "2020-04-24T21:02:04.2556154Z",
      "error": null
    },
    "configurationStatuses": [
      {
        "code": "PatchModeConfigurationState/Ready",
        "level": "Info",
        "displayStatus": "Status_PatchModeConfigurationState_Ready",
        "time": "2020-04-24T21:02:04.2556154Z"
      },
      {
        "code": "AssessmentModeConfigurationState/Pending",
        "level": "Info",
        "displayStatus": "Status_AssessmentModeConfigurationState_Pending",
        "time": "2020-04-24T21:02:04.2556154Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "isVMInStandbyPool": false,
  "statuses": [
    {
      "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
      "level": "Info",
      "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
      "time": "2019-10-14T21:30:12.8051917+00:00"
    },
    {
      "code": "PowerState/running",
      "level": "Info",
      "displayStatus": "VM running"
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
ApiError	Api error.
ApiErrorBase	Api error base.
AvailablePatchSummary	The available patch summary of the latest assessment operation for the virtual machine.
BootDiagnosticsInstanceView	Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.
CloudError	An error response from the Compute service.
DiskEncryptionSettings	Specifies the encryption settings for the OS Disk. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15
DiskInstanceView	The virtual machine disk information.
HyperVGenerationType	Specifies the HyperVGeneration Type associated with a resource
InnerError	Inner error details.
InstanceViewStatus	Instance view status.
KeyVaultKeyReference	Specifies the location of the key encryption key in Key Vault.
KeyVaultSecretReference	Specifies the location of the disk encryption key, which is a Key Vault Secret.
LastPatchInstallationSummary	The installation summary of the latest installation operation for the virtual machine.
MaintenanceOperationResultCodeTypes	The Last Maintenance Operation Result Code.
MaintenanceRedeployStatus	The Maintenance Operation status on the virtual machine.
PatchOperationStatus	The overall success or failure status of the operation. It remains "InProgress" until the operation completes. At that point it will become "Unknown", "Failed", "Succeeded", or "CompletedWithWarnings."
StatusLevelTypes	The level code.
SubResource	The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret.
VirtualMachineAgentInstanceView	The VM Agent running on the virtual machine.
VirtualMachineExtensionHandlerInstanceView	The virtual machine extension handler instance view.
VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView	The extensions information.
VirtualMachineHealthStatus	The health status for the VM.
VirtualMachineInstanceView	The instance view of a virtual machine.
VirtualMachinePatchStatus	[Preview Feature] The status of virtual machine patch operations.

ApiError

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

Api error base.

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

AvailablePatchSummary

The available patch summary of the latest assessment operation for the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
assessmentActivityId	string	The activity ID of the operation that produced this result. It is used to correlate across CRP and extension logs.
criticalAndSecurityPatchCount	integer	The number of critical or security patches that have been detected as available and not yet installed.
error	ApiError	The errors that were encountered during execution of the operation. The details array contains the list of them.
lastModifiedTime	string	The UTC timestamp when the operation began.
otherPatchCount	integer	The number of all available patches excluding critical and security.
rebootPending	boolean	The overall reboot status of the VM. It will be true when partially installed patches require a reboot to complete installation but the reboot has not yet occurred.
startTime	string	The UTC timestamp when the operation began.
status	PatchOperationStatus	The overall success or failure status of the operation. It remains "InProgress" until the operation completes. At that point it will become "Unknown", "Failed", "Succeeded", or "CompletedWithWarnings."

BootDiagnosticsInstanceView

Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.

Name	Type	Description
consoleScreenshotBlobUri	string	The console screenshot blob URI. Note: This will not be set if boot diagnostics is currently enabled with managed storage.
serialConsoleLogBlobUri	string	The serial console log blob Uri. Note: This will not be set if boot diagnostics is currently enabled with managed storage.
status	InstanceViewStatus	The boot diagnostics status information for the VM. Note: It will be set only if there are errors encountered in enabling boot diagnostics.

CloudError

An error response from the Compute service.

Name	Type	Description
error	ApiError	Api error.

DiskEncryptionSettings

Specifies the encryption settings for the OS Disk.

Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15

Name	Type	Description
diskEncryptionKey	KeyVaultSecretReference	Specifies the location of the disk encryption key, which is a Key Vault Secret.
enabled	boolean	Specifies whether disk encryption should be enabled on the virtual machine.
keyEncryptionKey	KeyVaultKeyReference	Specifies the location of the key encryption key in Key Vault.

DiskInstanceView

The virtual machine disk information.

Name	Type	Description
encryptionSettings	DiskEncryptionSettings[]	Specifies the encryption settings for the OS Disk. Minimum api-version: 2015-06-15
name	string	The disk name.
statuses	InstanceViewStatus[]	The resource status information.

HyperVGenerationType

Specifies the HyperVGeneration Type associated with a resource

Name	Type	Description
V1	string
V2	string

InnerError

Inner error details.

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

InstanceViewStatus

Instance view status.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The status code.
displayStatus	string	The short localizable label for the status.
level	StatusLevelTypes	The level code.
message	string	The detailed status message, including for alerts and error messages.
time	string	The time of the status.

KeyVaultKeyReference

Specifies the location of the key encryption key in Key Vault.

Name	Type	Description
keyUrl	string	The URL referencing a key encryption key in Key Vault.
sourceVault	SubResource	The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the key.

KeyVaultSecretReference

Specifies the location of the disk encryption key, which is a Key Vault Secret.

Name	Type	Description
secretUrl	string	The URL referencing a secret in a Key Vault.
sourceVault	SubResource	The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret.

LastPatchInstallationSummary

The installation summary of the latest installation operation for the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
error	ApiError	The errors that were encountered during execution of the operation. The details array contains the list of them.
excludedPatchCount	integer	The number of all available patches but excluded explicitly by a customer-specified exclusion list match.
failedPatchCount	integer	The count of patches that failed installation.
installationActivityId	string	The activity ID of the operation that produced this result. It is used to correlate across CRP and extension logs.
installedPatchCount	integer	The count of patches that successfully installed.
lastModifiedTime	string	The UTC timestamp when the operation began.
maintenanceWindowExceeded	boolean	Describes whether the operation ran out of time before it completed all its intended actions
notSelectedPatchCount	integer	The number of all available patches but not going to be installed because it didn't match a classification or inclusion list entry.
pendingPatchCount	integer	The number of all available patches expected to be installed over the course of the patch installation operation.
startTime	string	The UTC timestamp when the operation began.
status	PatchOperationStatus	The overall success or failure status of the operation. It remains "InProgress" until the operation completes. At that point it will become "Unknown", "Failed", "Succeeded", or "CompletedWithWarnings."

MaintenanceOperationResultCodeTypes

The Last Maintenance Operation Result Code.

Name	Type	Description
MaintenanceAborted	string
MaintenanceCompleted	string
None	string
RetryLater	string

MaintenanceRedeployStatus

The Maintenance Operation status on the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
isCustomerInitiatedMaintenanceAllowed	boolean	True, if customer is allowed to perform Maintenance.
lastOperationMessage	string	Message returned for the last Maintenance Operation.
lastOperationResultCode	MaintenanceOperationResultCodeTypes	The Last Maintenance Operation Result Code.
maintenanceWindowEndTime	string	End Time for the Maintenance Window.
maintenanceWindowStartTime	string	Start Time for the Maintenance Window.
preMaintenanceWindowEndTime	string	End Time for the Pre Maintenance Window.
preMaintenanceWindowStartTime	string	Start Time for the Pre Maintenance Window.

PatchOperationStatus

The overall success or failure status of the operation. It remains "InProgress" until the operation completes. At that point it will become "Unknown", "Failed", "Succeeded", or "CompletedWithWarnings."

Name	Type	Description
CompletedWithWarnings	string
Failed	string
InProgress	string
Succeeded	string
Unknown	string

StatusLevelTypes

The level code.

Name	Type	Description
Error	string
Info	string
Warning	string

SubResource

The relative URL of the Key Vault containing the secret.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Resource Id

VirtualMachineAgentInstanceView

The VM Agent running on the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
extensionHandlers	VirtualMachineExtensionHandlerInstanceView[]	The virtual machine extension handler instance view.
statuses	InstanceViewStatus[]	The resource status information.
vmAgentVersion	string	The VM Agent full version.

VirtualMachineExtensionHandlerInstanceView

The virtual machine extension handler instance view.

Name	Type	Description
status	InstanceViewStatus	The extension handler status.
type	string	Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".
typeHandlerVersion	string	Specifies the version of the script handler.

VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView

The extensions information.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The virtual machine extension name.
statuses	InstanceViewStatus[]	The resource status information.
substatuses	InstanceViewStatus[]	The resource status information.
type	string	Specifies the type of the extension; an example is "CustomScriptExtension".
typeHandlerVersion	string	Specifies the version of the script handler.

VirtualMachineHealthStatus

The health status for the VM.

Name	Type	Description
status	InstanceViewStatus	The health status information for the VM.

VirtualMachineInstanceView

The instance view of a virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
assignedHost	string	Resource id of the dedicated host, on which the virtual machine is allocated through automatic placement, when the virtual machine is associated with a dedicated host group that has automatic placement enabled. Minimum api-version: 2020-06-01.
bootDiagnostics	BootDiagnosticsInstanceView	Boot Diagnostics is a debugging feature which allows you to view Console Output and Screenshot to diagnose VM status. You can easily view the output of your console log. Azure also enables you to see a screenshot of the VM from the hypervisor.
computerName	string	The computer name assigned to the virtual machine.
disks	DiskInstanceView[]	The virtual machine disk information.
extensions	VirtualMachineExtensionInstanceView[]	The extensions information.
hyperVGeneration	HyperVGenerationType	Specifies the HyperVGeneration Type associated with a resource
isVMInStandbyPool	boolean	[Preview Feature] Specifies whether the VM is currently in or out of the Standby Pool.
maintenanceRedeployStatus	MaintenanceRedeployStatus	The Maintenance Operation status on the virtual machine.
osName	string	The Operating System running on the virtual machine.
osVersion	string	The version of Operating System running on the virtual machine.
patchStatus	VirtualMachinePatchStatus	[Preview Feature] The status of virtual machine patch operations.
platformFaultDomain	integer	Specifies the fault domain of the virtual machine.
platformUpdateDomain	integer	Specifies the update domain of the virtual machine.
rdpThumbPrint	string	The Remote desktop certificate thumbprint.
statuses	InstanceViewStatus[]	The resource status information.
vmAgent	VirtualMachineAgentInstanceView	The VM Agent running on the virtual machine.
vmHealth	VirtualMachineHealthStatus	The health status for the VM.

VirtualMachinePatchStatus

[Preview Feature] The status of virtual machine patch operations.

Name	Type	Description
availablePatchSummary	AvailablePatchSummary	The available patch summary of the latest assessment operation for the virtual machine.
configurationStatuses	InstanceViewStatus[]	The enablement status of the specified patchMode
lastPatchInstallationSummary	LastPatchInstallationSummary	The installation summary of the latest installation operation for the virtual machine.