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Disks: Create or update

Creates or updates a disk.

For more information, see the official documentation for Disks: Create or update.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
diskName	string	The name of the managed disk that is being created.	Required

Outputs

The action may return partial results if the timeout limit for workflow actions has been reached. Returns fields as described in Disk.

Snapshots: Create or update

Creates or updates a snapshot.

For more information, see the official documentation for Snapshots: Create or update.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
snapshotName	string	The name of the snapshot that is being created.	Required

Outputs

The action may return partial results if the timeout limit for workflow actions has been reached. Returns fields as described in Snapshot.

Virtual Machine Scale Set VMs: List

Gets a list of all virtual machines (VM) in a VM scale set.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machine Scale Set VMs: List.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
virtualMachineScaleSetName	string	The name of the VM scale set.	Required

Outputs

Returns an array of VirtualMachineScaleSetVM objects.

Virtual Machine Scale Sets: Create or update

Create or update a VM scale set.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machine Scale Sets: Create or update.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmScaleSetName	string	The name of the VM scale set to create or update.	Required
parameters	VirtualMachineScaleSet	The scale set object.	Required

Outputs

The action may return partial results if the timeout limit for workflow actions has been reached. Returns fields as described in VirtualMachineScaleSet.

Virtual Machine Scale Sets: Deallocate

Deallocates specific virtual machines in a VM scale set.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machine Scale Sets: Deallocate.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmScaleSetName	string	The name of the VM scale set.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machine Scale Sets: Restart

Restarts one or more virtual machines in a VM scale set.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machine Scale Sets: Restart.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmScaleSetName	string	The name of the VM scale set.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machine Scale Sets: Get

Display information about a virtual machine scale set.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machine Scale Sets: Get.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmScaleSetName	string	The name of the VM scale set.	Required

Outputs

Returns fields as described in VirtualMachineScaleSet.

Virtual Machine Scale Sets: List skus

Gets a list of SKUs available for your VM scale set, including the minimum and maximum VM instances allowed for each SKU.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machine Scale Sets: List skus.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmScaleSetName	string	The name of the VM scale set.	Required

Outputs

Returns an array of VirtualMachineScaleSetSku objects.

Virtual Machine Scale Sets: List

Gets a list of all VM scale sets under a resource group.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machine Scale Sets: List.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required

Outputs

Returns an array of VirtualMachineScaleSet objects.

Virtual Machines: Create or update

The operation to create or update a virtual machine.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Create or update.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action may return partial results if the timeout limit for workflow actions has been reached. Returns fields as described in VirtualMachine.

Virtual Machines: Deallocate

Shuts down the virtual machine and releases the compute resources.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Deallocate.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machines: Delete

The operation to delete a virtual machine.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Delete.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machines: Install patches

Installs patches on the VM.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Install patches.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required
installPatchesInput	VirtualMachineInstallPatchesParameters	Input for InstallPatches as directly received by the API.	Required

Outputs

The action may return partial results if the timeout limit for workflow actions has been reached. Returns fields as described in VirtualMachineInstallPatchesResult.

Virtual Machines: Perform maintenance

The operation to perform maintenance on a virtual machine.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Perform maintenance.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machines: Power off

The operation to power off (stop) a virtual machine.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Power off.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machines: Redeploy

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

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Redeploy.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machines: Restart

The operation to restart a virtual machine.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Restart.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machines: Run command

Run the command on the VM.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Run command.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action may return partial results if the timeout limit for workflow actions has been reached. Returns fields as described in RunCommandResult.

Virtual Machines: Start

The operation to start a virtual machine.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Start.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machines: Generalize

Sets the OS state of the virtual machine to generalized.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Generalize.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

The action does not have an output.

Virtual Machines: Get

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

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Get.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

Returns fields as described in VirtualMachine.

Virtual Machines: Instance view

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

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: Instance view.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required
vmName	string	The name of the virtual machine.	Required

Outputs

Returns fields as described in VirtualMachineInstanceView.

Virtual Machines: List all

Lists all of the virtual machines in the specified subscription.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: List all.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required

Outputs

Returns an array of VirtualMachine objects.

Virtual Machines: List

Lists all of the virtual machines in the specified resource group.

For more information, see the official documentation for Virtual Machines: List.

Inputs

Field	Type	Description	Required
subscriptionId	string	The ID of the target subscription.	Required
resourceGroupName	string	The name of the resource group.	Required

Outputs

Returns an array of VirtualMachine objects.