Restart-AzVmss (Azure Compute PowerShell)

Restart-AzVmss

Restarts all virtual machine scale set (VMSS) instances or a specified range of instances.

Syntax

Restart-AzVmss
   [-ResourceGroupName] <String>
   [-VMScaleSetName] <String>
   [[-InstanceId] <String[]>]
   [-AsJob]
   [-Force]
   [-WhatIf]
   [-Confirm]
   [ <CommonParameters> ]

Parameters

Parameter	Description
`-ResourceGroupName`	The name of the resource group.
`-VMScaleSetName`	The name of the virtual machine scale set.
`-InstanceId`	The instance ID(s) of the virtual machine scale set instances to restart. If not specified, all instances are restarted.
`-AsJob`	Run cmdlet in the background.
`-Force`	Forces the command to run without asking for user confirmation.
`-WhatIf`	Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.
`-Confirm`	Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Examples

Example 1: Restart all VMSS instances

This command restarts all virtual machine scale set instances in the specified resource group and scale set.

Restart-AzVmss -ResourceGroupName "MyResourceGroup" -VMScaleSetName "MyVMScaleSet"

Example 2: Restart specific VMSS instances

This command restarts instances with IDs 0 and 1 for the specified virtual machine scale set.

Restart-AzVmss -ResourceGroupName "MyResourceGroup" -VMScaleSetName "MyVMScaleSet" -InstanceId "0", "1"

Example 3: Restart VMSS instances as a background job

This command restarts all virtual machine scale set instances in the specified resource group and scale set, running the operation in the background.

Restart-AzVmss -ResourceGroupName "MyResourceGroup" -VMScaleSetName "MyVMScaleSet" -AsJob