Virtual Machine Instances - Update

Service:: Azure Arc enabled VMware

API Version:: 2023-12-01

Updates a virtual machine.
The operation to update a virtual machine instance.

PATCH https://management.azure.com/{resourceUri}/providers/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/virtualMachineInstances/default?api-version=2023-12-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceUri	path	True	string	The fully qualified Azure Resource manager identifier of the Hybrid Compute machine resource to be extended.
api-version	query	True	string	Client Api Version.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
properties.hardwareProfile	HardwareProfile	Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.
properties.networkProfile	NetworkProfileUpdate	Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.
properties.storageProfile	StorageProfileUpdate	Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	VirtualMachineInstance	Arm resource update successful.
202 Accepted		Accepted Headers Location: string
Other Status Codes	ErrorResponse	Error response describing why the operation failed.

Name

Type

Description

200 OK

VirtualMachineInstance

Arm resource update successful.

202 Accepted

Accepted

Headers

Location: string

Other Status Codes

ErrorResponse

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

UpdateVirtualMachine

PATCH https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/fd3c3665-1729-4b7b-9a38-238e83b0f98b/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines/DemoVM/providers/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/virtualMachineInstances/default?api-version=2023-12-01

{
  "properties": {
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "memorySizeMB": 4196,
      "numCPUs": 4
    }
  }
}

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

// Generated from example definition: specification/connectedvmware/resource-manager/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/stable/2023-12-01/examples/UpdateVirtualMachineInstance.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachineInstances_Update" 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 VMwareVmInstanceResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VMwareVmInstanceResource, please refer to the document of VMwareVmInstanceResource
string resourceUri = "subscriptions/fd3c3665-1729-4b7b-9a38-238e83b0f98b/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines/DemoVM";
ResourceIdentifier vMwareVmInstanceResourceId = VMwareVmInstanceResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(resourceUri);
VMwareVmInstanceResource vMwareVmInstance = client.GetVMwareVmInstanceResource(vMwareVmInstanceResourceId);

// invoke the operation
VMwareVmInstancePatch patch = new VMwareVmInstancePatch
{
    HardwareProfile = new VmInstanceHardwareProfile
    {
        MemorySizeMB = 4196,
        NumCpus = 4,
    },
};
ArmOperation<VMwareVmInstanceResource> lro = await vMwareVmInstance.UpdateAsync(WaitUntil.Completed, patch);
VMwareVmInstanceResource result = lro.Value;

// the variable result is a resource, you could call other operations on this instance as well
// but just for demo, we get its data from this resource instance
VMwareVmInstanceData resourceData = result.Data;
// for demo we just print out the id
Console.WriteLine($"Succeeded on id: {resourceData.Id}");

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

{
  "id": "/subscriptions/fd3c3665-1729-4b7b-9a38-238e83b0f98b/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.HybridCompute/machines/DemoVM/providers/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/virtualMachineInstances/default",
  "name": "default",
  "type": "Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/VirtualMachines",
  "extendedLocation": {
    "type": "customLocation",
    "name": "/subscriptions/a5015e1c-867f-4533-8541-85cd470d0cfb/resourceGroups/demoRG/providers/Microsoft.ExtendedLocation/customLocations/contoso"
  },
  "properties": {
    "infrastructureProfile": {
      "templateId": "/subscriptions/fd3c3665-1729-4b7b-9a38-238e83b0f98b/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/VirtualMachineTemplates/WebFrontEndTemplate",
      "vCenterId": "/subscriptions/fd3c3665-1729-4b7b-9a38-238e83b0f98b/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/VCenters/ContosoVCenter",
      "moRefId": "aaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee"
    },
    "placementProfile": {
      "resourcePoolId": "/subscriptions/fd3c3665-1729-4b7b-9a38-238e83b0f98b/resourceGroups/testrg/providers/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/ResourcePools/HRPool"
    },
    "osProfile": {
      "computerName": "DemoVM",
      "osType": "Windows"
    },
    "hardwareProfile": {
      "memorySizeMB": 4196,
      "numCPUs": 4
    },
    "provisioningState": "Succeeded"
  }
}

Status code:: 202

Azure-AsyncOperation: https://management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.ConnectedVMwarevSphere/locations/WESTEUROPE/operationStatuses/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000?api-version=2023-12-01

Definitions

Name	Description
createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
DiskMode	Defines the different types of disk modes.
DiskType	Defines the different types of disks.
ErrorAdditionalInfo	The resource management error additional info.
ErrorDetail	The error detail.
ErrorResponse	Error response
ExtendedLocation	The extended location.
FirmwareType	Firmware type
HardwareProfile	Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.
InfrastructureProfile	Specifies the vCenter infrastructure specific settings for the virtual machine.
IPAddressAllocationMethod	IP address allocation method.
NetworkInterface	Network Interface model
NetworkInterfaceUpdate	Defines the network interface update.
NetworkProfile	Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.
NetworkProfileUpdate	Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.
NicIPAddressSettings	IP address information for a virtual network adapter reported by the fabric.
NicIPSettings	Defines the network interface ip settings.
NICType	NIC type
OsProfileForVMInstance	Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine.
OsType	Defines the different types of VM guest operating systems.
PlacementProfile	Specifies the compute and storage placement settings for the virtual machine.
PowerOnBootOption	Defines the options for power on boot.
ProvisioningState	Gets the provisioning state.
ResourceStatus	The resource status information.
SCSIControllerType	Defines the different types of SCSI controllers.
SecurityProfile	Specifies the Security profile settings for the virtual machine.
StorageProfile	Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.
StorageProfileUpdate	Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.
systemData	Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.
UefiSettings	Specifies the security settings like secure boot used while creating the virtual machine.
VirtualDisk	Virtual disk model
VirtualDiskUpdate	Defines the virtual disk update.
VirtualMachineInstance	Define the virtualMachineInstance.
VirtualMachineInstanceUpdate	Defines the virtualMachineInstanceUpdate.
VirtualSCSIController	This data object type contains the properties of a SCSI controller device attached to a virtual machine that is reported by the controller.
VirtualSCSISharing	Defines the sharing mode for sharing the SCSI bus.
WindowsConfiguration	Specifies the Windows Configuration settings for the virtual machine.

createdByType

Enumeration

The type of identity that created the resource.

Value	Description
User
Application
ManagedIdentity
Key

DiskMode

Enumeration

Defines the different types of disk modes.

Value	Description
persistent
independent_persistent
independent_nonpersistent

DiskType

Enumeration

Defines the different types of disks.

Value	Description
flat
pmem
rawphysical
rawvirtual
sparse
sesparse
unknown

ErrorAdditionalInfo

Object

The resource management error additional info.

Name	Type	Description
info	object	The additional info.
type	string	The additional info type.

ErrorDetail

Object

The error detail.

Name	Type	Description
additionalInfo	ErrorAdditionalInfo[]	The error additional info.
code	string	The error code.
details	ErrorDetail[]	The error details.
message	string	The error message.
target	string	The error target.

ErrorResponse

Object

Error response

Name	Type	Description
error	ErrorDetail	The error object.

ExtendedLocation

Object

The extended location.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The extended location name.
type	string	The extended location type.

FirmwareType

Enumeration

Firmware type

Value	Description
bios
efi

HardwareProfile

Object

Specifies the hardware settings for the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
cpuHotAddEnabled	boolean	Gets or sets a value indicating whether virtual processors can be added while this virtual machine is running.
cpuHotRemoveEnabled	boolean	Gets or sets a value indicating whether virtual processors can be removed while this virtual machine is running.
memoryHotAddEnabled	boolean	Gets or sets a value indicating whether memory can be added while this virtual machine is running.
memorySizeMB	integer (int32)	Gets or sets memory size in MBs for the vm.
numCPUs	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the number of vCPUs for the vm.
numCoresPerSocket	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the number of cores per socket for the vm. Defaults to 1 if unspecified.

InfrastructureProfile

Object

Specifies the vCenter infrastructure specific settings for the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
customResourceName	string	Gets the name of the corresponding resource in Kubernetes.
firmwareType	FirmwareType	Firmware type
folderPath	string	Gets or sets the folder path of the vm.
instanceUuid	string	Gets or sets the instance uuid of the vm.
inventoryItemId	string	Gets or sets the inventory Item ID for the virtual machine.
moName	string	Gets or sets the vCenter Managed Object name for the virtual machine.
moRefId	string	Gets or sets the vCenter MoRef (Managed Object Reference) ID for the virtual machine.
smbiosUuid	string	Gets or sets the SMBIOS UUID of the vm.
templateId	string	Gets or sets the ARM Id of the template resource to deploy the virtual machine.
vCenterId	string	Gets or sets the ARM Id of the vCenter resource in which this resource pool resides.

IPAddressAllocationMethod

Enumeration

IP address allocation method.

Value	Description
unset
dynamic
static
linklayer
random
other

NetworkInterface

Object

Network Interface model

Name	Type	Description
deviceKey	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the device key value.
ipAddresses	string[]	Gets or sets the nic ip addresses.
ipSettings	NicIPSettings	Gets or sets the ipsettings.
label	string	Gets or sets the label of the virtual network in vCenter that the nic is connected to.
macAddress	string	Gets or sets the NIC MAC address.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the network interface.
networkId	string	Gets or sets the ARM Id of the network resource to connect the virtual machine.
networkMoName	string	Gets or sets the name of the virtual network in vCenter that the nic is connected to.
networkMoRefId	string	Gets or sets the vCenter MoRef (Managed Object Reference) ID of the virtual network that the nic is connected to.
nicType	NICType	NIC type
powerOnBoot	PowerOnBootOption	Gets or sets the power on boot.

NetworkInterfaceUpdate

Object

Defines the network interface update.

Name	Type	Description
deviceKey	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the device key value.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the network interface.
networkId	string	Gets or sets the ARM Id of the network resource to connect the virtual machine.
nicType	NICType	NIC type
powerOnBoot	PowerOnBootOption	Gets or sets the power on boot.

NetworkProfile

Object

Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
networkInterfaces	NetworkInterface[]	Gets or sets the list of network interfaces associated with the virtual machine.

NetworkProfileUpdate

Object

Specifies the network interfaces of the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
networkInterfaces	NetworkInterfaceUpdate[]	Gets or sets the list of network interfaces associated with the virtual machine.

NicIPAddressSettings

Object

IP address information for a virtual network adapter reported by the fabric.

Name	Type	Description
allocationMethod	string	Gets the ip address allocation method.
ipAddress	string	Gets the ip address for the nic.
subnetMask	string	Gets the mask.

NicIPSettings

Object

Defines the network interface ip settings.

Name	Type	Description
allocationMethod	IPAddressAllocationMethod	Gets or sets the nic allocation method.
dnsServers	string[]	Gets or sets the dns servers.
gateway	string[]	Gets or sets the gateway.
ipAddress	string	Gets or sets the ip address for the nic.
ipAddressInfo	NicIPAddressSettings[]	Gets or sets the IP address information being reported for this NIC. This contains the same IPv4 information above plus IPV6 information.
primaryWinsServer	string	Gets or sets the primary server.
secondaryWinsServer	string	Gets or sets the secondary server.
subnetMask	string	Gets or sets the mask.

NICType

Enumeration

NIC type

Value	Description
vmxnet3
vmxnet2
vmxnet
e1000
e1000e
pcnet32

OsProfileForVMInstance

Object

Specifies the operating system settings for the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
adminPassword	string	Sets administrator password.
adminUsername	string	Gets or sets administrator username.
computerName	string	Gets or sets computer name.
guestId	string	Gets or sets the guestId.
osSku	string	Gets or sets os sku.
osType	OsType	Gets or sets the type of the os.
toolsRunningStatus	string	Gets or sets the current running status of VMware Tools running in the guest operating system.
toolsVersion	string	Gets or sets the current version of VMware Tools.
toolsVersionStatus	string	Gets or sets the current version status of VMware Tools installed in the guest operating system.
windowsConfiguration	WindowsConfiguration	Windows Configuration.

OsType

Enumeration

Defines the different types of VM guest operating systems.

Value	Description
Windows
Linux
Other

PlacementProfile

Object

Specifies the compute and storage placement settings for the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
clusterId	string	Gets or sets the ARM Id of the cluster resource on which this virtual machine will deploy.
datastoreId	string	Gets or sets the ARM Id of the datastore resource on which the data for the virtual machine will be kept.
hostId	string	Gets or sets the ARM Id of the host resource on which this virtual machine will deploy.
resourcePoolId	string	Gets or sets the ARM Id of the resourcePool resource on which this virtual machine will deploy.

PowerOnBootOption

Enumeration

Defines the options for power on boot.

Value	Description
enabled
disabled

ProvisioningState

Enumeration

Gets the provisioning state.

Value	Description
Succeeded
Failed
Canceled
Provisioning
Updating
Deleting
Accepted
Created

ResourceStatus

Object

The resource status information.

Name	Type	Description
lastUpdatedAt	string (date-time)	The last update time for this condition.
message	string	A human readable message indicating details about the status.
reason	string	The reason for the condition's status.
severity	string	Severity with which to treat failures of this type of condition.
status	string	Status of the condition.
type	string	The type of the condition.

SCSIControllerType

Enumeration

Defines the different types of SCSI controllers.

Value	Description
lsilogic
buslogic
pvscsi
lsilogicsas

SecurityProfile

Object

Specifies the Security profile settings for the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
uefiSettings	UefiSettings	Specifies the security settings like secure boot used while creating the virtual machine.

StorageProfile

Object

Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.

Name	Type	Description
disks	VirtualDisk[]	Gets or sets the list of virtual disks associated with the virtual machine.
scsiControllers	VirtualSCSIController[]	Gets or sets the list of virtual SCSI controllers associated with the virtual machine.

StorageProfileUpdate

Object

Specifies the storage settings for the virtual machine disks.

Name	Type	Description
disks	VirtualDiskUpdate[]	Gets or sets the list of virtual disks associated with the virtual machine.

systemData

Object

Metadata pertaining to creation and last modification of the resource.

Name	Type	Description
createdAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource creation (UTC).
createdBy	string	The identity that created the resource.
createdByType	createdByType	The type of identity that created the resource.
lastModifiedAt	string (date-time)	The timestamp of resource last modification (UTC)
lastModifiedBy	string	The identity that last modified the resource.
lastModifiedByType	createdByType	The type of identity that last modified the resource.

UefiSettings

Object

Specifies the security settings like secure boot used while creating the virtual machine.

Name	Type	Description
secureBootEnabled	boolean	Specifies whether secure boot should be enabled on the virtual machine.

VirtualDisk

Object

Virtual disk model

Name	Type	Description
controllerKey	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the controller id.
deviceKey	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the device key value.
deviceName	string	Gets or sets the device name.
diskMode	DiskMode	Gets or sets the disk mode.
diskObjectId	string	Gets or sets the disk object id.
diskSizeGB	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the disk total size.
diskType	DiskType	Gets or sets the disk backing type.
label	string	Gets or sets the label of the virtual disk in vCenter.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the virtual disk.
unitNumber	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the unit number of the disk on the controller.

VirtualDiskUpdate

Object

Defines the virtual disk update.

Name	Type	Description
controllerKey	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the controller id.
deviceKey	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the device key value.
deviceName	string	Gets or sets the device name.
diskMode	DiskMode	Gets or sets the disk mode.
diskSizeGB	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the disk total size.
diskType	DiskType	Gets or sets the disk backing type.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the virtual disk.
unitNumber	integer (int32)	Gets or sets the unit number of the disk on the controller.