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Update or delete a standby pool

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This article covers updating, managing and deleting a standby pool resource.

Prerequisites

To allow standby pools to create and manage virtual machines in your subscription, assign the appropriate permissions to the standby pool resource provider.

  1. In the Azure portal, navigate to your subscriptions.
  2. Select the subscription you want to adjust permissions.
  3. Select Access Control (IAM).
  4. Select Add and Add role assignment.
  5. Under the Role tab, search for Virtual Machine Contributor and select it.
  6. Move to the Members Tab.
  7. Select + Select members.
  8. Search for Standby Pool Resource Provider and select it.
  9. Move to the Review + assign tab.
  10. Apply the changes.
  11. Repeat the above steps and assign the Network Contributor role and the Managed Identity Operator role to the Standby Pool Resource Provider. If you're using images stored in Compute Gallery assign the Compute Gallery Sharing Admin and Compute Gallery Artifacts Publisher roles as well.

For more information on assigning roles, see assign Azure roles using the Azure portal.

Update a standby pool

You can update the state of the instances and the max ready capacity of your standby pool at any time. The standby pool name can only be set during standby pool creation.

  1. Navigate to Virtual Machine Scale set the standby pool is associated with.
  2. Under Availability + scale select Standby pool.
  3. Select Manage pool.
  4. Update the configuration and save any changes.

A screenshot of the Networking tab in the Azure portal during the Virtual Machine Scale Set creation process.

Delete a standby pool

  1. Navigate to Virtual Machine Scale set the standby pool is associated with.
  2. Under Availability + scale select Standby pool.
  3. Select Delete pool.
  4. Select Delete.

A screenshot showing how to delete a standby pool in the portal.

Next steps

Review the most frequently asked questions about standby pools for Virtual Machine Scale Sets.