Virtual Machine Scale Sets - Get Instance View

Service:: Compute

API Version:: 2025-04-01

Gets the status of a VM scale set instance.

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscriptionId}/resourceGroups/{resourceGroupName}/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/{vmScaleSetName}/instanceView?api-version=2025-04-01

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
resourceGroupName	path	True	string minLength: 1 maxLength: 90	The name of the resource group. The name is case insensitive.
subscriptionId	path	True	string minLength: 1	The ID of the target subscription.
vmScaleSetName	path	True	string	The name of the VM scale set.
api-version	query	True	string minLength: 1	The API version to use for this operation.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView	Azure operation completed successfully.
Other Status Codes	CloudError	An unexpected error response.

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

VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MaximumSet_Gen

VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MinimumSet_Gen

VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MaximumSet_Gen

Sample request

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/instanceView?api-version=2025-04-01


/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachineScaleSets GetInstanceView.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MaximumSet_Gen.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MaximumSet_Gen.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void
        virtualMachineScaleSetGetInstanceViewMaximumSetGen(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachineScaleSets()
            .getInstanceViewWithResponse("rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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_scale_set_get_instance_view_maximum_set_gen.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_machine_scale_sets.get_instance_view(
        resource_group_name="rgcompute",
        vm_scale_set_name="aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MaximumSet_Gen.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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/v7"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/7033e85e1f80ef5cd9ca664b538ed193a8fd815b/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MaximumSet_Gen.json
func ExampleVirtualMachineScaleSetsClient_GetInstanceView_virtualMachineScaleSetGetInstanceViewMaximumSetGen() {
	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.NewVirtualMachineScaleSetsClient().GetInstanceView(ctx, "rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", 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.VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView = armcompute.VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView{
	// 	OrchestrationServices: []*armcompute.OrchestrationServiceSummary{
	// 		{
	// 			ServiceName: to.Ptr(armcompute.OrchestrationServiceNamesAutomaticRepairs),
	// 			ServiceState: to.Ptr(armcompute.OrchestrationServiceStateNotRunning),
	// 		},
	// 		{
	// 			LastStatusChangeTime: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2025-07-09T13:26:28.360Z"); return t}()),
	// 			LatestOperationStatus: to.Ptr(armcompute.OrchestrationServiceOperationStatusInProgress),
	// 			ServiceName: to.Ptr(armcompute.OrchestrationServiceNamesAutomaticZoneRebalancing),
	// 			ServiceState: to.Ptr(armcompute.OrchestrationServiceStateRunning),
	// 	}},
	// 	Statuses: []*armcompute.InstanceViewStatus{
	// 		{
	// 			Code: to.Ptr("ProvisioningState/succeeded"),
	// 			DisplayStatus: to.Ptr("Provisioning succeeded"),
	// 			Level: to.Ptr(armcompute.StatusLevelTypesInfo),
	// 			Message: to.Ptr("aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa"),
	// 			Time: to.Ptr(func() time.Time { t, _ := time.Parse(time.RFC3339Nano, "2021-11-30T12:58:26.526Z"); return t}()),
	// 	}},
	// 	VirtualMachine: &armcompute.VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceViewStatusesSummary{
	// 		StatusesSummary: []*armcompute.VirtualMachineStatusCodeCount{
	// 			{
	// 				Code: to.Ptr("aa"),
	// 				Count: to.Ptr[int32](21),
	// 		}},
	// 	},
	// 	Extensions: []*armcompute.VirtualMachineScaleSetVMExtensionsSummary{
	// 		{
	// 			Name: to.Ptr("aaaaaaaaaaa"),
	// 			StatusesSummary: []*armcompute.VirtualMachineStatusCodeCount{
	// 				{
	// 					Code: to.Ptr("aa"),
	// 					Count: to.Ptr[int32](21),
	// 			}},
	// 	}},
	// }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Gets the status of a VM scale set instance.
 *
 * @summary Gets the status of a VM scale set instance.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MaximumSet_Gen.json
 */
async function virtualMachineScaleSetGetInstanceViewMaximumSetGen() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "rgcompute";
  const vmScaleSetName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachineScaleSets.getInstanceView(
    resourceGroupName,
    vmScaleSetName,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MaximumSet_Gen.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachineScaleSets_GetInstanceView" 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 VirtualMachineScaleSetResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineScaleSetResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineScaleSetResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
string virtualMachineScaleSetName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId = VirtualMachineScaleSetResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, virtualMachineScaleSetName);
VirtualMachineScaleSetResource virtualMachineScaleSet = client.GetVirtualMachineScaleSetResource(virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId);

// invoke the operation
VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView result = await virtualMachineScaleSet.GetInstanceViewAsync();

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

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

{
  "virtualMachine": {
    "statusesSummary": [
      {
        "code": "aa",
        "count": 21
      }
    ]
  },
  "extensions": [
    {
      "name": "aaaaaaaaaaa",
      "statusesSummary": [
        {
          "code": "aa",
          "count": 21
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "statuses": [
    {
      "code": "ProvisioningState/succeeded",
      "level": "Info",
      "displayStatus": "Provisioning succeeded",
      "message": "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
      "time": "2021-11-30T12:58:26.526Z"
    }
  ],
  "orchestrationServices": [
    {
      "serviceName": "AutomaticRepairs",
      "serviceState": "NotRunning"
    },
    {
      "serviceName": "AutomaticZoneRebalancing",
      "serviceState": "Running",
      "latestOperationStatus": "InProgress",
      "lastStatusChangeTime": "2025-07-09T13:26:28.360Z"
    }
  ]
}

VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MinimumSet_Gen

Sample request

GET https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/rgcompute/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachineScaleSets/aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/instanceView?api-version=2025-04-01


/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachineScaleSets GetInstanceView.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MinimumSet_Gen.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MinimumSet_Gen.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void
        virtualMachineScaleSetGetInstanceViewMinimumSetGen(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachineScaleSets()
            .getInstanceViewWithResponse("rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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_scale_set_get_instance_view_minimum_set_gen.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_machine_scale_sets.get_instance_view(
        resource_group_name="rgcompute",
        vm_scale_set_name="aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
    )
    print(response)


# x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MinimumSet_Gen.json
if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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/v7"
)

// Generated from example definition: https://github.com/Azure/azure-rest-api-specs/blob/7033e85e1f80ef5cd9ca664b538ed193a8fd815b/specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MinimumSet_Gen.json
func ExampleVirtualMachineScaleSetsClient_GetInstanceView_virtualMachineScaleSetGetInstanceViewMinimumSetGen() {
	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.NewVirtualMachineScaleSetsClient().GetInstanceView(ctx, "rgcompute", "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa", 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.VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView = armcompute.VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView{
	// }
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to Gets the status of a VM scale set instance.
 *
 * @summary Gets the status of a VM scale set instance.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MinimumSet_Gen.json
 */
async function virtualMachineScaleSetGetInstanceViewMinimumSetGen() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "rgcompute";
  const vmScaleSetName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachineScaleSets.getInstanceView(
    resourceGroupName,
    vmScaleSetName,
  );
  console.log(result);
}

To use the Azure SDK library in your project, see this documentation. To provide feedback on this code sample, open a GitHub issue

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

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineScaleSetExamples/VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MinimumSet_Gen.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachineScaleSets_GetInstanceView" 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 VirtualMachineScaleSetResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineScaleSetResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineScaleSetResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "rgcompute";
string virtualMachineScaleSetName = "aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId = VirtualMachineScaleSetResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, virtualMachineScaleSetName);
VirtualMachineScaleSetResource virtualMachineScaleSet = client.GetVirtualMachineScaleSetResource(virtualMachineScaleSetResourceId);

// invoke the operation
VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView result = await virtualMachineScaleSet.GetInstanceViewAsync();

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

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

{}

Definitions

Name	Description
ApiError	Api error.
ApiErrorBase	Api error base.
CloudError	An error response from the Compute service.
InnerError	Inner error details.
InstanceViewStatus	Instance view status.
OrchestrationServiceNames	The name of the service.
OrchestrationServiceOperationStatus	The latest operation status of the service.
OrchestrationServiceState	The current state of the service.
OrchestrationServiceSummary	Summary for an orchestration service of a virtual machine scale set.
StatusLevelTypes	The level code.
VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView	The instance view of a virtual machine scale set.
VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceViewStatusesSummary	Instance view statuses summary for virtual machines of a virtual machine scale set.
VirtualMachineScaleSetVMExtensionsSummary	Extensions summary for virtual machines of a virtual machine scale set.
VirtualMachineStatusCodeCount	The status code and count of the virtual machine scale set instance view status summary.

ApiError

Object

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

Object

Api error base.

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

CloudError

Object

An error response from the Compute service.

Name	Type	Description
error	ApiError	Api error.

InnerError

Object

Inner error details.

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

InstanceViewStatus

Object

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 (date-time)	The time of the status.

OrchestrationServiceNames

Enumeration

The name of the service.

Value	Description
AutomaticRepairs
AutomaticZoneRebalancing	AutomaticZoneRebalancing orchestration service.

OrchestrationServiceOperationStatus

Enumeration

The latest operation status of the service.

Value	Description
InProgress	InProgress orchestration service operation status.
Completed	Completed orchestration service operation status.

OrchestrationServiceState

Enumeration

The current state of the service.

Value	Description
NotRunning
Running
Suspended

OrchestrationServiceSummary

Object

Summary for an orchestration service of a virtual machine scale set.

Name	Type	Description
lastStatusChangeTime	string (date-time)	The last UTC time when the operation status changed. Minimum API version for this property is 2025-04-01.
latestOperationStatus	OrchestrationServiceOperationStatus	The latest operation status of the service. Minimum API version for this property is 2025-04-01.
serviceName	OrchestrationServiceNames	The name of the service.
serviceState	OrchestrationServiceState	The current state of the service.

StatusLevelTypes

Enumeration

The level code.

Value	Description
Info
Warning
Error

VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView

Object

The instance view of a virtual machine scale set.

Name	Type	Description
extensions	VirtualMachineScaleSetVMExtensionsSummary[]	The extensions information.
orchestrationServices	OrchestrationServiceSummary[]	The orchestration services information.
statuses	InstanceViewStatus[]	The resource status information.
virtualMachine	VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceViewStatusesSummary	The instance view status summary for the virtual machine scale set.

VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceViewStatusesSummary

Object

Instance view statuses summary for virtual machines of a virtual machine scale set.

Name	Type	Description
statusesSummary	VirtualMachineStatusCodeCount[]	The extensions information.

VirtualMachineScaleSetVMExtensionsSummary

Object

Extensions summary for virtual machines of a virtual machine scale set.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The extension name.
statusesSummary	VirtualMachineStatusCodeCount[]	The extensions information.

VirtualMachineStatusCodeCount

Object

The status code and count of the virtual machine scale set instance view status summary.

Name	Type	Description
code	string	The instance view status code.
count	integer (int32)	The number of instances having a particular status code.

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Virtual Machine Scale Sets - Get Instance View

URI Parameters

Responses

Security

azure_auth

Scopes

Examples

VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MaximumSet_Gen

Sample request

Sample response

VirtualMachineScaleSet_GetInstanceView_MinimumSet_Gen

Sample request

Sample response

Definitions

ApiError

ApiErrorBase

CloudError

InnerError

InstanceViewStatus

OrchestrationServiceNames

OrchestrationServiceOperationStatus

OrchestrationServiceState

OrchestrationServiceSummary

StatusLevelTypes

VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceView

VirtualMachineScaleSetInstanceViewStatusesSummary

VirtualMachineScaleSetVMExtensionsSummary

VirtualMachineStatusCodeCount