Virtual Machines - Simulate Eviction

POST https://management.azure.com/subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/ResourceGroup/providers/Microsoft.Compute/virtualMachines/VMName/simulateEviction?api-version=2025-04-01

/**
 * Samples for VirtualMachines SimulateEviction.
 */
public final class Main {
    /*
     * x-ms-original-file:
     * specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/
     * virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_SimulateEviction.json
     */
    /**
     * Sample code: Simulate Eviction a virtual machine.
     * 
     * @param azure The entry point for accessing resource management APIs in Azure.
     */
    public static void simulateEvictionAVirtualMachine(com.azure.resourcemanager.AzureResourceManager azure) {
        azure.virtualMachines().manager().serviceClient().getVirtualMachines()
            .simulateEvictionWithResponse("ResourceGroup", "VMName", com.azure.core.util.Context.NONE);
    }
}

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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_simulate_eviction.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}",
    )

    client.virtual_machines.simulate_eviction(
        resource_group_name="ResourceGroup",
        vm_name="VMName",
    )


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

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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/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_SimulateEviction.json
func ExampleVirtualMachinesClient_SimulateEviction() {
	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)
	}
	_, err = clientFactory.NewVirtualMachinesClient().SimulateEviction(ctx, "ResourceGroup", "VMName", nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatalf("failed to finish the request: %v", err)
	}
}

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

/**
 * This sample demonstrates how to The operation to simulate the eviction of spot virtual machine.
 *
 * @summary The operation to simulate the eviction of spot virtual machine.
 * x-ms-original-file: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_SimulateEviction.json
 */
async function simulateEvictionAVirtualMachine() {
  const subscriptionId = process.env["COMPUTE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID"] || "{subscription-id}";
  const resourceGroupName = process.env["COMPUTE_RESOURCE_GROUP"] || "ResourceGroup";
  const vmName = "VMName";
  const credential = new DefaultAzureCredential();
  const client = new ComputeManagementClient(credential, subscriptionId);
  const result = await client.virtualMachines.simulateEviction(resourceGroupName, vmName);
  console.log(result);
}

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

// Generated from example definition: specification/compute/resource-manager/Microsoft.Compute/ComputeRP/stable/2025-04-01/examples/virtualMachineExamples/VirtualMachine_SimulateEviction.json
// this example is just showing the usage of "VirtualMachines_SimulateEviction" 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 VirtualMachineResource created on azure
// for more information of creating VirtualMachineResource, please refer to the document of VirtualMachineResource
string subscriptionId = "{subscription-id}";
string resourceGroupName = "ResourceGroup";
string vmName = "VMName";
ResourceIdentifier virtualMachineResourceId = VirtualMachineResource.CreateResourceIdentifier(subscriptionId, resourceGroupName, vmName);
VirtualMachineResource virtualMachine = client.GetVirtualMachineResource(virtualMachineResourceId);

// invoke the operation
await virtualMachine.SimulateEvictionAsync();

Console.WriteLine("Succeeded");

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