Azure Resource Manager: move VM to availability group

Question

Can\'t seem to figure out how to change the availability set of an existing Azure VM in the Resource Manager stack. There\'s no interface for it. Set-AzureAvailabilitySet does n

Answer 1

That feature isn't implemented yet in the ARM stack, that's why you're not seeing the cmdlet...

Answer 2

AFAIK, this feature may be addressed by the end of this year. It's a big challenge for the MS team to allow such operation. Changing the availability Set requires a review of the VM mobility architecture on Azure. Fore example, adding a VM in an Availability Set already containing a VM means putting it to different default domain. Becasue VM mobilty is a matter on Azure (No Live Migration), it's not an easy operation.

I have written a Powershell script which let you change the AS of an ARM VM by recreating it.
Give it a try and enjoy:

How to use it ?

1- Download the script and save it to local location

2- Run it and provide the requested parameters

or

2- ./Set-ArmVmAvailabilitySet.ps1 –VmName ‘The VM Name’ –ResourceGroup ‘Resource Group’ –AvailabilitySetName ‘As Name’ –SubscriptionName ‘The Subscription name’

To remove a VM from an AvailabilitySet:

./Set-ArmVmAvailabilitySet.ps1 –VmName ‘The VM Name’ –ResourceGroup ‘Resource Group’ –AvailabilitySetName 0 –SubscriptionName ‘The Subscription name’

Download Link

Version 1.01 : https://gallery.technet.microsoft.com/Set-Azure-Resource-Manager-f7509ec4

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