Schedule Start-Stop VMs SOP[1061]
SOP No: AZ-004 | SOP Title: Schedule VM start and Stop | Review Date: Insert Date |
SOP Number | AZ004 | |||
NAME | TITLE | SIGNATURE | DATE | |
Author | Ankit Jain | Cloud Engineer | ||
First Reviewer | Varun Kumar | Product Manager Trainee | ||
Second Reviewer | ||||
Authoriser | Henry/Aditya | CTO | ||
Effective Date: | ||
Effective Time: | .4 |
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Purpose
This SOP shows how to Schedule VM start and Stop. Please read thoroughly before executing the steps.
Pre-Requisites
Information to be captured
- Resource Group Name
- VM Name
- Minimum Global Administrator access/ User Access Administrator (For Automation Account Creation only)
- For Managing Automation Account you can use Contributor Right
Steps Involved:
Step 1: Go to portal.azure.com and login to the account in which you want to implement the Start-Stop schedular.
Step 2: In the search bar above, search for Automation Accounts.
Step3: Create an Automation Account, if not exist already.
Step 4: Create a RunAs Automation account. Click + Sign and fill following details ( Please note you need minimum Global Administrator rights to create this account, use the Global administrator login only) Fill in Name you want, select Desired RG and location. Make sure RunAs Account should be “Yes” and then click create
Step 5: Under Process Automation, click Runbooks
Step 6: click “Browse Gallery”
Step7: Import Graphical Runbook “Start Azure V2 VMs” and click on “Import”
Step 7: Go back to Runbooks section under Process Automation and open the imported Runbook from the list
Step 8: Click “Edit” and then click “Publish”
Step 9: Now click on “Link to Schedule”
Step 10: Create a Schedule for the VM, Select first option
Create a Schedule
Enter Desired Values
Enter Schedule Name (This should be like this “<VM name>-Start” and description
Select the date and enter the time
Select the Time zone (IST if Indian client)
Select recurrence
Lets say schedule may run Mon – Fri 10:00 AM
Select Date accordingly and time 10:00 AM
Recurrence should be as snap below
Click Create
Step 10: Now select the second option to set parameters values
Step 11: enter VM name and Resource Group name
“AzureconnectionAssetName” should left as blank and click ok, ( Start schedular created)
Step 12: Repeat steps from Step no 5 to 11 but this time import Stop Schedular script from Gallery
This one.
Rest steps are same.
References:
Change History
SOP no. | Effective | Significant Changes | Previous |
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