Start-AzureVM

NAME Start-AzureVM



SYNOPSIS

Starts an Azure virtual machine.





SYNTAX

Start-AzureVM [-ServiceName] <String> [-Name] <String[]> [-Profile <AzureSMProfile>] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable

<String>] [<CommonParameters>]



Start-AzureVM [-ServiceName] <String> [-Profile <AzureSMProfile>] [-InformationAction <ActionPreference>] [-InformationVariable <String>] -VM

<IPersistentVM[]> [<CommonParameters>]





DESCRIPTION

The Start-AzureVM cmdlet requests the start of an Azure virtual machine.





PARAMETERS

-Name <String[]>

Specifies the name of the virtual machine to start.



Required? true

Position? 1

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-ServiceName <String>

Specifies the name of the Azure service that contains the virtual machine to start.



Required? true

Position? 0

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



-Profile <AzureSMProfile>

Specifies the Azure profile from which this cmdlet reads. If you do not specify a profile, this cmdlet reads from the local default profile.



Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-InformationAction <ActionPreference>





Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-InformationVariable <String>





Required? false

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? False

Accept wildcard characters? false



-VM <IPersistentVM[]>

Specifies a virtual machine object that identifies the virtual machine to start.



Required? true

Position? named

Default value None

Accept pipeline input? True (ByPropertyName)

Accept wildcard characters? false



<CommonParameters>

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug,

ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, WarningVariable,

OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable. For more information, see

about_CommonParameters (https:/go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=113216).



INPUTS



OUTPUTS



NOTES









-------------------------- Example 1: Start a virtual machine --------------------------



PS C:\\>Start-AzureVM -ServiceName "ContosoService03" -Name "VirtualMachine04"



This command starts the virtual machine named VirtualMachine04 that runs in the Azure service named ContosoService03.

-------------------------- Example 2: Start a virtual machine by using a virtual machine object --------------------------



PS C:\\>Get-AzureVM -ServiceName "ContosoService03" -Name "DatabaseServer" | Start-AzureVM



This command retrieves the virtual machine object for the virtual machine whose name is DatabaseServer, and then requests to start it.



RELATED LINKS

Get-AzureVM

Remove-AzureVM

Restart-AzureVM

Stop-AzureVM

Update-AzureVM