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View VMs scheduled for maintenance in the portal

Once a planned maintenance wave is scheduled, you can observe the list of virtual machines that are impacted by the upcoming maintenance wave.

You can use the Azure portal and look for VMs scheduled for maintenance.

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.

  2. In the left navigation, click Virtual Machines.

  3. In the Virtual Machines pane, click the Columns button to open the list of available columns.

  4. Select and add the following columns:

    Maintenance: Shows the maintenance status for the VM. The following are the potential values:

    Value Description
    Start now The VM is in the self-service maintenance window that lets you initiate the maintenance yourself. See below on how to start maintenance on your VM.
    Scheduled The VM is scheduled for maintenance with no option for you to initiate maintenance. You can learn of the maintenance window by selecting the Maintenance - Scheduled window in this view or by clicking on the VM.
    Already updated Your VM is already updated and no further action is required at this time.
    Retry later You have initiated maintenance with no success. You will be able to use the self-service maintenance option at a later time.
    Retry now You can retry a previously unsuccessful self-initiated maintenance.
    - Your virtual machine is not part of a planned maintenance wave.

    Maintenance - Self-service window: Shows the time window when you can self-start maintenance on your VMs.

    Maintenance - Scheduled window: Shows the time window when Azure will maintain your VM in order to complete maintenance.

Notification and alerts in the portal

Azure communicates a schedule for planned maintenance by sending an email to the subscription owner and co-owners group. You can add additional recipients and channels to this communication by creating Azure activity log alerts. For more information, see [Monitor subscription activity with the Azure Activity Log] (../articles/monitoring-and-diagnostics/monitoring-overview-activity-logs.md).

  1. Sign in to the Azure portal.
  2. In the menu on the left, select Monitor.
  3. In the Monitor - Alerts (classic) pane, click + Add activity log alert.
  4. Complete the information in the Add activity log alert page and make sure you set the following in Criteria:
    • Event category: Service Health
    • Services: Virtual Machine Scale Sets and Virtual Machines
    • Type: Planned maintenance

To learn more on how to configure Activity Log Alerts, see Create activity log alerts.

Start Maintenance on your VM from the portal

While looking at the VM details, you will be able to see more maintenance-related details.
At the top of the VM details view, a new notification ribbon will be added if your VM is included in a planned maintenance wave. In addition, a new option is added to start maintenance when possible.

Click on the maintenance notification to see the maintenance page with more details on the planned maintenance. From there, you will be able to start maintenance on your VM.

Once you start maintenance, your virtual machine will be maintained and the maintenance status will be updated to reflect the result within few minutes.

If you missed the self-service window, you will still be able to see the window when your VM will be maintained by Azure.