How to Check Status of Azure VM using Azure PowerShell

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Check Status of Azure VM using Azure PowerShell

The following Azure PowerShell command helps you to find the Azure VM Config and properties details of Os Name, Os Version, Hyper V Generation, Disks properties, Extensions properties of Type Handler Version, Status and Message, VM Agents properties of Type Handler Version, Status and Message and also VM Power Status Codes, Messages, Plugins, Time Generated,…etc.

Get-AzVM -Name "vm_name" -ResourceGroup "resource_group_name"  -status

It returns the properties of the complete in-depth status of an Azure VM. The properties consist of Resource Group Name, VM Computer Name, VM Host Name, OS Name, Os Version, Hyper V Generation, VM Disks Properties, VM Extensions Properties,…etc.

Example 1: When the VM is in Running State the Status looks like the following:

Get-AzVM -Name vm-001 -ResourceGroupName eastus-rg -status

ResourceGroupName       : eastus-rg      
Name                    : vm-001
ComputerName            : vm-001
OsName                  : Windows 10 Pro 
OsVersion               : 10.0.19043.1889
HyperVGeneration        : V1
Disks[0]                :
  Name                  : vm-001-OS
  Statuses[0]           :
    Code                : ProvisioningState/succeeded
    Level               : Info
    DisplayStatus       : Provisioning succeeded
    Time                : 8/10/2022 2:32:52 PM
Extensions[0]           :
  Name                  : BGInfo
  Type                  : Microsoft.Compute.BGInfo
  TypeHandlerVersion    : 2.2.2
  Statuses[0]           :
    Code                : ProvisioningState/succeeded
    Level               : Info
    DisplayStatus       : Provisioning succeeded
    Message             : Plugin enabled (handler name: Microsoft.Compute.BGInfo, extension name: , version: 2.2.2).
VMAgent                 :
  VmAgentVersion        : 2.7.41491.1057
  ExtensionHandlers[0]  :
    Type                : Microsoft.Compute.BGInfo
    TypeHandlerVersion  : 2.2.2
    Status              :
      Code              : ProvisioningState/succeeded
      Level             : Info
      DisplayStatus     : Ready
      Message           : Plugin enabled (handler name: Microsoft.Compute.BGInfo, extension name: , version: 2.2.2).
  Statuses[0]           :
    Code                : ProvisioningState/succeeded
    Level               : Info
    DisplayStatus       : Ready
    Message             : GuestAgent is running and processing the extensions.
    Time                : 8/10/2022 2:48:27 PM
Statuses[0]             :
  Code                  : ProvisioningState/succeeded
  Level                 : Info
  DisplayStatus         : Provisioning succeeded
  Time                  : 8/10/2022 2:40:16 PM
Statuses[1]             :
  Code                  : PowerState/running
  Level                 : Info
  DisplayStatus         : VM running

Example 2: When Azure VM is in Deallocated State the Status looks like the following:

Get-AzVM -Name vm-001 -ResourceGroupName eastus-rg -status

ResourceGroupName : eastus-rg
Name              : vm-001
HyperVGeneration  : V1
Disks[0]          :
  Name            : vm-001-OS
  Statuses[0]     :
    Code          : ProvisioningState/succeeded
    Level         : Info
    DisplayStatus : Provisioning succeeded
    Time          : 8/10/2022 2:54:35 PM
Statuses[0]       :
  Code            : ProvisioningState/succeeded
  Level           : Info
  DisplayStatus   : Provisioning succeeded
  Time            : 8/10/2022 2:54:35 PM
Statuses[1]       :
  Code            : PowerState/deallocated
  Level           : Info
  DisplayStatus   : VM deallocated