Start/Stop VMs during off-hours - Azure - shutdown-script

Question

Need your help to find a runbook/automation script through which I could start/stop the VM's in Azure at a specific schedule & then in case we have to delay the shutdown schedule for a particular VM, it allows us to do so. Ideally, it should notify the end user, VM is going to shutdown in 30 min or so & gives option to delay the shutdown if need be.
Is there any existing runbook available in runbook gallary within automation account? Can anyone please advise or confirm?

Answer 1

You can simply do this by creating power shell runbook . This is for Starting VM for working hours. you can attached this to schedule inside workbook as required.
param (
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
[String] $AzureConnectionAssetName = 'AzureRunAsConnection',
[Parameter(Mandatory=$false)]
[String] $ResourceGroupName = 'Your-VM-RG'
)
#Check for Weekends
$dayOfWeek = (Get-Date).DayOfWeek
if($dayOfWeek -eq 'Saturday' -or $dayOfWeek -eq 'Sunday'){
exit
}
# Get the connection
$Conn = Get-AutomationConnection -Name $AzureConnectionAssetName -ErrorAction Stop
$null = Add-AzureRmAccount `
-ServicePrincipal `
-TenantId $Conn.TenantId `
-ApplicationId $Conn.ApplicationId `
-CertificateThumbprint $Conn.CertificateThumbprint `
-ErrorAction Stop `
-ErrorVariable err
if($err) {
throw $err
}
# Vet all VMs in the resource group
$VMs = Get-AzureRmVM -ResourceGroupName $ResourceGroupName
# Start each of the VMs
foreach ($VM in $VMs)
{
$StartRtn = $VM | Start-AzureRmVM -ErrorAction Continue
if ($StartRtn.IsSuccessStatusCode -ne $True)
{
# The VM failed to start, so send notice
Write-Output ($VM.Name + " failed to start")
Write-Error ($VM.Name + " failed to start. Error was:") -ErrorAction Continue
Write-Error (ConvertTo-Json $StartRtn) -ErrorAction Continue
}
else
{
# The VM stopped, so send notice
Write-Output ($VM.Name + " has been started")
}
}