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This document describes how to view the status of bulk creation of virtual machine (VM) instances in a managed instance group (MIG). It also explains how to cancel a bulk creation that is in progress.

To learn how bulk creation of instances works in a MIG, see About bulk creation of instances in a MIG

View the status of bulk creation of instances

You can view the status of a bulk creation operation in a MIG. The status lets you check if the bulk creation is still in progress and, if the instances are not yet created, understand the reasons why.

The MIG details contain the following fields to help you monitor the bulk creation status:

status.bulkInstanceOperation.inProgress: this field indicates whether a bulk creation of instances is in progress (true) or not (false).
lastProgressCheck: this field provides details on why instances might not yet be created. The possible reasons are as follows:
- Lack of capacity: when the MIG is waiting for the requested capacity to become available, you'll see the ZONE_RESOURCE_POOL_EXHAUSTED_WITH_DETAILS error code.
- Insufficient quota: when there is insufficient quota to fulfill your request, you'll see the QUOTA_EXCEEDED error. To increase your project's quota, see Request a quota adjustment.

gcloud

To view the status of bulk creation of instances in a MIG, use the gcloud compute instance-groups managed describe command.

For a zonal MIG, run the following command:

gcloud compute instance-groups managed describe INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME \
    --zone=ZONE

For a regional MIG, run the following command:

gcloud compute instance-groups managed describe INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME \
    --region=REGION

Replace the following:

INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME: the name of the MIG.
ZONE: the zone where the MIG exists.
REGION: the region where the MIG exists.

The following example shows a response for a MIG in which a bulk creation is in progress and the lastProgressCheck field indicates that the bulk creation is waiting for resources due to a ZONE_RESOURCE_POOL_EXHAUSTED_WITH_DETAILS error and also has a QUOTA_EXCEEDED error.

{
  "status": {
    "bulkInstanceOperation": {
      "inProgress": true,
      "lastProgressCheck": {
        "timestamp": "2024-01-01T12:00:00.712-08:00",
        "errors": [
          {
            "code": "ZONE_RESOURCE_POOL_EXHAUSTED_WITH_DETAILS",
            "message": "Waiting for resources. Currently there are not enough resources available to fulfill the request."
          },
          {
            "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
            "message": "Quota 'NVIDIA_A100_GPUS' exceeded. Limit: 1500 in region us-central1."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

REST

To view the status of bulk creation of instances in a MIG, make a GET request as follows:

For a zonal MIG, use the instanceGroupManagers.get method.

GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instanceGroupManagers/INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME

For a regional MIG, use the regionInstanceGroupManagers.get method.

GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/instanceGroupManagers/INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the project ID.
ZONE: the zone where the MIG exists.
REGION: the region where the MIG exists.
INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME: the name of the MIG.

{
  "status": {
    "bulkInstanceOperation": {
      "inProgress": true,
      "lastProgressCheck": {
        "timestamp": "2024-01-01T12:00:00.712-08:00",
        "errors": [
          {
            "code": "ZONE_RESOURCE_POOL_EXHAUSTED_WITH_DETAILS",
            "message": "Waiting for resources. Currently there are not enough resources available to fulfill the request."
          },
          {
            "code": "QUOTA_EXCEEDED",
            "message": "Quota 'NVIDIA_A100_GPUS' exceeded. Limit: 1500 in region us-central1."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

View the status of managed instances

You can monitor the status of individual managed instances by checking their current action and instance status.

While the bulk instance operation is in progress, managed instances display the following statuses:
- currentAction: CREATING
- instanceStatus: PENDING
After the bulk instance operation completes successfully, the managed instances' statuses change to the following:
- currentAction: NONE
- instanceStatus: RUNNING

To view this information about managed instances, see Check the status of managed instances.

Cancel bulk creation operation

To cancel a bulk creation operation, either resize the MIG to zero or delete the MIG.

Resize the MIG to zero

Console

Go to the Instance groups page.

Go to Instance groups
Click the name of the MIG in which you want to resize.
Click Edit.
Click Group size & autoscaling to expand the section.
Set the Number of instances to 0.
Click Save.

gcloud

To resize a MIG to zero, use the gcloud compute instance-groups managed resize command and set the --size flag to 0.

For a zonal MIG, run the following command:

gcloud compute instance-groups managed resize INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME \
    --size=0 \
    --zone=ZONE

For a regional MIG, run the following command:

gcloud compute instance-groups managed resize INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME \
    --size=0 \
    --region=REGION

Replace the following:

INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME: the name of the MIG.
ZONE: the zone where the MIG exists.
REGION: the region where the MIG exists.

REST

To resize a MIG to zero, make a PATCH request using one of the following methods. In the request body, set the targetSize to 0.
- For a zonal MIG, use the instanceGroupManagers.patch method.
```
PATCH https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instanceGroupManagers/INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME

{
  "targetSize": 0
}
```
- For a regional MIG, use the regionInstanceGroupManagers.patch method.
```
PATCH https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/instanceGroupManagers/INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME

{
  "targetSize": 0
}
```
Replace the following:
- PROJECT_ID: the project ID.
- ZONE: the zone where the MIG exists.
- REGION: the region where the MIG exists.
- INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME: the name of the MIG.

Delete a MIG

Console

In the Google Cloud console, go to the Instance groups page.

Go to Instance groups
Select the checkbox of the MIG that you want to delete.
Click Delete to delete the MIG and all the instances in it.

gcloud

To delete a MIG, use the delete command.

For a zonal MIG, run the following command:

gcloud compute instance-groups managed delete INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME \
    --zone ZONE

For a regional MIG, run the following command:

gcloud compute instance-groups managed delete INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME \
    --region REGION

Replace the following:

INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME: the name of the MIG.
ZONE: the zone where the MIG exists.
REGION: the region where the MIG exists.

REST

To delete a MIG, make a PATCH request using one of the following methods:

For a zonal MIG, use the instanceGroupManagers.delete method.

DELETE https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/zones/ZONE/instanceGroupManagers/INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME

For a regional MIG, use the regionInstanceGroupManagers.delete method

DELETE https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/instanceGroupManagers/INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME

Replace the following:

PROJECT_ID: the project ID.
ZONE: the zone where the MIG exists.
REGION: the region where the MIG exists.
INSTANCE_GROUP_NAME: the name of the MIG.

What's next

Learn how to view information about the managed instances within a MIG.

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View the status of bulk creation of instances

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View the status of managed instances

Cancel bulk creation operation

Resize the MIG to zero

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Delete a MIG

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