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How Do I Delete an ECS Created in a Scaling Action?

Handling Methods

Method 1

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Computing, click Auto Scaling. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Instance Scaling.
  3. Click the target AS group name on the AS Groups page.
  4. On the AS group details page, click the Instances tab.
  5. Locate the row that contains the target instance and click Remove and Delete in the Operation column.

    To delete multiple instances, select the check boxes in front of them and click Remove and Delete.

Method 2

  1. Log in to the management console.
  2. Under Computing, click Auto Scaling. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Instance Scaling.
  3. Click the target AS group name on the AS Groups page.
  4. On the AS group details page, click the AS Policies tab.
  5. Click Add AS Policy. In the displayed Add AS Policy dialog box, add an as policy to reduce instances as needed or set the number of instances to a specified value.

Method 3

  1. Log in to the management console.
  1. Under Computing, click Auto Scaling. In the navigation pane on the left, choose Instance Scaling.
  2. Click the target AS group name on the AS Groups page.
  3. On the AS group details page, click Modify in the upper right corner.
  4. In the displayed Modify AS Group dialog box, change the value of Expected Instances.
Parent topic: Instance