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Manually remove an instance from a scaling group

If you no longer need an instance, you can manually remove the instance from your scaling group. However, the instance is not released.

Prerequisites

Before you manually remove an instance from a scaling group, make sure that the following conditions are met:

  • The scaling group is in the Enable state.
  • No scaling activity is in progress in the scaling group.

Context

  • You can manually remove an instance from a scaling group without the need to wait for the cooldown time to expire.
  • After you remove an instance from a scaling group, the number of instances in the scaling group must be greater than or equal to the minimum number of instances allowed. Otherwise, you cannot remove the instance from the scaling group.

Procedure

  1. Click the name of the scaling group in the Scaling Group Name/ID column.
  2. On the scaling group details page, click the Instances tab.
  3. Select the source of an instance.
  • To select an automatically created instance, click the Auto Created tab.
  • To select a manually added instance, click the Manually Added tab.
  1. Find the instance that you want to remove from the scaling group and click Remove from Scaling Group in the Actions column and Click OK.