Class MinimalAction (1.48.0)
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MinimalAction(value)
Minimal action to be taken on an instance. Use this option to
minimize disruption as much as possible or to apply a more
disruptive action than is necessary.
To limit disruption as much as possible, set the minimal
action toREFRESH. If your update requires a more disruptive
action, Compute Engine performs the necessary action to
execute the update.
To apply a more disruptive action than is strictly
necessary, set the minimal action to RESTART or REPLACE.
For
example, Compute Engine does not need to restart a VM to
change its metadata. But if your application reads instance
metadata only when a VM is restarted, you can set the minimal
action to RESTART in order to pick up metadata changes.
Additional supported values which may be not listed in the enum
directly due to technical reasons:
NONE
REFRESH
REPLACE
RESTART
Enum
Name
Description
UNDEFINED_MINIMAL_ACTION
A value indicating that the enum field is not set.
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