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Horizontal scaling of VMs enables users to configure an automatic response to changing demands for resources. To scale out, the platform clones the base VM and deploys the clones. To scale in, Abiquo will delete clone machines but it will just undeploy the base machine. Scaling operations are subject to all standard Abiquo constraints, such as privileges and allocation limits.
To clone the base virtual machine, the platform will do the following steps:
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To trigger autoscaling operations, you will need to create an action plan for the virtual machine with the autoscaling scaling group, and then create triggers to run the action plan. Scaling operations are subject to all standard Abiquo constraints, such as privileges and allocation limits. See Manage action plans and triggers
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When you delete a scaling group, Abiquo will not destroy the virtual machines. It will place all the virtual machines VMs in the virtual appliance as regular virtual machines VMs and the scaling group constraints will no longer exist. To delete a scaling group, first put it into maintenance mode, then click the delete button.