We need better hostpool and autoscale network flexibility (multi-subnet + keep same IP/NIC)

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Lionel

In our environment, we need to scale some AVD host pools to 2000–3000 session hosts. Azure supports deploying VMs across multiple subnets within the same vNet, but Nerdio autoscale currently limits us to just one subnet. This creates challenges when we run out of IPs and forces us to create overly large subnets or split the pool.

 

Another issue is that when autoscale rebuilds a VM, it assigns a new NIC and IP address. This breaks some of our processes that depend on the VM keeping the same network identity, especially for monitoring and automation.

 

With Citrix, we don’t have these problems. It can spread hosts across multiple subnets and preserve the NIC and IP during refreshes.

What we’d like to see:

  • Allow autoscale to deploy hosts across multiple subnets in the same vNet.
  • Preserve or reassign the same NIC and IP address during VM rebuilds.

 

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Carl Long
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Raul Morales

Hi Lionel, thank you for the submission!
Regarding your first request, we are actively investigating the feasibility of supporting multiple subnets for auto-scale.
Regarding the second, we have captured this request to investigate. In your scenario, would you require the same NIC, or would retaining the IPs be sufficient?
 

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Lionel

Keeping IP addresses should be sufficient

 

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Raul Morales

Noted, thank you!

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