Reverting from the advanced-instances tier to the standard-instances tier

This section describes how to change hybrid-activated nodes running in the advanced-instances tier back to the standard-instances tier. This configuration applies to all hybrid-activated nodes in an AWS account and a single AWS Region.

Before you begin

Review the following important details.

Note

• You can't revert back to the standard-instance tier if you're running more than 1,000 hybrid-activated nodes in the account and Region. You must first deregister nodes until you have 1,000 or fewer. This also applies to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances that use a Systems Manager hybrid activation (which isn't a common scenario). For more information, see Deregistering managed nodes in a hybrid and multicloud environment.

• After you revert, you won't be able to use Session Manager, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, to interactively access your hybrid-activated nodes.

• After you revert, you won't be able to use Patch Manager, a capability of AWS Systems Manager, to patch applications released by Microsoft on hybrid-activated nodes.

• The process of reverting all hybrid-activated nodes back to the standard-instance tier can take 30 minutes or more to complete.

This section describes how to revert all hybrid-activated nodes in an AWS account and AWS Region from the advanced-instances tier to the standard-instances tier.

Reverting to the standard-instances tier (console)

The following procedure shows you how to use the Systems Manager console to change all hybrid-activated nodes in your hybrid and multicloud environment to use the standard-instances tier in the specified AWS account and AWS Region.

To revert to the standard-instances tier (console)

1. Open the AWS Systems Manager console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/systems-manager/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Fleet Manager.

   -or-

   If the AWS Systems Manager home page opens first, choose the menu icon ( ) to open the navigation pane, and then choose Fleet Manager in the navigation pane.

3. Select the Account settings dropdown and choose Instance tier settings.

4. Choose Change account setting.

5. Review the information in the pop-up about changing account settings, and then if you approve, choose the option to accept and continue.

Reverting to the standard-instances tier (AWS CLI)

The following procedure shows you how to use the AWS Command Line Interface to change all hybrid-activated nodes in your hybrid and multicloud environment to use the standard-instances tier in the specified AWS account and AWS Region.

To revert to the standard-instances tier using the AWS CLI

1. Open the AWS CLI and run the following command. Replace each example resource placeholder with your own information.

   Linux & macOS

   aws ssm update-service-setting \
       --setting-id arn:aws:ssm:region:aws-account-id:servicesetting/ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier \
       --setting-value standard

   Windows

   aws ssm update-service-setting ^
       --setting-id arn:aws:ssm:region:aws-account-id:servicesetting/ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier ^
       --setting-value standard

   There is no output if the command succeeds.

2. Run the following command 30 minutes later to view the settings for managed instances in the current AWS account and AWS Region.

   Linux & macOS

   aws ssm get-service-setting \
       --setting-id arn:aws:ssm:region:aws-account-id:servicesetting/ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier

   Windows

   aws ssm get-service-setting ^
       --setting-id arn:aws:ssm:region:aws-account-id:servicesetting/ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier

   The command returns information like the following.

   {
       "ServiceSetting": {
           "SettingId": "/ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier",
           "SettingValue": "standard",
           "LastModifiedDate": 1555603376.138,
           "LastModifiedUser": "System",
           "ARN": "arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:123456789012:servicesetting/ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier",
           "Status": "Default"
       }
   }

   The status changes to Default after the request has been approved.

Reverting to the standard-instances tier (PowerShell)

The following procedure shows you how to use AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell to change hybrid-activated nodes in your hybrid and multicloud environment to use the standard-instances tier in the specified AWS account and AWS Region.

To revert to the standard-instances tier using PowerShell

1. Open AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell and run the following command.

   Update-SSMServiceSetting `
       -SettingId "arn:aws:ssm:region:aws-account-id:servicesetting/ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier" `
       -SettingValue "standard"

   There is no output if the command succeeds.

2. Run the following command 30 minutes later to view the settings for managed instances in the current AWS account and AWS Region.

   Get-SSMServiceSetting `
       -SettingId "arn:aws:ssm:region:aws-account-id:servicesetting/ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier"

   The command returns information like the following.

   ARN: arn:aws:ssm:us-east-2:123456789012:servicesetting/ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier
   LastModifiedDate : 4/18/2019 4:02:56 PM
   LastModifiedUser : System
   SettingId        : /ssm/managed-instance/activation-tier
   SettingValue     : standard
   Status           : Default
   

   The status changes to Default after the request has been approved.