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Server Load Balancer:StartShiftLoadBalancerZones

Last Updated:Jan 15, 2026

Removes an elastic IP address (EIP) or a virtual IP address (VIP) of a zone from a DNS record.

Operation description

This operation is supported by Application Load Balancer (ALB) instances that use static IP addresses. The zone cannot be removed if the ALB instance has only one available zone.

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RAM authorization

The table below describes the authorization required to call this API. You can define it in a Resource Access Management (RAM) policy. The table's columns are detailed below:

  • Action: The actions can be used in the Action element of RAM permission policy statements to grant permissions to perform the operation.

  • API: The API that you can call to perform the action.

  • Access level: The predefined level of access granted for each API. Valid values: create, list, get, update, and delete.

  • Resource type: The type of the resource that supports authorization to perform the action. It indicates if the action supports resource-level permission. The specified resource must be compatible with the action. Otherwise, the policy will be ineffective.

    • For APIs with resource-level permissions, required resource types are marked with an asterisk (*). Specify the corresponding Alibaba Cloud Resource Name (ARN) in the Resource element of the policy.

    • For APIs without resource-level permissions, it is shown as All Resources. Use an asterisk (*) in the Resource element of the policy.

  • Condition key: The condition keys defined by the service. The key allows for granular control, applying to either actions alone or actions associated with specific resources. In addition to service-specific condition keys, Alibaba Cloud provides a set of common condition keys applicable across all RAM-supported services.

  • Dependent action: The dependent actions required to run the action. To complete the action, the RAM user or the RAM role must have the permissions to perform all dependent actions.

Action

Access level

Resource type

Condition key

Dependent action

alb:StartShiftLoadBalancerZones

update

*LoadBalancer

acs:alb:{#regionId}:{#accountId}:loadbalancer/{#LoadBalancerId}

None None

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Required

Description

Example

ClientToken

string

No

The client token that is used to ensure the idempotence of the request.

You can use the client to generate the token, but you must make sure that the token is unique among different requests. The token can contain only ASCII characters.

Note

If you do not specify this parameter, the system automatically uses the request ID as the client token. The request ID may be different for each request.

5A2CFF0E-5718-45B5-9D4D-70B3FF3898

DryRun

boolean

No

Specifies whether to perform only a dry run, without performing the actual request. Valid values:

  • true: performs only a dry run. The system checks the request for potential issues, including missing parameter values, incorrect request syntax, and service limits. If the request fails the dry run, an error code is returned. If the request passes the dry run, the DryRunOperation error code is returned.

  • false (default): performs a dry run and performs the actual request. If the request passes the dry run, a 2xx HTTP status code is returned and the operation is performed.

true

LoadBalancerId

string

Yes

The ALB instance ID.

alb-o9ulmq5hgn68jk****

ZoneMappings

array<object>

Yes

The mappings between zones and vSwitches.

Note

You can remove only one zone in each call.

object

No

VSwitchId

string

Yes

The ID of the vSwitch in the zone. By default, each zone uses one vSwitch and one subnet.

vsw-bp1rmcrwg3erh1fh8****

ZoneId

string

Yes

The zone ID. You can call the DescribeZones operation to query the most recent zone list.

cn-hangzhou-a

Response elements

Element

Type

Description

Example

object

Schema of Response

RequestId

string

The request ID.

5A2CFF0E-5718-45B5-9D4D-70B3FF3898

Examples

Success response

JSON format

{
  "RequestId": "5A2CFF0E-5718-45B5-9D4D-70B3FF3898"
}

Error codes

HTTP status code

Error code

Error message

Description

400 IncorrectStatus.LoadBalancer The status of %s [%s] is incorrect.
400 IncorrectBusinessStatus.LoadBalancer The business status of %s [%s]  is incorrect. The business status of %s [%s]  is incorrect.
400 IncorrectBusinessStatus.Eip The business status of %s [%s]  is incorrect. The business status of %s [%s]  is incorrect.
400 OperationDenied.ZoneVSwitchChanged The operation is not allowed because of %s. The operation is not allowed because of %s.
400 OperationDenied.ZoneMappingsNotChanged The operation is not allowed because of %s.
400 OperationDenied.ZoneVSwitchNotExist The operation is not allowed because of %s. The instance does not contain the zone or vSwitch specified in the request.
400 OperationDenied.EniStatusNotSupport The operation is not allowed because of %s. This operation is not supported by the status of the ENI.
400 OperationDenied.OnlyFixedAddressAllocatedModeSupported The operation is not allowed because of %s. This operation is not supported by the IP mode of the SLB instance.
400 OperationDenied.ConfigLastActiveZoneNotSupport The operation is not allowed because of %s. You are not allowed to remove, disable, or delete the A record of the last active zone.
400 OperationFailed.ShiftLoadBalancerZonesFailed The operation is not allowed because of %s. Failed to remove the A record of the IP address in the zone.
400 ResourceNotEnough.VSwitchIp The specified resource %s is not enough. The specified resource %s is not enough.
400 Mismatch.ZoneIdAndVSwitchId The %s and %s are mismatched. The %s and %s are mismatched.
404 ResourceNotFound.LoadBalancer The specified resource %s is not found. The specified resource %s is not found.
404 ResourceNotFound.VSwitch The specified resource %s is not found. The specified resource %s is not found.

See Error Codes for a complete list.

Release notes

See Release Notes for a complete list.