VM states (running, stopped, deallocated) in Azure - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to check if the Azure VM is currently running.

Azure

if vm.instance_view.statuses[1].code == 'PowerState/[1]':
    print('VM is running')

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Arunning

Bstopped

Cdeallocated

Dstarting

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'stopped' or 'deallocated' instead of 'running'.

The VM's power state code for a running VM is 'PowerState/running'.

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medium

Complete the code to stop an Azure VM using the Azure CLI command.

Azure

az vm [1] --name MyVM --resource-group MyResourceGroup

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Astart

Bdeallocate

Crestart

Dstop

Attempts:

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'deallocate' instead of 'stop' when the goal is just to stop the VM.

The 'az vm stop' command stops the VM but does not release the compute resources.

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hard

Fix the error in the Azure CLI command to deallocate a VM.

Azure

az vm [1] --name MyVM --resource-group MyResourceGroup

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Astop

Bshutdown

Cdeallocate

Dpoweroff

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💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'stop' which only powers off the VM but does not release resources.

The correct command to release compute resources and deallocate the VM is 'az vm deallocate'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to check if the VM is either stopped or deallocated.

Azure

if vm.instance_view.statuses[1].code == 'PowerState/[1]' or vm.instance_view.statuses[1].code == 'PowerState/[2]':
    print('VM is not running')

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Astopped

Brunning

Cdeallocated

Dstarting

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Common Mistakes

Including 'running' or 'starting' as non-running states.

The VM states 'stopped' and 'deallocated' both mean the VM is not running.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a dictionary mapping VM states to their meanings.

Azure

vm_states = {
    '[1]': 'VM is powered on and running',
    '[2]': 'VM is powered off but resources allocated',
    '[3]': 'VM is powered off and resources released'
}

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Arunning

Bstopped

Cdeallocated

Dstarting

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up 'stopped' and 'deallocated' meanings.

This dictionary clearly maps each VM state to its description.