Azure Reserved Instances - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to specify the purchase of a reserved instance for a virtual machine.

Azure

az vm reservation purchase --vm-name [1] --reservation-term 1-year

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Alocation

BmyVM

CresourceGroup

DsubscriptionId

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Common Mistakes

Using resource group name instead of VM name.

Using location or subscription ID where VM name is required.

The --vm-name parameter requires the name of the virtual machine to purchase a reserved instance for.

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medium

Complete the code to list all reserved instances in a specific subscription.

Azure

az reservations reservation list --subscription [1]

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A12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc

BmyResourceGroup

Ceastus

DmyVM

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Common Mistakes

Using resource group name instead of subscription ID.

Using location or VM name instead of subscription ID.

The --subscription parameter requires the subscription ID to list reserved instances under that subscription.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to update a reserved instance's scope to shared.

Azure

az reservations reservation update --reservation-id [1] --scope [2]

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AresourceGroup

Bsingle

Cshared

Dsubscription

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Common Mistakes

Using 'resourceGroup' or 'subscription' as scope values, which are invalid.

Confusing reservation ID with scope value.

The --scope parameter accepts values like shared or single. To set the scope to shared, use shared.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a reservation order with a specific SKU and quantity.

Azure

az reservations reservation-order create --sku [1] --quantity [2]

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AStandard_D2s_v3

B5

CEastUS

DmyResourceGroup

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Common Mistakes

Using location or resource group instead of SKU or quantity.

Entering quantity as a string instead of a number.

The --sku parameter specifies the VM size SKU, and --quantity specifies how many reserved instances to purchase.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to create a reservation order with a specific term, billing scope, and SKU.

Azure

az reservations reservation-order create --reservation-term [1] --billing-scope [2] --sku [3]

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A1-year

B12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789abc

CStandard_F4s_v2

DmyResourceGroup

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using resource group name instead of subscription ID for billing scope.

Using invalid term values or SKU names.

The --reservation-term sets the duration, --billing-scope is the subscription ID for billing, and --sku is the VM size.