AZ-104 - Deploy and Manage Azure Compute Resources - Section 3.2

Create and configure virtual machines including availability options and virtual machine scale sets.

Select appropriate VM sizes for workload requirements and distinguish between availability sets, which protect against rack-level failures, and availability zones, which protect against datacenter-level failures. Configure virtual machine scale sets to automatically adjust capacity based on demand, and use VM extensions to automate post-deployment configuration.

VM sizesavailability setsavailability zonesvirtual machine scale setsVM extensions

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A Virtual Machine Scale Set runs several hundred instances. You want a scale-out action where a fixed increase would not noticeably improve performance, so each trigger should add instances relative to the current count. Which scale operation should the autoscale rule use?

  • AIncrease count by, which adds a fixed number of virtual machines on each trigger.
  • BIncrease count to, which creates instances up to a defined maximum amount.
  • CIncrease percent by, which scales the instance count by a percentage each trigger. Correct
  • DDecrease percent by, which removes a percentage of instances on each trigger.
Use percent-based scale operations on large scale sets and fixed-count operations on smaller ones. Increase percent by applies a percentage-based increase of virtual machines, which the documentation calls good for larger scale sets where a fixed increase may not noticeably improve performance.

Why A is wrong: Increase count by adds a fixed number, which the scenario explicitly rules out for a large scale set.

Why B is wrong: Increase count to creates as many instances as needed to reach a target maximum, not a relative growth per trigger.

Why C is correct: Correct. Increase percent by applies a percentage-based increase of virtual machines, which the documentation calls good for larger scale sets where a fixed increase may not noticeably improve performance.

Why D is wrong: Decrease percent by is a scale-in operation and reduces instances rather than scaling out.

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