Azure VM

Question 1

What is the limit on the # of VM’s that can be created in each region on a per subscription basis?

Answer 1

20

Question 2

Name all of the resources required to create a VM.

Answer 2

Resource Group
Storage Account
Virtual Network
Network Interface

Question 3

Name some common VM Extensions

Answer 3

Custom Script Extension
DSC Extension
Azure Diagnostics Extension

Question 4

How do you stop a VM but keep it provisioned, in Powershell?

Answer 4

Stop-AzureRMVM -Name -ResourceGroup -Stay Provisioned

Question 5

What are the 2 types of VHD’s?

Answer 5

Image

Disk (OS Disk or Data Disk)

Question 6

What series VM’s can use Premium Storage?

Answer 6

DS
DSv2
F
GS

Question 7

In the Resource Manager Model, how many fault domains and upgrade domains are there?

Answer 7

3 Fault Domains

20 Upgrade Domains

Question 8

What are the 2 tiers for VM’s?

Answer 8

Basic

Standard

Question 9

What Powershell cmdlet do you use to get NSG configuration?

Answer 9

Get-AzureRMNetworkSecurityGroup

Question 10

When formatting data disks, what type of format should you do on a disk with Standard Storage and why?

Answer 10

quick format because you are only charged for the disk space you actually use with Standard Storage.

Question 11

What is the max IOPS and MB/s for Standard Tier Storage?

Answer 11

500 IOPS

60 MB/s

Question 12

What is the max IOPS and MB/s for Premium Tier Storage?

Answer 12

5000 IOPS

200 MB/s

Question 13

What are the 3 different ways of capturing a VM?

Answer 13

Powershell
Azure CLI
Azure Resource Explorer Tool (using REST API)

Question 14

What is the maximum # of VM’s you can have in a Scale Set?

Answer 14

100

Question 15

True or false: A VM in a VMSS has no data disk.

Answer 15

True. Data should be stored on either the OS disk or an external data store such as Azure Table, File, or Blob storage.

Question 16

What is the definition of a region?

Answer 16

Multiple Datacenters in a single geographical area.