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Virtual Machine Scale Set In Azure

Purpose

How To Create A Virtual Machine Scale Set?

1. Search for the option Virtual Machine Scale Set in the search bar

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2. Click on the Add button to add a new virtual machine scale set

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3. A screen will appear where the required information will be filled

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4. All the information is self-explanatory. But I will discuss the Basics and Scaling tab
5. In the Basics tab, we can enter virtual machine scale sets and the availability zones. You can deploy the VMs across the multiple zones

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Please note that all the virtual machines will have the same operating system image and disk size.


6. In the Scaling tab, we have the following fields: -
   
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   1. Initial Instance Count - Specifies the total number of virtual machines in the scale set initially
   2. Maximum number of VMs - Specifies the maximum number of virtual machines scaled up in case of increased demand
   3. Minimum number of VMs - Specifies the minimum number of virtual machines scaled up in case the demand is decreased
   4. Scale out - It means that if the CPU threshold is increased to a certain amount (75% in the above case) then increase the count of the virtual machine to 1
   5. Scale in (Not in the screenshot) - It means that if the CPU threshold is reduced to a certain amount then decrease the count of the virtual machine to 1

Instance

How Do You Login To The Instance Of Scale Set?