VM management tasks
In this section, we are going to look at some management capabilities for virtual machines. We will explore items such as VM sizing, data disks, networking, moving VMs, redeploying VMs, disk encryption, availability sets and zones, scales sets, and configuration management automation.
Managing VM sizes
After creating your VM, you can manage and change (vertically scale) the sizes of Windows and Linux VMs from the Azure portal, PowerShell, and the CLI. Vertical scaling, also known as scale-up and scale-down, means increasing or decreasing VM sizes in response to different workloads.
In the following demonstration, we will explore how to change the VM size of your VM:
- Sign in to the Azure portal: https://portal.azure.com/home.
- Navigate to the VM you created in the previous exercise. On the left menu, under the Settings context, you will see a Size button – click this:
Figure 10.11 – VM Size setting
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