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An administrator is planning the deployment of a new virtual machine named `VM-Analytics` in the East US region. The virtual machine will host a database workload that requires sub-millisecond storage latency using an Ultra Disk, and must be protected against datacenter-wide failures. You also need to configure a daily backup solution for `VM-Analytics`.

Which of the following actions should you perform to meet these requirements? Select two.

  1. Deploy the virtual machine in an Availability Zone and enable the Ultra SSD compatibility setting.Answer
  2. Create a Recovery Services Vault in the East US region to configure the virtual machine backup.Answer
  3. C
    Deploy the virtual machine in an Availability Set to protect against datacenter-wide outages.
  4. D
    Create a Recovery Services Vault in the West US region to configure the virtual machine backup.

Answer

Deploy the virtual machine in an Availability Zone with Ultra SSD compatibility enabled, and create a Recovery Services Vault in the East US region.
To meet all requirements, the administrator must deploy the virtual machine in an Availability Zone (which satisfies the datacenter-wide failure protection and supports Ultra Disks) with the Ultra SSD compatibility setting enabled. Additionally, the Recovery Services Vault used to back up the virtual machine must be created in the same region (East US) as the virtual machine.

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Evaluate the storage and high availability requirements for the virtual machine.
The requirement for sub-millisecond latency demands Ultra Disks, which can only be attached to virtual machines with Ultra SSD compatibility enabled. Datacenter-wide protection requires deploying the VM in an Availability Zone rather than an Availability Set.
Ultra Disks are only supported in Availability Zones or as standalone VMs, and Availability Zones protect against zone-wide (datacenter) outages.
2
Determine the region requirements for the backup solution.
The Recovery Services Vault must be created in the East US region.
Azure Virtual Machine Backup requires the Recovery Services Vault to be in the exact same region as the source virtual machine.

Key Concept

Virtual Machine storage compatibility and regional backup constraints
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Create and Configure Virtual Machines

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