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Dell EMC PowerProtect DDVE in the Azure Cloud 7.8 Installation and Administration Guide

Resizing the DDVE instance in Azure

About this task

Follow these steps to resize the DDVE virtual machine instance from:
  • A small instance to a large instance.
  • An instance without premium SSD support to an instance with premium SSD support.
  • An instance to the recommended instance in the same capacity. For example, upgrade a 256-TB DDVE instance from Standard_D32s_v3 to Standard_D32ds_v4.

Steps

  1. In the Azure portal, click Stop to stop the current DDVE instance.
    Stop the current DDVE instance before resizing.
  2. Resize the virtual machine:
    1. Select Settings > Size.
    2. Select the new size for the DDVE instance, and then click Select.
      The DDVE instance type may only be upgraded from small capacity to large capacity in this direction:
      • Standard_F8s > Standard_DS4_v2 > Standard_D16s_v3 > Standard_D32s_v3
      • Standard_F8 > Standard_D4_v2 > Standard_D16_v3
      • Standard_D4ds_v4 > Standard_D8ds_v4 > Standard_D16ds_v4 > Standard_D32ds_v4
      For Premium SSD support, the DDVE instance type may only be upgraded in this direction:
      • Standard_F8 > Standard_F8s/Standard_D4ds_v4
      • Standard_D4_v2 > Standard_DS4_v2/Standard_D8ds_v4
      • Standard_D16_v3 > Standard_D16s_v3/Standard_D16ds_v4
      The DDVE instance type may only be upgraded to the recommended instance in this direction:
      • Standard_F8/Standard_F8s > Standard_D4ds_v4
      • Standard_D4_V2/Standard_DS4_V2 > Standard_D8ds_v4
      • Standard_D16_V3/Standard_D16s_v3 > Standard_D32ds_v4
      • Standard_D32s_v3 > Standard_D32ds_v4
      Resize the VM
    The Azure portal indicates that the DDVE virtual machine has been successfully resized.
  3. Click Start to launch the resized DDVE instance.
    Successful resized DDVE VM in Azure.

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