VM size Standard D-series not available in West Europe Availability Zones

Question

In the Azure West Europe region there are some Virtual Machine sizes not available in Availability Zones 2 and 3. I need the D3_v2 size, but during the deployment wizard the error below occurs:

{"code":"InvalidTemplateDeployment","details":[{"code":"SkuNotAvailable","message":"The requested VM size for resource 'Following SKUs have failed for Capacity Restrictions: Standard_D3_v2' is currently not available in location 'westeurope'. Please try another size or deploy to a different location or different zone. See https://aka.ms/azureskunotavailable for details."}],"message":"The template deployment 'paloaltonetworks.vmseries-ngfw-20240613104815' is not valid according to the validation procedure. The tracking id is 'bb8c0cf7-afcd-47be-873e-ea109531ead4'. See inner errors for details."}

Through Azure CLI I ran the command below in order to check the availability for Standard D-series. It seems that there are a lot capacity issues, aside the D3_v2 size.

az vm list-skus --location westeurope --size Standard_D --all --output table

I don't have the possibility to choose another serie then D-series because of the specific Marketplace deployment; VM-Series Next-Generation Firewall from Palo Alto, which automatically chooses Zone 1 and 2, and the deployement limits the size choice by only sizes that are having the Availability Zone issue.

Is there an ETA of the availability zone issue for the D3_v2 size?

Answer 1

Hello Laurent van Mastrigt,

Thanks for your question.

This is usually caused when the resource SKU you've selected, such as VM size, isn't available for a location or zone.

If a SKU isn't available for your subscription in a location or zone that meets your business needs, submit a SKU request to Azure Support.

This is gotten from here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-resource-manager/troubleshooting/error-sku-not-available?tabs=azure-cli#solution

Regards,

Abiola.

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Answer 2

Hello Laurent van Mastrigt

We noticed your feedback that the above answer was not helpful.

Thank you for taking time to share feedback.

If the issue is only with deploying to Availability Zones 2 and 3, and you have confirmed that you have not exceeded the vCPU quota for the Standard D family, then it is likely that the issue is with the availability of the Standard D3_v2 VM size in those Availability Zones.

In this case, you can try deploying your VM in Availability Zone 1, or in a different region where the Standard D3_v2 VM size is available in all Availability Zones. Alternatively, you can try deploying a different VM size that meets your requirements and is available in West Europe Availability Zones 2 and 3.

If you still want to request a quota increase, you can do so, but it may not resolve the issue with the availability of the Standard D3_v2 VM size in those Availability Zones.

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