How can i scale up my azure reserved VM ?

Question

How can i scale up my azure reserved VM ? I am in a situation where I bought reserved instance per year for B2ms machine but after eight months I want to increase it to B4ms. How will payment look like in that situation. When number of vm is the same, but we need to scale it up ?

Answer 1

Hi @Akanksha Sharma ,

based on your question this information should be helpful:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/reserved-vm-instance-size-flexibility

Within the same VM series you have the size flexibility. B2ms and B4ms are in the same VM Series.

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 2

Hi @Andreas Baumgarten

Thank you for your response. Does this mean I don't have to pay any extra cost for my new VM Size (B4ms) or I will have to pay the difference ? I need some approx value to plan the scale up actions.

Answer 3

Hi @Akanksha Sharma ,

sorry for the delayed answer.

Based on the link I posted above my understanding is you have to "buy/pay the difference" if you scale up.

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Regards
Andreas Baumgarten

Answer 4

Hi,

Yes, we have to pay the difference.

Thanks again !!!