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Question 39
A SysOps Administrator attempted to launch an Amazon EC2 instance and received the following error:
“InstanceLimitExceeded “Your quota allows for 0 more running instance(s).””
What action should the Administrator take to resolve this issue and launch the EC2 instances?
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A
Use the AWS management console to increase the limits for the region.
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B
Open a case with AWS Support requesting an increase of the EC2 instance limit.
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C
Try to launch the EC2 instances into another availability zone.
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D
Launch the EC2 instances by using the run-instances CLI command.
Reveal correct answer
Correct answer: B
Explanation
The InstanceLimitExceeded error indicates that you reached the limit on the number of running On-Demand instances that you can launch in a Region. You can request an instance limit increase on a per-Region basis.
CORRECT: "Open a case with AWS Support requesting an increase of the EC2 instance limit" is the correct answer.
INCORRECT: "Try to launch the EC2 instances into another availability zone" is incorrect. The instance limits are applied at the region level so changing AZs will not resolve this issue.
INCORRECT: "Launch the EC2 instances by using the run-instances CLI command" is incorrect. It doesn’t matter how you launch the instances, if the limit is exceeded the request will fail.
INCORRECT: "Use the AWS management console to increase the limits for the region" is incorrect. You cannot manually adjust the limits yourself; you must contact AWS support to request an increase.
References:
https://aws.amazon.com/premiumsupport/knowledge-center/ec2-InstanceLimitExceeded-error/
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