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file storage to configure sql server failover cluster instance use block storage to configure sql server always on availability groups configure windows set up alwayson availability groups using an internal load balancer set up alwayson availability groups using a distributed network name set up a failover cluster vm that uses s2d set up a failover cluster vm with multi writer disks configure linux set up a sql server cluster on linux with always on availability groups and pacemaker set up a sql server failover cluster on linux with multi writer disks migrate migrate a sql server database from aws ec2 to compute engine migrate a sql server database from windows to linux disaster recovery disaster recovery for microsoft sql server disaster recovery for microsoft sql server on persistent disk disaster recovery for microsoft sql server on hyperdisk deploying microsoft sql server for multi regional disaster recovery back up sql server databases to a google cloud storage bucket back up sql 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patterns for scalable and resilient applications patterns for using floating ip addresses on compute engine optimize resource utilization use recommendations to manage resources apply machine type recommendations to vms configure machine type recommendations apply machine type recommendations to migs view and apply idle resources recommendations view and understand vm insights view and understand mig insights manage idle vm recommendations idle vm recommendations overview view and apply idle vm recommendations configure idle vm recommendations manage reservation recommendations reservation recommendations overview view and apply idle reservation recommendations view and apply underutilized reservation recommendations configure idle reservation recommendations configure underutilized reservation recommendations overcommit cpus on sole tenant vms manual live migration about manual live migration manually live migrate vms share sole tenant node groups next generation dynamic resource 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preferences this document explains how to create a managed instance group mig that uses flex start virtual machine vm instances flex start vms run uninterrupted for up to seven days and help you obtain high demand resources such as gpus at a discounted price these features make flex start vms a cost effective solution for running short duration workloads such as model fine tuning and batch inference workloads the steps in this document explain how to create a mig that creates individual flex start vms as resources become available thus the mig might initially create only a portion of the requested vms and then add the remaining vms later as capacity permits if you want to create flex start vms all at once in a mig then see instead about mig resize requests for other methods that you can use to create migs see basic scenarios for creating a mig before you begin verify that you have sufficient quota for the resources that you want to request for more information see allocation quotas if you haven t already set up authentication authentication verifies your identity for access to google cloud services and apis to run code or samples from a local development environment you can authenticate to compute engine by selecting one of the following options select the tab for how you plan to use the samples on this page console when you use the google cloud console to access google cloud services and apis you don t need to set up authentication gcloud install the google cloud cli after installation initialize the google cloud cli by running the following command gcloud init if you re using an external identity provider idp you must first sign in to the gcloud cli with your federated identity note if you installed the gcloud cli previously make sure you have the latest version by running gcloud components update set a default region and zone rest to use the rest api samples on this page in a local development environment you use the credentials you provide to the gcloud cli install the google cloud cli if you re using an external identity provider idp you must first sign in to the gcloud cli with your federated identity for more information see authenticate for using rest in the google cloud authentication documentation required roles to get the permissions that you need to create migs that use flex start vms ask your administrator to grant you the compute instance admin v1 roles compute instanceadmin v1 iam role on the project for more information about granting roles see manage access to projects folders and organizations this predefined role contains the permissions required to create migs that use flex start vms to see the exact permissions that are required expand the required permissions section required permissions the following permissions are required to create migs that use flex start vms to create an instance template compute instancetemplates create on the project to create a mig compute instancegroupmanagers create on the project you might also be able to get these permissions with custom roles or other predefined roles create a mig that uses flex start vms to create a mig that uses flex start vms you must complete the following steps create an instance template that s configured for creating flex start vms create a regional or zonal mig create an instance template that s configured for creating flex start vms you must create an instance template that s configured for creating flex start vms as described in this section after you create the template you use it to create the mig note if you want to run data science or machine learning ml workloads then we recommend that you specify a deep learning vm images image in your instance template deep learning vm is a set of prepackaged os images that contain ml frameworks and essential tools for more information see choose an image in the deep learning vm documentation to create an instance template that s configured for creating flex start vms select one of the following options console in the google cloud console go to the instance templates page go to instance templates click create instance template the create an instance template page appears in the name field enter a name for the instance template in the location section select the type of instance template that you want to create for a regional instance template select regional and then select the region in which to create your template based on the machine type that you want your flex start vms to use specify a supported region for a global instance template select global in the machine configuration section select a supported machine series for flex start vms in the provisioning model section do the following in the vm provisioning model list select flex start to set a run duration for the vms that are created through the instance template in the enter number of hours field enter the number of hours that the vms run for the value must be between one hour 1 and seven days 168 when the vms reach 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