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Task 03 - Verify Azure Arc-enabled VM

Introduction

Terra Firm Laboratories wants to migrate several on-premises workloads to Microsof Azure. For some workloads there are no plans to migrate it to Azure. In this task, you will Verify that the Azure Arc-enabled VM has been added successfully.

Description

In this task, you will Verify that the Azure Arc-enabled VM has been added successfully.

The key tasks are as follows:

  1. Confirm that the Machine - Azure Arc pane for the on-premises virtual machine shows the Status as Connected.

Success Criteria

  • Azure Arc VM status is Connected.

Solution

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  1. In the Azure Portal, navigate to the Resource Group for the lab.

  2. Scroll down and locate the Azure resource of type Machine - Azure Arc. and select it.

  3. This is the Machine - Azure Arc pane for the on-premises virtual machine that was just Azure Arc-enabled. The Status shows Connected to signify that the Azure Arc-enabled virtual machine is connected to Azure. Also, notice that the Computer Name and Operating System of the virtual machine are displayed.

  4. From here, there are several Azure Arc capabilities available to use for managing the Azure Arc-enabled virtual machine.

  5. Select Extensions under Settings. This is where you can install Extensions on the Azure Arc-enabled virtual machine. For example, the Custom script for linux - Azure Arc extension can be used to download scripts and files from Azure storage and launch a script on the machine.