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Launching a vCloud Air SQL Instance
This section describes the steps to create your first instance.
1. Log into the vCloud Air homepage: https://us-texas-1-14.vchs.vmware.com/api
2. Click the blue Launch and Instance button.
3. Select a service plan size.
The plan size determines the resources VMware provisions to support your instance.
o Virtual CPUs and compute memory corresponding to the number of CPUs
o 150 GB of flash storage is allocated when the instance is provisioned. This is the primary
storage. Over time, it is consumed by the instance, the SQL Server installation, the
schema and data for databases residing in the instance, temp files, and so forth.
vCloud Air SQL does not support dynamically changing the number of virtual CPUs or the
processor memory during the Early Access release. If you start with the Small service plan and
decide you need more virtual CPUs, you can use backup and restore to move to the Medium
service plan. Backups are always restored to a new instance, so you can select a plan with more
compute power at that time.
Note: Additional licenses might be required. See What are the licensing requirements?
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