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Tim Dunphy
Tim Dunphy

Reputation: 879

Find out what instance type an AWS AMI needs

I'm trying to launch this ami into AWS: ami-07b63e4fbc8f71538.

And I keep getting an error that says:

Launch Failed
Microsoft SQL Server Enterprise Edition is not supported for the instance type 't2.large'.

The devs who built the application want it to run on the smallest instance possible.

I have tried several sizes of instance and I keep getting the same error. Is there any way to determine what instance type an AMI needs before you launch it?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 7811

Answers (2)

mckenzm
mckenzm

Reputation: 1820

It is a shame it does not cut down the selection automatically as it does for ARM. In fact this seems to be a once only restriction you can take under advisement.

After you have deployed, you can stop the instance and change it to something else with varyng success. But at at least 2 vCores and 7GB unless you are in dev or a sandpit.

And AWS does remember that MSSQL is install (probably from the AMI) so you may have to "wash the AMI". They make it hard.

Also I strongly advise starting with a C3, as you will likely want to resize the root volume. I have the most luck with C3 for this. You can change to a T2 or T3 when that is out of the way.

Upvotes: 1

jarmod
jarmod

Reputation: 78653

The SQL Server Enterprise AMIs including ami-07b63e4fbc8f71538 need at least 4 vCPUs, hence t2.large is not compatible.

If you review the Windows with SQL Enterprise documentation at Amazon EC2 On-Demand Pricing, you'll see the list of compatible EC2 instance types.

Windows with SQL Enterprise

Upvotes: 6

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