Problem creating VM instance

[Lucas Pietski]

I'm going to create an instance, and this error appears:

"The zone 'projects/noble-truck-270711/zones/southamerica-east1-c' does not have enough resources available to fulfill the request. Try a different zone, or try again later."

I was seeing it, and this is due to the lack of resources in the region, but I'm from Brazil, and I would need GPUs, which I would only have in this region, and it's been a few days since I got this same error message ... I would like to help with that please.

[Michael T]

Hi Lucas,

Our goal is to make sure that there are available resources in all zones. This type of issue is rare. When a situation like this occurs, or is about to occur, our team is notified immediately and the issue is investigated.

The error message you are getting is because there is a resource availability issue in that particular 'southamerica-east1-c' zone. As a workaround that may be suitable for you: you can try to create a Snapshot of your VM instance using this link [1] or you can follow the steps below:

1. Go to the Create a Snapshot page in the Google Cloud Console.

2. Enter a snapshot Name.

3. Optionally, enter a Description of the snapshot.

4. Select the Source disk from the drop-down menu.

5. Determine your snapshot storage location. You can use the default storage location, or a custom storage location.

6. Click Create to create the snapshot.

Create an instance from a snapshot and make sure that assign a different region e.g (southamerica-east1-a) by following this documentation [2]

[1] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/disks/create-snapshots#creating_snapshots

[2] https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/create-start-instance#createsnapshot

[Lucas Pietski]

Hello Michael

I understand what I could do, but as I said, the GPU needed, and a single GPU zone available in my region would be 'southamerica-east1-c'. I am waiting to resolve the issue.

[Michael T]

The immediate solution to this error is to create your cloud resources in a different zone, but I understand it doesn't apply to your case. 

Despite the fact that we're continuously expanding our capacity, there are a few occurrences of these errors, so we suggest trying at different times.