Adding Availability Zones

Before project spaces and resources can be created in Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure, a tenant administrator must specify the availability zones from which computing and networking resources can be provisioned. When an availability zone is added to the configuration, it appears in the Availability zone drop-down list when administrators are creating project spaces and resources.

Important: Before adding availability zones in Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure, make sure that your Virtual Networks (VNets) have internal connectivity in Azure. See Ensuring Connectivity Between Virtual Networks (VNets) and Availability Zones.

To add an availability zone:

  1. On the main toolbar, click to display the Administration menu.

  2. In the navigation pane, select Availability zones.

  3. On the Availability zones page, click Add availability zone.



  4. Keep the Add availability zone dialog open while you open another browser tab.

  5. On the new browser tab, go to the Azure portal.

  6. In the Azure portal, search for and select virtual networks. Select your Virtual Network, then select Subnets in the navigation pane to display the subnets for your Virtual Network.

    In Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure, you should add an availability zone for each of the subnets listed in your VNet.

  7. In Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure, in the Add availability zone dialog, specify the following settings:

    • Name. The name of the availability zone as it will appear in Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure.

    • Account. The Azure account to which the virtual network is scoped.

    • Region. The Azure region from which resources will be provisioned.

    • Virtual network resource group. The name of the resource group that holds your Azure resources, as defined in the Resource Manager in the Azure portal. The region in which the resource group is created in Azure portal must be the same region selected in this wizard.

    • VNet ID. The name/ID of the Virtual Network into which resources will be deployed, as defined in the Azure portal.

    • Subnet ID. The name/ID of the subnet (within the specified VNet) into which resources will be deployed, as defined in the Azure portal.

  8. Click Add. The availability zone is added to the list and will now be available when administrators create project spaces and resources.

  9. Repeat the above steps to add an availability zone for each subnet in your VNet.

Note: When you create an availability zone in a region that is different than the region used when setting up Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure, it may take between 5 and 10 minutes for the availability zone to be initialized in Ansys Access on Microsoft Azure. When creating resources, the hardware table will not display updated virtual machine sizes, pricing, and quotas for this availability zone until the initialization has completed.