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SOA-C02 · Question #278

A SysOps administrator is creating an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group in a new AWS account. After adding some instances, the SysOps administrator notices that the group has not reached the minimum numbe

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Submitted by anna_se· Mar 30, 2026Deployment, Provisioning, and Automation

Question

A SysOps administrator is creating an Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling group in a new AWS account. After adding some instances, the SysOps administrator notices that the group has not reached the minimum number of instances. The SysOps administrator receives the following error message:

Launching a new EC2 instance. Status Reason: Your quota allows for 0 more running instance(s). You requested at least 1. Launching EC2 instance failed. Which action will resolve this issue?

Options

  • AAdjust the account spending limits for Amazon EC2 on the AWS Billing and Cost Management
  • BModify the EC2 quota for that AWS Region in the EC2 Settings section of the EC2 console.
  • CRequest a quota Increase for the Instance type family by using Service Quotas on the AWS
  • DUse the Rebalance action In the Auto Scaling group on the AWS Management Console.

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Topics

#Service Quotas#EC2 Auto Scaling#Instance Launch Failure#Troubleshooting
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