topic Re: VM-Series in Azure Marketplace charges in VM-Series in the Public Cloud

VM-Series in Azure Marketplace charges

kjsteven — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 03:59:31 GMT

Some basic cost based questions here from a newbie:

After deploying Bundle-1 of the PAYG VM-300 series from the Azure Marketplace:

- if I "stop" the instance, I won't get Azure compute charge BUT will Palo Alto continue to charge me for the license or other misc charges? [I understand storage charges will continue]

- will stopping the instance make all configs lost?

Re: VM-Series in Azure Marketplace charges

jperry1 — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 08:56:34 GMT

PAYG type licensing is not associated directly with Palo Alto Networks. That being saidyou will be charged hourly or annually depending on the type of license you use. But PAYG is listed as a consumption based licensing model so if your VM is powered off then there is no consumption. See the link below for information on PAYG and BYOL licensing.

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/AWS-Azure-Articles/VM-Series-for-AWS-and-Azure-Licensing-Considerations/ta-p/125552

Re: VM-Series in Azure Marketplace charges

kjsteven — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 09:02:32 GMT

Will the configs be lost if I were to stop the VM, leave it and start it sometime in the future?

Re: VM-Series in Azure Marketplace charges

jperry1 — Tue, 13 Feb 2018 18:07:58 GMT

Rule of thumb when it comes to firewalls is to always back up your configurations. But the answer is yes. The configuration should still be there.