7 days ago
I am not able to create workstation configuration?
Thanks for reviewing my thread. This is 1st thread in this community and seeking your guidance to explore gemini for an exciting journey.
I did follow
https://cloud.google.com/workstations/docs/write-code-gemini and tried to set up my work station.
I am facing the following issues.
I am able to create cluster successfully, workstation configuration failed with
This configuration is degraded. You may be unable to start or create workstations until these issues are resolved.Quota 'SSD_TOTAL_GB' exceeded. Limit: 400.0 in region us-central1.Status shows as "Degraded"I did search in this community for prior thread for this issue, but I did not get any hit, so I am presenting it here.
How do I resolve this ?
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Check Current Usage:
- Console: Go to "IAM & Admin" -> "Quotas & System Limits". Filter for Service: Compute Engine API, Metric: Persistent disk SSD (GB) (compute.googleapis.com/disks_ssd_total), and Region: us-central1. View usage in Metrics Explorer if needed.
- gcloud: Run gcloud compute regions describe us-central1 --format='table(quotas.metric,quotas.limit,quotas.usage)' and look for SSD_TOTAL_GB.
Find Quota Consumers:
- List All Disks: Run gcloud compute disks list --filter="region:us-central1". Note pd-ssd and pd-balanced types. Remember regional disks count double towards the quota.
- List Unattached Disks: Run gcloud compute disks list --filter="-users:* AND ( zone:( us-central1- ) OR region:( us-central1 ) )". These are often safe to delete.
Delete Unused Resources:
- Disks: Delete unneeded, unattached disks using the Console ("Compute Engine" -> "Disks") or gcloud compute disks delete DISK_NAME --zone=ZONE/--region=REGION. Verify disks are unneeded before deleting.
- Snapshots: Delete old/unnecessary snapshots via Console ("Compute Engine" -> "Snapshots") or gcloud compute snapshots delete SNAPSHOT_NAME.
- Workstations: Delete unused workstations via Console ("Cloud Workstations" -> "Workstations") or gcloud workstations delete. If the configuration's reclaimPolicy was RETAIN, you must manually delete the leftover persistent disk.
Optimize Workstation Configuration:
- Edit the configuration ("Cloud Workstations" -> "Workstation configurations").
- Consider changing persistentDirectories.gcePd.diskType to pd-standard (uses no SSD_TOTAL_GB quota).
- If SSD/Balanced is needed, reduce persistentDirectories.gcePd.sizeGb (default 200GB). Note: size < 200GB requires pd-ssd or pd-balanced.
- Ensure persistentDirectories.reclaimPolicy is DELETE (default) to prevent orphaned disks.
Request Quota Increase (If Needed & Eligible):
- Go to "IAM & Admin" -> "Quotas & System Limits".
- Find and select SSD_TOTAL_GB for us-central1.
- Click "EDIT QUOTAS" and submit a request with justification.
- Note: Free trial accounts often cannot get quota increases and may need to upgrade to a paid account first.
Fred
21 hr. ago
Thanks. How do I utilize my Google Cloud project then ? How do I make a support tkt ?
Ram Iyer
The issue you're encountering is because the total amount of SSD-backed storage needed for your workstation configuration exceeds the current limit (quota) set for your Google Cloud project. At this time Google has not published what the actual limit numbers are.