Error Creating Filestore Basic tier instance - RANGES_EXHAUSTED

[mark_harrison]

When I attempt to create a Basic tier Filestore instance in the default network VPC I get this error:

I'm new to GCP and VPC networking, could someone help me out understanding what I need to do in order to get this to work?

I used the default option of Automatically allocated IP address range. I've tried changing regions, zones (and a combination of both). I can create another VPC if needed, but I'd rather not if I can avoid it since I'm only testing something out (I don't know if you can delete a VPC but couldn't see that as an option either).

Thanks!

[glen_yu · Accepted solution]

Hi! 

You can delete VPCs.  If you created another VPC and select Automatic mode for the subnets (default = Custom), you basically create another "default" VPC.

As for the Filestore issue you're having, I tried creating an HDD/basic tiered 1Tb Filestore instance in my default VPC us-central1 (any zone) and I wasn't able to replicate your error.  Can you perhaps try to create another VPC and see if Filestore can be setup there or if you get the same error?

Also, are you on a personal GCP account or an account where you would have full perms?  The error doesn't sound like a perm issue, but I just wanted to rule out that it wasn't an organization account in which there might be org policies being enforced in the background preventing this.  

[mark_harrison]

Thanks for the reply

I created a new VPC and the Filestore created fine, so I think I'm good now - as you say, I can delete the VPC network once I'm done (I found the option after drilling into the default VPC network).

I'm using a corporate (organisation) account, but I should have appropriate permissions.

Either way, I'm onto my next stumbling block. Seeing if NFS can work with Windows.... (its odd that GCP don't offer an SMB option at a reasonable price)

[glen_yu]

It's possible that there's an organizational policy to prevent the use of the default VPC as well.  So even though you can create one just the like default, it's not called default 😄

EDIT: @mark_harrison -- if you need CIFS/SAMBA, you can try lookin into NetApp Cloud Volume Services (CVS), which is available from the marketplace (but you might find it at the bottom of the GCP hamburger menu), pretty easy to provision and billing still goes to your GCP billing.  Filestore is pretty good, but as you say, it doesn't have all the support that one might expect.

[mark_harrison]

Thanks! I'm going to see how NFS fairs, and will definitely check that out if needed!