As part of the project requirement, your team is working on attaching a VM instance to a zonal persistent disk.
Which of the below statements is TRUE with regards to the resources mentioned in the above scenario?

Answer options:

A.VM instance and zonal persistent disk should be in the same Zone.
B.VM instance and zonal persistent disk should be in different Zones.
C.VM instance and zonal persistent disk are Regional resources and should be in the same Zone.
D.VM instance and zonal persistent disk are Global resources and should be in the same Zone.

Correct Answer: A
Option A is correct. Since VM instance and zonal persistent disk are Zonal resources and should be in the same Zone.
Option B is incorrect. Please refer to the explanation above.
Option C is incorrect. VM instance and zonal persistent disk are Zonal resources and not Regional resources.
Option D is incorrect. VM instance and zonal persistent disks are Zonal resources and not Global resources.
https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones