Move a existing VM from asia-east region to us region
Via Shapshot
- Snapshots > Create snapshot
- Set name and select the source disk
- Select the snapshot just created > Create instance
- unmount any external disk
- Select machine type and zone
- Note: First 744 hours of f1-micro instance usage are free for US region
- http://www.gcping.com to check response time to your location
- Click "Create"
Via Image
- stop running instance
- create image from the disk
- Select the image just created > Create instance
- Select machine type and zone
Notes
- reserve the new public IP
- update the DNS record