Move google virtual machine to another region or zone

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 

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