I have an Amazon EC2 micro instance (t1.micro
). I want to upgrade this instance to large
.
This is our production environment, so what is the safest way to do this?
Is there any step by step guide to do this?
To change the instance type of an Amazon EBS-backed instanceOpen the Amazon EC2 console. In the navigation pane, choose Instances. Select the instance and choose Actions, Instance State, Stop. When prompted for confirmation, choose Yes, Stop.
Alert Be careful when copying data from the old machine to the new one. It's better to keep the old data as a backup instead of overwriting it directly. There may be other and better ways to do this.
Run the Sources\Setup.exe file. For Select the operating system you want to install, select the full installation SKU for your Windows Server instance, and then choose Next. For Which type of installation do you want?, choose Upgrade. Complete the wizard.
Using AWS Management Console:
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