A user has launched two EBS backed EC2 instances in the US-East-1a region. The user wants to change the zone of one of the instances. How can the user change it?
A) Stop one of the instances and change the availability zone
B) The zone can only be modified using the AWS CLI
C) From the AWS EC2 console, select the Actions - Change zones and specify new zone
D) Create an AMI of the running instance and launch the instance in a separate AZ

Question

A user has launched two EBS backed EC2 instances in the US-East-1a region. The user wants to change the zone of one of the instances. How can the user change it?
A) Stop one of the instances and change the availability zone
B) The zone can only be modified using the AWS CLI
C) From the AWS EC2 console, select the Actions - > Change zones and specify new zone
D) Create an AMI of the running instance and launch the instance in a separate AZ

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To change the availability zone of an EC2 instance, the user must create an AMI of the instance and then launch a new instance from that AMI in the desired availability zone. Availability zones cannot be changed directly.

A User Has Launched Two EBS Backed EC2 Instances in the US-East-1a