What is the best way to change the instance type of a machine that is part of a load balanced instance group? I'd like to avoid losing the machine name and data if possible.
For a non load balanced instance, I see that you can change the instance once it is stopped. But I cannot stop the machine when it is part of a load balancer.
I have set up my instance group as following:
autoscaling: off
number of instances: 1
autohealing: no health check
I've tried to stop it by * going to the compute instance and clicking stop on top. But it restarts right away. * by changing the number of instances to 0, but then it deletes the current instance.
Load Balance Details Incoming requests are directed to a single server, on port 80. I have maximum CPU utilization set to 100 and balancing mode is set to Utilization.