I Should Change my Instance type from M5d to M6a

Question

Hello,

I would like to change my Instance type from M5a, M5d to M6a. When i try this, i am getting an error, that says **"region is not supported"**. I am using ap-south-1 (Mumbai) region. 
Please provide the best solution.

Thanks,
Ragav

Answer

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See the attached screenshot. I am unable to change the instance type from m5d to m6a.
Kindly do the needful

Answer

Hello.

I checked if M6a is supported using the command below.  
I have confirmed that it is supported in the "ap-south-1" region.  
Could you please tell me specifically from which instance type an error occurred when trying to change to M6a?  
Does the error occur with both M5a and M5d?  
```
aws ec2 describe-instance-type-offerings --location-type "availability-zone" --filters Name=location,Values=ap-south-1a --region ap-south-1 --query "InstanceTypeOfferings[*].[InstanceType]" --output text | sort | grep "m6a"
m6a.12xlarge
m6a.16xlarge
m6a.24xlarge
m6a.2xlarge
m6a.32xlarge
m6a.48xlarge
m6a.4xlarge
m6a.8xlarge
m6a.large
m6a.metal
m6a.xlarge
```

Answer

I have had this before with RDS even though there’s no issues according to the CLi. Check if the instance is available in the current AZ.

If so, try and create a AMI of the EC2 and recreate with the correct instance type. This is a hack. I’m yet to get to the bottom of this issue with AWS.

I Should Change my Instance type from M5d to M6a

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