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Shivani Gandhi
Shivani Gandhi

Reputation: 11

Upgrade/Change the OS version of the VM instance in the gcp

I am using Google-Cloud-Platform I want to update the os version of my VM instance. I am using ubuntu-18.4LTS and want to upgrade it to the ubunut-20.04LTS with all the data. I got one suggestion in which I ask I can create a whole new VM instance with the new OS that I want but in that case, I will lose the data. Another Way that I come into my knowledge is using the snapshot.

  1. Create a snapshot from the disk.
  2. Create a new instance with the new OS version.
  3. Add your old disk to your new instance.

But still, after doing this I didn't get any luck I got the new version but not the data of the old machine.

So is there any way to achieve this?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2183

Answers (1)

PlainH2O
PlainH2O

Reputation: 167

I can't use comment due to insufficient points.

Is there a reason you don't want to use command line to upgrade?

Does this link https://ubuntu.com/blog/how-to-upgrade-from-ubuntu-18-04-lts-to-20-04-lts-today help?

And this https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/upgrade-ubuntu-18-04-to-20-04-lts-using-command-line/

Upvotes: 2

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