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Vojtěch
Vojtěch

Reputation: 12416

Clone GCE instance and fix mounting previous disks

I am trying to create a new instance (instance-2) by clicking "create similar" in an existing instance (instance-1).

I have then created the boot disk (instance-2-disk) from existing snapshot (instance-1-disk-snapshot) on the previous instance and a data ssd secondary disk (instance-2-disk-data) also from a snapshot of (instance-1-disk-data-snapshot).

However the machine doesn't want to bootup, because it is still trying to attache the instance-1-disk-data. This is an output of the machine's serial console:

[ TIME ] Timed out waiting for device instance-1-disk-data.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for File…ogle-instance-1-disk-data.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for /data.
[DEPEND] Dependency failed for Local File Systems.

How can I tell the system to expect the instance-2-disk-data even though the instance has correctly set the instance-2-disk-data?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 59

Answers (1)

JaysonM
JaysonM

Reputation: 666

In Addition to John Hanley. Here are the detailed steps

  1. Go to your instance-2 VM
  2. Shut Down
  3. Edit
  4. Detached Boot disk
  5. Custom Image
  6. Select Project > Select Image
  7. Save and Start Server

In case you want to do it again by scratch

  1. Go to you instance-1 VM
  2. Select Disk > Create Snapshot
  3. Go to Compute Engine > Snapshot
  4. Select Snapshot
  5. Create Instance
  6. Configure VM then Create

Upvotes: 2

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