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Sometimes when trying to launch my t1.micro EC2 instance, it cannot be provisioned and Amazon recommends trying a different availability zone. Is it possible to change this for an existing instance?
You cannot move an existing EC2 instance to a different availability zone directly.
However, the following approach can be used to move an instance to a different availability zone indirectly through a new AMI:
Stop (do not terminate!) the old instance in the old availability zone.
Create an AMI based on the old instance.
Run a new instance of the new AMI in the new availability zone. It will be a fairly exact copy of your old instance.
If you were using an Elastic IP address, re-associate it with the new instance.
Once you have tested the new instance and know that it’s working well, terminate the old instance in the old availability zone.