How to resize an EC2 instance

Question

I get an "InvalidInstanceType" error for compatibility issues between the current and the new instance type when I am trying to resize the EC2 instance.

Is there an API using which I can find out to which instance types my EC2 instance can be resized to?

Answer 1

There is no API call available to list available instance types that are compatable for resizing your instance.

This is what I found on Amazon Documentation, This is referring to instances with Instance Store, which is storage directly attached to the instance, which is lost when the instance is stopped/terminated.