diff --git a/docs/runbook/change-citus-node-pool-machine-type.md b/docs/runbook/change-citus-node-pool-machine-type.md
index dc5c0d7774..8e3cb62e63 100644
--- a/docs/runbook/change-citus-node-pool-machine-type.md
+++ b/docs/runbook/change-citus-node-pool-machine-type.md
@@ -7,42 +7,14 @@ Need to Change Machine Type for Citus Node Pool(s)
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Have `jq` installed
-- kubectl is pointing to the cluster you want to create snapshots from
+- kubectl is pointing to the cluster you want to change the machine type for
 - All bash commands assume your working directory is `docs/runbook/scripts`
 
 ## Solution
 
 1. Follow the steps to [create a disk snapshot for Citus cluster](./create-disk-snapshot-for-citus-cluster.md)
    to backup the current cluster data
-2. Configure and export env vars
+2. Run
    ```bash
-   export GCP_PROJECT="my-gcp-project"
-   export GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME="my-cluster-name"
-   export GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION="my-cluster-region"
-   export GCP_WORKER_POOL_NAME="citus-worker"
-   export GCP_COORDINATOR_POOL_NAME="citus-coordinator"
-   export MACHINE_TYPE="new-machine-type"
-   export AUTO_UNROUTE="true" # Automatically suspend/resume helm release and scale monitor 
-   export POOLS_TO_UPDATE=("${GCP_WORKER_POOL_NAME}" "${GCP_COORDINATOR_POOL_NAME}")
-   ```
-3. Run
-   ```bash
-   source ./utils.sh
-   NAMESPACES=($(kubectl get sgshardedclusters.stackgres.io -A -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.namespace}'))
-   for namespace in "${NAMESPACES[@]}"
-   do
-     unrouteTraffic "${namespace}"
-     pauseCitus "${namespace}"
-   done
-   resizeCitusNodePools 0
-   for pool in "${POOLS_TO_UPDATE[@]}"
-   do
-    gcloud container node-pools update ${pool} --project=${GCP_PROJECT} --cluster=${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME} --location=${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION} --machine-type=${MACHINE_TYPE}
-   done
-   resizeCitusNodePools 1
-   for namespace in "${NAMESPACES[@]}"
-   do
-     unpauseCitus "${namespace}"
-     routeTraffic "${namespace}"
-   done
+   ./change-machine-type.sh
    ```
diff --git a/docs/runbook/create-disk-snapshot-for-citus-cluster.md b/docs/runbook/create-disk-snapshot-for-citus-cluster.md
index 6f38cede10..4c759413ee 100644
--- a/docs/runbook/create-disk-snapshot-for-citus-cluster.md
+++ b/docs/runbook/create-disk-snapshot-for-citus-cluster.md
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@ Need to create disk snapshots for Citus cluster(s)
 
 ## Prerequisites
 
-- Have access to a running Citus cluster deployed by the `hedera-mirror` chart
+- Have access to a running Citus cluster deployed by the `hedera-mirror` chart 
 - Have `jq` installed
 - All bash commands assume your working directory is `docs/runbook/scripts`
-- kubectl is pointing to the cluster you want to create snapshots from
+- The kubectl context is set to the cluster you want to create snapshots from
 
 ## Solution
 
-1.  Run script and follow along with all prompts
-   ```bash
-   ./volume-snapshot.sh
-   ```
+Run script and follow along with all prompts
+```bash
+./volume-snapshot.sh
+```
diff --git a/docs/runbook/increase-zfs-disksize.md b/docs/runbook/increase-zfs-disksize.md
index bc15533778..3aa65d5463 100644
--- a/docs/runbook/increase-zfs-disksize.md
+++ b/docs/runbook/increase-zfs-disksize.md
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ The pvc for a shard is running out of space and needs to be increased beyond cur
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Have `jq` installed
+- The kubectl context is set to the cluster containing the disks you want to resize
 
 ## Solution
 
-1. Configure kubectl to point to the cluster
-2. Identify the worker (and/or coordinator) pvc(s) that needs to be resized
+1. Identify the worker (and/or coordinator) pvc(s) that needs to be resized
    ```bash
    kubectl get pv -o \
    custom-columns='PVC_NAME:.spec.claimRef.name,PV_NAME:.metadata.name,CAPACITY:..spec.capacity.storage,NODE_ID:.spec.nodeAffinity.required.nodeSelectorTerms[0].matchExpressions[0].values[0]' \
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ The pvc for a shard is running out of space and needs to be increased beyond cur
       mirror-citus-shard0-data-mirror-citus-shard0-0                                         pvc-5dd58b07-db59-4c3a-882f-dcd7467dfd49   10000Gi    worker-us-central1-c-0
       mirror-citus-shard1-data-mirror-citus-shard1-0                                         pvc-f9b980a9-0771-4222-9034-bd44279ddde8   12000Gi    worker-us-central1-f-0
    ```
-3. Using the `nodeId` from the previous step, increase the disk size for all disks needed
+2. Using the `nodeId` from the previous step, increase the disk size for all disks needed
    ```text
    diskPrefix - value of zfs.init.diskPrefix in values.yaml
    diskName - {diskPrefix}-{nodeId}-zfs
@@ -42,17 +42,17 @@ The pvc for a shard is running out of space and needs to be increased beyond cur
    ```bash
    gcloud compute disks resize "{diskName}" --size="{diskSize}" --zone="{zone}"
    ```
-4. Restart the zfs init pods
+3. Restart the zfs init pods
    ```bash
    kubectl rollout restart daemonset -n common mirror-zfs-init
    ```
-5. Verify the pool size has been increased
+4. Verify the pool size has been increased
    ```bash
    kubectl get pods -n common -l component=openebs-zfs-node  -o json |
    jq -r '.items[].metadata.name' |
    xargs -I % kubectl exec -c openebs-zfs-plugin -n common % -- zfs list
    ```
-6. Update the `hedera-mirror` chart's `values.yaml` to reflect the new disk size
+5. Update the `hedera-mirror` chart's `values.yaml` to reflect the new disk size
    ```yaml
    stackgres:
      coordinator:
@@ -73,5 +73,5 @@ The pvc for a shard is running out of space and needs to be increased beyond cur
              persistentVolume:
                size: 3200Gi
    ```
-7. Deploy the changes. Be sure to leave wiggle room for zfs rounding
+6. Deploy the changes. Be sure to leave wiggle room for zfs rounding
    see [here](https://github.com/openebs/zfs-localpv/blob/develop/docs/faq.md#7-why-the-zfs-volume-size-is-different-than-the-reqeusted-size-in-pvc)
diff --git a/docs/runbook/restore-citus-from-disk-snapshot.md b/docs/runbook/restore-citus-from-disk-snapshot.md
index 266c922bba..ec3770a5b9 100644
--- a/docs/runbook/restore-citus-from-disk-snapshot.md
+++ b/docs/runbook/restore-citus-from-disk-snapshot.md
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ Need to restore Citus cluster from disk snapshots
 - Snapshots of disks were created by following the [create snapshot](create-disk-snapshot-for-citus-cluster.md) runbook
 - Have `jq` and `ksd`(kubernetes secret decrypter) installed
 - The snapshots are from a compatible version of `postgres`
-- The `target cluster` has a running `hedera-mirror` chart with Stackgres enabled
+- The `target cluster` has a running Citus cluster deployed with `hedera-mirror` chart
 - The `target cluster` you are restoring to doesn't have any pvcs with a size larger than the size of the pvc in the
   snapshot. You can't decrease the size of a pvc. If needed, you can delete the existing cluster in the `target cluster`
   and redeploy the `hedera-mirror` chart with the default disk sizes.
 - If you have multiple Citus clusters in the `target cluster`, you will need to restore all of them
 - All bash commands assume your working directory is `docs/runbook/scripts`
 - Only a single citus cluster is installed per namespace
-- kubectl is pointing to the cluster you want to restore snapshots to
+- The kubectl context is set to the cluster you want to restore snapshots to
 
 ## Steps
 
diff --git a/docs/runbook/scripts/change-machine-type.sh b/docs/runbook/scripts/change-machine-type.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9448ce9ed3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/runbook/scripts/change-machine-type.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source ./utils.sh
+
+GCP_PROJECT="$(readUserInput "Enter GCP Project for target: ")"
+if [[ -z "${GCP_PROJECT}" ]]; then
+  log "GCP_PROJECT is not set and is required. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+else
+  gcloud projects describe "${GCP_PROJECT}" > /dev/null
+fi
+
+GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION="$(readUserInput "Enter target cluster region: ")"
+if [[ -z "${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" ]]; then
+  log "GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION is not set and is required. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+else
+  gcloud compute regions describe "${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" --project "${GCP_PROJECT}"  > /dev/null
+fi
+
+GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME="$(readUserInput "Enter target cluster name: ")"
+if [[ -z "${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME}" ]]; then
+  log "GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME is not set and is required. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+else
+  gcloud container clusters describe --project "${GCP_PROJECT}" \
+                                     --region="${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" \
+                                     "${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME}" > /dev/null
+fi
+
+MACHINE_TYPE="$(readUserInput "Enter new machine type: ")"
+if [[ -z "${MACHINE_TYPE}" ]]; then
+  log "MACHINE_TYPE is not set and is required. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+POOLS_TO_UPDATE_INPUT="$(readUserInput "Enter the node pools to update (space-separated): ")"
+if [[ -z "${POOLS_TO_UPDATE_INPUT}" ]]; then
+  log "POOLS_TO_UPDATE_INPUT is not set and is required. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+else
+  IFS=', ' read -r -a POOLS_TO_UPDATE <<< "${POOLS_TO_UPDATE_INPUT}"
+  for pool in "${POOLS_TO_UPDATE[@]}"; do
+    POOL_LOCATIONS=($(gcloud container node-pools describe "${pool}" --project="${GCP_PROJECT}" --cluster="${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME}" --region="${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" --format="json" | jq -r '.locations[]'))
+    for location in "${POOL_LOCATIONS[@]}"; do
+      gcloud compute machine-types describe "${MACHINE_TYPE}" --project="${GCP_PROJECT}" --zone="${location}" > /dev/null
+    done
+  done
+fi
+
+NAMESPACES=($(kubectl get sgshardedclusters.stackgres.io -A -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.namespace}'))
+for namespace in "${NAMESPACES[@]}"
+do
+ unrouteTraffic "${namespace}"
+ pauseCitus "${namespace}"
+done
+resizeCitusNodePools 0
+for pool in "${POOLS_TO_UPDATE[@]}"
+do
+gcloud container node-pools update "${pool}" --project="${GCP_PROJECT}" --cluster="${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME}" --location="${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" --machine-type="${MACHINE_TYPE}"
+done
+resizeCitusNodePools 1
+for namespace in "${NAMESPACES[@]}"
+do
+ unpauseCitus "${namespace}"
+ routeTraffic "${namespace}"
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/runbook/scripts/restore-volume-snapshot.sh b/docs/runbook/scripts/restore-volume-snapshot.sh
index 40c9719a8b..73b9484c31 100755
--- a/docs/runbook/scripts/restore-volume-snapshot.sh
+++ b/docs/runbook/scripts/restore-volume-snapshot.sh
@@ -5,12 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 source ./utils.sh
 
 REPLACE_DISKS="${REPLACE_DISKS:-true}"
-COMMON_NAMESPACE="${COMMON_NAMESPACE:-common}"
 ZFS_POOL_NAME="${ZFS_POOL_NAME:-zfspv-pool}"
-GCP_COORDINATOR_POOL_NAME="${GCP_COORDINATOR_POOL_NAME:-citus-coordinator}"
-GCP_WORKER_POOL_NAME="${GCP_WORKER_POOL_NAME:-citus-worker}"
-AUTO_UNROUTE="${AUTO_UNROUTE:-true}"
-
 
 function configureAndValidate() {
   CURRENT_CONTEXT=$(kubectl config current-context)
diff --git a/docs/runbook/scripts/upgrade-k8s-version-citus.sh b/docs/runbook/scripts/upgrade-k8s-version-citus.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..36a4c3c115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/runbook/scripts/upgrade-k8s-version-citus.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source ./utils.sh
+
+NAMESPACES=($(kubectl get sgshardedclusters.stackgres.io -A -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.namespace}'))
+POOLS_TO_UPDATE=("${GCP_WORKER_POOL_NAME}" "${GCP_COORDINATOR_POOL_NAME}" "default-pool")
+
+GCP_PROJECT="$(readUserInput "Enter GCP Project for target: ")"
+if [[ -z "${GCP_PROJECT}" ]]; then
+  log "GCP_PROJECT is not set and is required. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+else
+  gcloud projects describe "${GCP_PROJECT}" > /dev/null
+fi
+
+GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION="$(readUserInput "Enter target cluster region: ")"
+if [[ -z "${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" ]]; then
+  log "GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION is not set and is required. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+else
+  gcloud compute regions describe "${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" --project "${GCP_PROJECT}"  > /dev/null
+fi
+
+GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME="$(readUserInput "Enter target cluster name: ")"
+if [[ -z "${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME}" ]]; then
+  log "GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME is not set and is required. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+else
+  gcloud container clusters describe --project "${GCP_PROJECT}" \
+                                     --region="${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" \
+                                     "${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME}" > /dev/null
+fi
+
+VERSION="$(readUserInput "Enter the new Kubernetes version: ")"
+if [[ -z "${VERSION}" ]]; then
+  log "VERSION is not set and is required. Exiting"
+  exit 1
+else
+  HAS_VERSION="$(gcloud container get-server-config --location="${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" --project="${GCP_PROJECT}" --format="json(validNodeVersions)" | jq -r --arg VERSION "${VERSION}" 'any(.validNodeVersions[]; . == $VERSION)')"
+  if [[ "${HAS_VERSION}" != "true" ]]; then
+    log "Version ${VERSION} is not valid. Exiting"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+for namespace in "${NAMESPACES[@]}"
+do
+ unrouteTraffic "${namespace}"
+ pauseCitus "${namespace}"
+done
+for pool in "${POOLS_TO_UPDATE[@]}"
+do
+gcloud container clusters upgrade "${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME}" --node-pool="${pool}" --cluster-version="${VERSION}" --location="${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION}" --project="${GCP_PROJECT}"
+done
+for namespace in "${NAMESPACES[@]}"
+do
+ unpauseCitus "${namespace}"
+ routeTraffic "${namespace}"
+done
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/runbook/scripts/utils.sh b/docs/runbook/scripts/utils.sh
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 405ad6c12b..fa542894c7
--- a/docs/runbook/scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/docs/runbook/scripts/utils.sh
@@ -59,13 +59,13 @@ function routeTraffic() {
   local namespace="${1}"
 
   log "Running test queries"
-  kubectl exec -it -n "${namespace}" "${HELM_RELEASE_NAME}-citus-coord-0" -- psql -U mirror_rest -d mirror_node -c "select * from transaction limit 10"
-  kubectl exec -it -n "${namespace}" "${HELM_RELEASE_NAME}-citus-coord-0" -- psql -U mirror_node -d mirror_node -c "select * from transaction limit 10"
+  kubectl exec -it -n "${namespace}" "${HELM_RELEASE_NAME}-citus-coord-0" -c postgres-util -- psql -U mirror_rest -d mirror_node -c "select * from transaction limit 10"
+  kubectl exec -it -n "${namespace}" "${HELM_RELEASE_NAME}-citus-coord-0" -c postgres-util -- psql -U mirror_node -d mirror_node -c "select * from transaction limit 10"
   doContinue
   scaleDeployment "${namespace}" 1 "app.kubernetes.io/component=importer"
   while true; do
     local statusQuery="select $(date +%s) - (max(consensus_end) / 1000000000) from record_file"
-    local status=$(kubectl exec -n "${namespace}" "${HELM_RELEASE_NAME}-citus-coord-0" -- psql -q --csv -t -U mirror_rest -d mirror_node -c "select $(date +%s) - (max(consensus_end) / 1000000000) from record_file" | tail -n 1)
+    local status=$(kubectl exec -n "${namespace}" "${HELM_RELEASE_NAME}-citus-coord-0" -c postgres-util -- psql -q --csv -t -U mirror_rest -d mirror_node -c "select $(date +%s) - (max(consensus_end) / 1000000000) from record_file" | tail -n 1)
     if [[ "${status}" -lt 10 ]]; then
       log "Importer is caught up with the source"
       break
@@ -207,4 +207,7 @@ function resizeCitusNodePools() {
 COMMON_NAMESPACE="${COMMON_NAMESPACE:-common}"
 HELM_RELEASE_NAME="${HELM_RELEASE_NAME:-mirror}"
 CURRENT_CONTEXT="$(kubectl config current-context)"
-CITUS_CLUSTERS="$(getCitusClusters)"
\ No newline at end of file
+CITUS_CLUSTERS="$(getCitusClusters)"
+AUTO_UNROUTE="${AUTO_UNROUTE:-true}"
+GCP_COORDINATOR_POOL_NAME="${GCP_COORDINATOR_POOL_NAME:-citus-coordinator}"
+GCP_WORKER_POOL_NAME="${GCP_WORKER_POOL_NAME:-citus-worker}"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/runbook/scripts/volume-snapshot.sh b/docs/runbook/scripts/volume-snapshot.sh
index fe00508b72..f2e69cce31 100755
--- a/docs/runbook/scripts/volume-snapshot.sh
+++ b/docs/runbook/scripts/volume-snapshot.sh
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ set -euo pipefail
 
 source ./utils.sh
 
-AUTO_UNROUTE="${AUTO_UNROUTE:-true}"
-
 GCP_PROJECT="$(readUserInput "Enter GCP Project for target: ")"
 if [[ -z "${GCP_PROJECT}" ]]; then
   log "GCP_PROJECT is not set and is required. Exiting"
diff --git a/docs/runbook/upgrade-k8s-version-citus-nodepool.md b/docs/runbook/upgrade-k8s-version-citus-nodepool.md
index 3418486f99..897c939524 100644
--- a/docs/runbook/upgrade-k8s-version-citus-nodepool.md
+++ b/docs/runbook/upgrade-k8s-version-citus-nodepool.md
@@ -7,41 +7,14 @@ Need to update k8s version for Citus Node Pool(s)
 ## Prerequisites
 
 - Have `jq` installed
-- kubectl is pointing to the cluster you want to upgrade
+- The kubectl context is set to the cluster you want to upgrade
 - All bash commands assume your working directory is `docs/runbook/scripts`
 
 ## Solution
 
 1. Follow the steps to [create a disk snapshot for Citus cluster](./create-disk-snapshot-for-citus-cluster.md)
    to backup the current cluster data
-2. Configure and export env vars
+2.  Run
    ```bash
-   export GCP_PROJECT="my-gcp-project"
-   export GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME="my-cluster-name"
-   export GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION="my-cluster-region"
-   export GCP_WORKER_POOL_NAME="citus-worker"
-   export GCP_COORDINATOR_POOL_NAME="citus-coordinator"
-   export MACHINE_TYPE="new-machine-type"
-   export AUTO_UNROUTE="true" # Automatically suspend/resume helm release and scale monitor 
-   export VERSION="new-k8s-version" # Specify the new k8s version
-   export POOLS_TO_UPDATE=("${GCP_WORKER_POOL_NAME}" "${GCP_COORDINATOR_POOL_NAME}" "default-pool")
-   ```
-3. Run
-   ```bash
-   source ./utils.sh
-   NAMESPACES=($(kubectl get sgshardedclusters.stackgres.io -A -o jsonpath='{.items[*].metadata.namespace}'))
-   for namespace in "${NAMESPACES[@]}"
-   do
-     unrouteTraffic "${namespace}"
-     pauseCitus "${namespace}"
-   done
-   for pool in "${POOLS_TO_UPDATE[@]}"
-   do
-    gcloud container clusters upgrade ${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_NAME} --node-pool=${pool} --cluster-version=${VERSION} --location=${GCP_K8S_CLUSTER_REGION} --project=${GCP_PROJECT}
-   done
-   for namespace in "${NAMESPACES[@]}"
-   do
-     unpauseCitus "${namespace}"
-     routeTraffic "${namespace}"
-   done
+   ./upgrade-k8s-version-citus.sh
    ```