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Create Snapshot

ec2_create_snapshot R Documentation

Creates a snapshot of an EBS volume and stores it in Amazon S3

Description

Creates a snapshot of an EBS volume and stores it in Amazon S3. You can use snapshots for backups, to make copies of EBS volumes, and to save data before shutting down an instance.

The location of the source EBS volume determines where you can create the snapshot.

  • If the source volume is in a Region, you must create the snapshot in the same Region as the volume.

  • If the source volume is in a Local Zone, you can create the snapshot in the same Local Zone or in parent Amazon Web Services Region.

  • If the source volume is on an Outpost, you can create the snapshot on the same Outpost or in its parent Amazon Web Services Region.

When a snapshot is created, any Amazon Web Services Marketplace product codes that are associated with the source volume are propagated to the snapshot.

You can take a snapshot of an attached volume that is in use. However, snapshots only capture data that has been written to your Amazon EBS volume at the time the snapshot command is issued; this might exclude any data that has been cached by any applications or the operating system. If you can pause any file systems on the volume long enough to take a snapshot, your snapshot should be complete. However, if you cannot pause all file writes to the volume, you should unmount the volume from within the instance, issue the snapshot command, and then remount the volume to ensure a consistent and complete snapshot. You may remount and use your volume while the snapshot status is pending.

When you create a snapshot for an EBS volume that serves as a root device, we recommend that you stop the instance before taking the snapshot.

Snapshots that are taken from encrypted volumes are automatically encrypted. Volumes that are created from encrypted snapshots are also automatically encrypted. Your encrypted volumes and any associated snapshots always remain protected. For more information, Amazon EBS encryption in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Usage

ec2_create_snapshot(Description, OutpostArn, VolumeId,
  TagSpecifications, Location, DryRun)

Arguments

Description

A description for the snapshot.

OutpostArn

Only supported for volumes on Outposts. If the source volume is not on an Outpost, omit this parameter.

  • To create the snapshot on the same Outpost as the source volume, specify the ARN of that Outpost. The snapshot must be created on the same Outpost as the volume.

  • To create the snapshot in the parent Region of the Outpost, omit this parameter.

For more information, see Create local snapshots from volumes on an Outpost in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

VolumeId

[required] The ID of the Amazon EBS volume.

TagSpecifications

The tags to apply to the snapshot during creation.

Location

Only supported for volumes in Local Zones. If the source volume is not in a Local Zone, omit this parameter.

  • To create a local snapshot in the same Local Zone as the source volume, specify local.

  • To create a regional snapshot in the parent Region of the Local Zone, specify regional or omit this parameter.

Default value: regional

DryRun

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

Value

A list with the following syntax: 

list(
  OwnerAlias = "string",
  OutpostArn = "string",
  Tags = list(
    list(
      Key = "string",
      Value = "string"
    )
  ),
  StorageTier = "archive"|"standard",
  RestoreExpiryTime = as.POSIXct(
    "2015-01-01"
  ),
  SseType = "sse-ebs"|"sse-kms"|"none",
  AvailabilityZone = "string",
  TransferType = "time-based"|"standard",
  CompletionDurationMinutes = 123,
  CompletionTime = as.POSIXct(
    "2015-01-01"
  ),
  SnapshotId = "string",
  VolumeId = "string",
  State = "pending"|"completed"|"error"|"recoverable"|"recovering",
  StateMessage = "string",
  StartTime = as.POSIXct(
    "2015-01-01"
  ),
  Progress = "string",
  OwnerId = "string",
  Description = "string",
  VolumeSize = 123,
  Encrypted = TRUE|FALSE,
  KmsKeyId = "string",
  DataEncryptionKeyId = "string"
)

Request syntax

svc$create_snapshot(
  Description = "string",
  OutpostArn = "string",
  VolumeId = "string",
  TagSpecifications = list(
    list(
      ResourceType = "capacity-reservation"|"client-vpn-endpoint"|"customer-gateway"|"carrier-gateway"|"coip-pool"|"declarative-policies-report"|"dedicated-host"|"dhcp-options"|"egress-only-internet-gateway"|"elastic-ip"|"elastic-gpu"|"export-image-task"|"export-instance-task"|"fleet"|"fpga-image"|"host-reservation"|"image"|"import-image-task"|"import-snapshot-task"|"instance"|"instance-event-window"|"internet-gateway"|"ipam"|"ipam-pool"|"ipam-scope"|"ipv4pool-ec2"|"ipv6pool-ec2"|"key-pair"|"launch-template"|"local-gateway"|"local-gateway-route-table"|"local-gateway-virtual-interface"|"local-gateway-virtual-interface-group"|"local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association"|"local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association"|"natgateway"|"network-acl"|"network-interface"|"network-insights-analysis"|"network-insights-path"|"network-insights-access-scope"|"network-insights-access-scope-analysis"|"placement-group"|"prefix-list"|"replace-root-volume-task"|"reserved-instances"|"route-table"|"security-group"|"security-group-rule"|"snapshot"|"spot-fleet-request"|"spot-instances-request"|"subnet"|"subnet-cidr-reservation"|"traffic-mirror-filter"|"traffic-mirror-session"|"traffic-mirror-target"|"transit-gateway"|"transit-gateway-attachment"|"transit-gateway-connect-peer"|"transit-gateway-multicast-domain"|"transit-gateway-policy-table"|"transit-gateway-route-table"|"transit-gateway-route-table-announcement"|"volume"|"vpc"|"vpc-endpoint"|"vpc-endpoint-connection"|"vpc-endpoint-service"|"vpc-endpoint-service-permission"|"vpc-peering-connection"|"vpn-connection"|"vpn-gateway"|"vpc-flow-log"|"capacity-reservation-fleet"|"traffic-mirror-filter-rule"|"vpc-endpoint-connection-device-type"|"verified-access-instance"|"verified-access-group"|"verified-access-endpoint"|"verified-access-policy"|"verified-access-trust-provider"|"vpn-connection-device-type"|"vpc-block-public-access-exclusion"|"ipam-resource-discovery"|"ipam-resource-discovery-association"|"instance-connect-endpoint"|"verified-access-endpoint-target"|"ipam-external-resource-verification-token",
      Tags = list(
        list(
          Key = "string",
          Value = "string"
        )
      )
    )
  ),
  Location = "regional"|"local",
  DryRun = TRUE|FALSE
)

Examples

## Not run: 
# This example creates a snapshot of the volume with a volume ID of
# `vol-1234567890abcdef0` and a short description to identify the
# snapshot.
svc$create_snapshot(
  Description = "This is my root volume snapshot.",
  VolumeId = "vol-1234567890abcdef0"
)

## End(Not run)