# Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager

With Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager, you create lifecycle policies that automate the creation, retention, cross-Region and cross-account copy, and deletion of Amazon EBS snapshots and Amazon EBS-backed AMIs.

- [Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager](/en_us/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/snapshot-lifecycle.html): Describes key concepts of Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager and provides instructions for using its features.
- [API Reference](/en_us/dlm/latest/APIReference/Welcome.html): Describes the API operations for Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager.