Reusing an Amazon DataSync agent's infrastructure - Amazon DataSync
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Reusing an Amazon DataSync agent's infrastructure

You can delete an agent resource from DataSync and still use the agent's underlying VM or Amazon EC2 instance to activate a new agent.

To reuse an agent's infrastructure

  1. Test the agent's connection to Amazon. If the network tests pass, go to the next step.

    The network tests must pass before you can move to the next step.

  2. Delete the agent resource from DataSync but don't delete the agent's VM or Amazon EC2 instance.

  3. Repeat step 1 to test the agent's connection to Amazon again. If the network tests pass, go to the next step.

  4. About three minutes after deleting the agent resource from DataSync, check if port 80 is open on the agent VM or Amazon EC2 instance. If it is, go to the next step.

  5. Activate a new agent with the existing VM or Amazon EC2 instance.

    You can activate the new agent in a different Amazon Web Services Region, Amazon Web Services account, and with another type of service endpoint. If you use a different type of service endpoint, you have to adjust your network configuration.