Archive an Amazon EBS snapshot

You can archive any snapshot that is in the completed state and that you own in your account. You can't archive snapshots that are in the pending or error states, or snapshots that are shared with you. For more information, see Considerations and limitations for archiving Amazon EBS snapshots.

If the snapshot is associated with one or more AMIs, then you must first disable those associated AMIs before you can archive the snapshot. For more information, see Disable an AMI.

Archived snapshots retain their snapshot ID, encryption status, Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM) permissions, owner information, and resource tags. However, fast snapshot restore and snapshot sharing are automatically disabled after the snapshot is archived.

You can continue to use the snapshot while the archive is in process. As soon as the snapshot tiering status reaches the archival-complete state, you can no longer use the snapshot.