Modify the restore period for a temporarily restored Amazon EBS snapshot - Amazon EBS
Services or capabilities described in Amazon Web Services documentation might vary by Region. To see the differences applicable to the China Regions, see Getting Started with Amazon Web Services in China (PDF).

Modify the restore period for a temporarily restored Amazon EBS snapshot

When you restore a snapshot temporarily, you must specify the number of days for which the snapshot is to remain restored in your account. After the restore period expires, the snapshot is automatically removed from the standard tier.

You can change the restore period for a temporarily restored snapshot at any time.

You can choose to either increase or decrease the restore period, or you can change the restore type from temporary to permanent.

If you change the restore period, the new restore period is effective from the current date. For example, if you specify a new restore period of 5 days, the snapshot will remain restored for five days from the current date.

Note

You can end a temporary restore early by setting the restore period to 1 day.

If you change the restore type from temporary to permanent, the snapshot copy is deleted from the archive tier, and the snapshot remains available in your account until you manually re-archive it or delete it.

Console
To modify the restore period or restore type

  1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.amazonaws.cn/ec2/.

  2. In the navigation pane, choose Snapshots.

  3. In the list of snapshots, select the snapshot that you previously temporarily restored, and then choose Actions, Restore snapshot from archive.

  4. For Restore type, do one of the following:

    • To change the restore type from temporary to permanent, select Permanent.

    • To increase or decrease the restore period, keep Temporary, and then for Temporary restore period, enter the new restore period in days.

  5. To confirm, choose Restore snapshot.

Amazon CLI
To modify the restore period or change the restore type

Use the restore-snapshot-tier command. For --snapshot-id, specify the ID of the snapshot that you previously temporarily restored. To change the restore type from temporary to permanent, specify --permanent-restore and omit --temporary-restore-days. To increase or decrease the restore period, omit --permanent-restore and for --temporary-restore-days, specify the new restore period in days.

Example: Increase or decrease the restore period

The following command changes the restore period for the specified snapshot to 10 days.

aws ec2 restore-snapshot-tier \
    --snapshot-id snap-0abcdef1234567890 \
    --temporary-restore-days 10

The following is example output.

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-0abcdef1234567890",
    "RestoreDuration": 10,
    "IsPermanentRestore": false
}
Example: Change restore type to permanent

The following command changes the restore type for the specified snapshot from temporary to permanent.

aws ec2 restore-snapshot-tier \
    --snapshot-id snap-0abcdef1234567890 \
    --permanent-restore

The following is example output.

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-0abcdef1234567890",
    "IsPermanentRestore": true
}
PowerShell
To modify the restore period or change the restore type

Use the Restore-EC2SnapshotTier cmdlet. For -SnapshotId, specify the ID of the snapshot that you previously temporarily restored. To change the restore type from temporary to permanent, specify -PermanentRestore and omit -TemporaryRestoreDays. To increase or decrease the restore period, omit -PermanentRestore and for -TemporaryRestoreDays, specify the new restore period in days.

Example: Increase or decrease the restore period

The following command changes the restore period for the specified snapshot to 10 days.

Restore-EC2SnapshotTier `
    -SnapshotId snap-0abcdef1234567890 `
    -TemporaryRestoreDays 10
Example: Change restore type to permanent

The following command changes the restore type for the specified snapshot from temporary to permanent.

Restore-EC2SnapshotTier `
    -SnapshotId snap-0abcdef1234567890 `
    -PermanentRestore $true