Use CopySnapshot with an Amazon SDK or CLI

Example 1: To copy a snapshot to another Region

The following copy-snapshot example command copies the specified snapshot from the us-west-2 Region to the us-east-1 Region and adds a short description.

aws ec2 copy-snapshot \
    --region us-east-1 \
    --source-region us-west-2 \
    --source-snapshot-id snap-066877671789bd71b \
    --description "This is my copied snapshot."

Output:

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-066877671789bd71b"
}

For more information, see Copy an Amazon EBS snapshot in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example 2: To copy an unencrypted snapshot and encrypt the new snapshot

The following copy-snapshot command copies the specified unencrypted snapshot from the us-west-2 Region to the current Region and encrypts the new snapshot using the specified KMS key.

aws ec2 copy-snapshot \
    --source-region us-west-2 \
    --source-snapshot-id snap-066877671789bd71b \
    --encrypted \
    --kms-key-id alias/my-kms-key

Output:

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-066877671789bd71b"
}

For more information, see Copy an Amazon EBS snapshot in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example 1: This example copies the specified snapshot from the EU (Ireland) region to the US West (Oregon) region.

Copy-EC2Snapshot -SourceRegion eu-west-1 -SourceSnapshotId snap-12345678 -Region us-west-2

Example 2: If you set a default region and omit the Region parameter, the default destination region is the default region.

Set-DefaultAWSRegion us-west-2
Copy-EC2Snapshot -SourceRegion eu-west-1 -SourceSnapshotId snap-12345678