Understanding Amazon Snowcone Job Statuses - Amazon Snowcone User Guide
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Understanding Amazon Snowcone Job Statuses

When you create an Amazon Snowcone job, it transitions through the job statuses and status is shown on the Amazon Snow Family Management Console.

To see the status of a job
  1. Log into the Amazon Snow Family Management Console.

  2. On the Job dashboard, choose the job.

  3. Click on your job name within the console.

  4. The Job Status pane will be located near the top and reflects the status of the job.

Note

If we are unable to import data to our data centers from the Snow device due to any issue with access permissions you have configured, we will attempt to notify you and you will have 30 days from the date we provide the notification to resolve the issue. If the issue is not resolved, we may cancel your Amazon Snow Family job and delete data from the device.

Amazon Snowcone device job statuses
Job Status Meaning
Job created Your job has just been created. This status is the only one during which you can cancel a job or its job parts, if the job is an export job.
Preparing appliance Amazon is preparing a device for your job.
Preparing shipment Amazon is preparing to ship a device to you.
In transit to you The device has been shipped to the address you provided during job creation.
Delivered to you The device has arrived at the address you provided during job creation.
In transit to Amazon You have shipped the device back to Amazon.
At sorting facility The device for this job is at our internal sorting facility. Any additional processing for import jobs into Amazon S3 will begin soon, typically within 2 days.
At Amazon Your shipment has arrived at Amazon. If you're importing data, your import typically begins within a day of its arrival.
Importing Amazon is importing your data into Amazon S3.
Completed Your job or a part of your job has completed successfully.
Canceled Your job has been canceled.