Document history for VM Import/Export
The following table describes important additions to the VM Import/Export documentation after August 2019. For notification about updates to this documentation, you can subscribe to the RSS feed.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
VM Import/Export supports more Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Rocky Linux, and Oracle Linux operating systems. | VM Import/Export added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9.5 with kernel 5.15.0, Rocky Linux 9.5 with kernel 5.15.0, and Oracle Linux 9.5 with kernel 5.15.0. For more information, see Operating systems. | June 11, 2025 |
VM Import/Export supports more Amazon Linux, Ubuntu, and Windows Server operating systems. | VM Import/Export added support for Amazon Linux 2023 with the kernel 6.1, Ubuntu 24.04 with kernels 6.8.0 and 6.11.0, and Windows Server 2025. For more information, see Operating systems. | April 11, 2025 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Asia Pacific (Malaysia) Region. | August 21, 2024 |
VM Import/Export supports more Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and Rocky Linux operating systems. | VM Import/Export added support for Oracle Linux 8.9 with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) 4.18.0 and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) 5.15.0 (el8uek) kernels, Oracle Linux 9.3–9.4 with the Red Hat Compatible Kernel (RHCK) 5.14.0 and Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK) 5.15.0 (el9uek) kernels, RHEL 8.9 with the 4.18.0 kernel, RHEL 9.3–9.4 with the 5.14.0 kernel, and Rocky Linux 9.1–9.4 with the 5.14.0 kernel. For more information, see Operating Systems. | June 26, 2024 |
VM Import/Export supports UEFI boot mode in more Amazon Web Services Regions | VM Import/Export supports UEFI boot in all of the commercial Amazon Web Services Regions. For more information, see Boot modes and Region in the Amazon Web Services Glossary. | April 18, 2024 |
VM Import/Export supports more Debian and Fedora Linux operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for Debian 12.2 and Debian 12.4 with kernel 6.1.0 operating systems. VM Import/Export added support for Fedora Linux 37 with kernel 6.0.7, Fedora Linux 38 with kernel 6.2.9, and Fedora Linux 39 with kernel 6.5.6 operating systems. For more information, see Operating Systems. | January 25, 2024 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Canada West (Calgary) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Canada West (Calgary) Region. | December 20, 2023 |
VM Import/Export supports more Oracle Linux operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for Oracle Linux 8.0–8.8 with kernel 4.18.0 and Oracle Linux 9.0–9.2 with kernel 5.14.0 operating systems. For more information, see Operating Systems. | December 18, 2023 |
VM Import/Export supports more SLES kernels | VM Import/Export added support for the SLES 5.14.21 kernel with service packs 4 and 5. For more information, see Operating Systems. | December 1, 2023 |
VM Import/Export supports more Windows operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for the Windows Server 2022 operating system. For more information, see Operating Systems. | September 26, 2023 |
VM Import/Export supports more RHEL operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.7 and 8.8 operating systems with kernel 4.18.0. For more information, see Operating Systems. | September 1, 2023 |
VM Import/Export added support for the Rocky Linux operating system | VM Import/Export added support for the Rocky Linux 9 operating system. For more information, see Operating Systems. | September 1, 2023 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Israel (Tel Aviv) Region. | August 1, 2023 |
VM Import/Export supports more Ubuntu operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for the Ubuntu 23.04 operating system with kernel 5.15.0. For more information, see Operating Systems. | May 30, 2023 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Asia Pacific (Melbourne) Region. | January 24, 2023 |
VM Import/Export supports more SLES operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15 operating system with service pack 3 and kernel 5.3. For more information, see Operating Systems. | December 15, 2022 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Asia Pacific (Hyderabad) Region. | November 22, 2022 |
VM Import/Export supports more Ubuntu operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for the Ubuntu 22.04 operating system with kernel 5.15.0. For more information, see Operating Systems. | November 18, 2022 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Europe (Spain) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Europe (Spain) Region. | November 16, 2022 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Europe (Zurich) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Europe (Zurich) Region. | November 9, 2022 |
VM Import/Export supports more RHEL operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, and 8.6 operating systems with kernel 4.18.0. For more information, see Operating Systems. | October 19, 2022 |
VM Import/Export supports more Windows operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for the Windows 11 operating system. For more information, see Operating Systems. | August 2, 2022 |
VM Import/Export supports more SLES operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for more SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 12 and 15 operating systems. SLES 12 with service pack 4 and kernel 4.12, SLES 12 with service pack 5 and kernel 4.12, SLES 15 without any service pack and kernel 4.12, SLES 15 with service pack 1 and kernel 4.12, and SLES 15 with service pack 2 and kernel 5.3 are now supported. For more information, see Operating Systems. | February 28, 2022 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Middle East (UAE) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Middle East (UAE) Region. | December 13, 2021 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Asia Pacific (Jakarta) Region. | December 13, 2021 |
VM Import/Export supports more Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS operating systems | VM Import/Export added support for RHEL and CentOS 8.0, 8.1, and 8.2 operating systems. For more information, see Operating Systems. | July 17, 2020 |
VM Import/Export is available in the Europe (Milan) Region | VM Import/Export is now available in the Europe (Milan) Region. | April 28, 2020 |
Earlier updates
The following table describes important additions to the VM Import/Export documentation in 2019 and earlier years.
| Change | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
Export a VM from an AMI |
Added support for exporting a VM file based on an Amazon Machine Image (AMI). |
August 23, 2019 |
Import VMs with multiple volumes as images |
Added support for importing VMs as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) using the ImportImage API. ImportInstance also supports importing VMs with multiple volumes. The new API improves performance and flexibility. |
April 23, 2015 |
Import Linux virtual machines |
Added support for importing Linux instances. |
December 16, 2013 |
Export a VM from an instance |
Added support for exporting Windows Server instances that you originally imported into Amazon EC2. Added support for exporting Linux instances to Citrix Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V, and VMware vSphere. |
May 25, 2012 |
Import in VHD file format |
Added support for importing virtual machine image files in VHD format. With this release, VM Import now supports RAW, VHD, and VMDK (VMware ESX-compatible) image formats. |
August 24, 2011 |