Create an EBS volume from an imported snapshot - VM Import/Export
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Create an EBS volume from an imported snapshot

You can create one or more EBS volumes from an EBS snapshot. You can attach each EBS volume to a single EC2 instance.

The following procedure shows how to create a volume and attach it to an instance using the Amazon CLI. Alternatively, you could use the Amazon Web Services Management Console.

To create a volume and attach it to an EC2 instance

  1. Use the describe-import-snapshot-tasks command to determine the ID of the snapshot that was created by the import task.

  2. Use the following create-volume command to create a volume from the snapshot. You must select the Availability Zone of the instance to which you'll attach the volume.

    aws ec2 create-volume --availability-zone us-east-1a --snapshot-id snap-1234567890abcdef0

    The following is example output:

    {
    "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-1a",
    "VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0",
    "State": "creating",
    "SnapshotId": "snap-1234567890abcdef0"
}

  3. Use the following attach-volume command to attach the EBS volume that you created in the previous step to one of your existing instances.

    aws ec2 attach-volume --volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0 --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 --device /dev/sdf

    The following is example output:

    {
    "AttachTime": "YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.000Z",
    "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
    "VolumeId": "vol-1234567890abcdef0",
    "State": "attaching",
    "Device": "/dev/sdf"
}

  4. Mount the attached volume. For more information, see the documentation for the operating system for your instance.