Monitor an export image task
After you start an image export using VM Import/Export, you can monitor the export operation.
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To monitor an export image task
Use the following describe-export-image-tasks command.
aws ec2 describe-export-image-tasks \ --export-image-task-idsexport-ami-1234567890abcdef0The following is example output. The status shown is
active, which means that the export task is in progress. The image is ready to use when the status iscompleted.{ "ExportImageTasks": [ { "Description": "Jul 15 16:31 My image export", "ExportImageTaskId": "export-ami-1234567890abcdef0", "Progress": "21", "S3ExportLocation": { "S3Bucket": "amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket", "S3Prefix": "exports/" }, "Status": "active", "StatusMessage": "updating" } ] }To monitor all export image tasks
Use the following describe-export-image-tasks command.
aws ec2 describe-export-image-tasks \ --query "ExportImageTasks[*].{\ Description:Description,\ ExportImageTaskId:ExportImageTaskId,\ ImageId:ImageId,\ Status:Status,\ Progress:Progress,\ S3Bucket:S3ExportLocation.S3Bucket}" \ --output tableThe following is example output.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | DescribeExportImageTasks | +------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------------+-----------+------------------------------+-------------+ | Description | ExportImageTaskId | ImageId | Progress | S3Bucket | Status | +------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------------+-----------+------------------------------+-------------+ | Jul 15 16:35 My image export| export-ami-1234567890abcdef0 | | 80 | amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket | active | | Jul 15 16:31 My image export| export-ami-1234567890abcdef1 | ami-ab34567890abcdef0 | None | amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket | completed | +------------------------------+-------------------------------+------------------------+-----------+------------------------------+-------------+ - PowerShell
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To monitor an export image task
Use the Get-EC2ExportImageTask cmdlet as follows.
Get-EC2ExportImageTask ` -ExportImageTaskIdexport-ami-1234567890abcdef0| Format-List *, @{Name='S3ExportLocation';Expression={$_.S3ExportLocation | Format-List | Out-String}}The following is example output. The status shown is
active, which means that the export task is in progress. The image is ready to use when the status iscompleted.Description : Jul 15 16:35 My image export ExportImageTaskId : export-ami-1234567890abcdef0 ImageId : ami-ab34567890abcdeff Progress : 80 S3ExportLocation : Amazon.EC2.Model.ExportTaskS3Location Status : active StatusMessage : converting Tags : {} S3ExportLocation : S3Bucket : amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket S3Prefix : exports/To monitor all export image tasks
Use the Get-EC2ExportImageTask cmdlet as follows.
Get-EC2ExportImageTask | Format-Table Description, ExportImageTaskId, ImageId, Status, Progress, @{Name='S3Bucket';Expression={$_.S3ExportLocation.S3Bucket}}The following is example output.
Description ExportImageTaskId ImageId Status Progress S3Bucket ----------- ----------------- ------- ------ -------- -------- Jul 15 16:35 My image export export-ami-1234567890abcdef0 active 80 amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket Jul 15 16:31 My image export export-ami-1234567890abcdef1 ami-ab34567890abcdef0 completed amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket