Monitor an instance export task
After you start an instance export task using VM Import/Export, you can monitor the export operation.
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To monitor an instance export task
Use the following describe-export-tasks command.
aws ec2 describe-export-tasks \ --export-task-idsexport-i-1234567890abcdef0The following is example output. The status shown is
active. The VM is ready to use when the status iscompleted.{ "ExportTasks": [ { "ExportTaskId": "export-i-1234567890abcdef0", "ExportToS3Task": { "ContainerFormat": "ova", "DiskImageFormat": "VMDK", "S3Bucket": "amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket", "S3Key": "vms/export-i-1234567890abcdef0.ova" }, "InstanceExportDetails": { "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "TargetEnvironment": "vmware" }, "State": "active" } ] }To monitor all instance export tasks
Use the following describe-export-tasks command.
aws ec2 describe-export-tasks \ --query "ExportTasks[*].{Description:Description,ExportTaskId:ExportTaskId,State:State,S3Bucket:ExportToS3Task.S3Bucket,InstanceId:InstanceExportDetails.InstanceId}" \ --output tableThe following is example output. You can display any additional fields that you need.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | DescribeExportTasks | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+------------+ | Description | ExportTaskId | InstanceId | S3Bucket | State | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+------------+ | Jul 15 01:18 My instance export | export-i-01234567890abaaaa | None | amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket | active | | Jul 15 11:01 My instance export | export-i-01234567890abbbbb | None | amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket | active | | Jul 13 11:00 My instance export | export-i-01234567890accccc | i-0abcdef1234567890 | amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket | completed | +----------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+------------+ - PowerShell
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To monitor an instance export task
Use the Get-EC2ExportTask cmdlet as follows.
Get-EC2ExportTask ` -ExportTaskIdexport-i-1234567890abcdef0| Format-List *, @{Name='ExportToS3Task';Expression={$_.ExportToS3Task | Out-string}}, @{Name='InstanceExportDetails';Expression={$_.InstanceExportDetails | Out-string}}The following is example output. The status shown is
active. The VM is ready to use when the status iscompleted.Description : Jul 15 14:55 My instance export ExportTaskId : export-i-1234567890abcdef0 ExportToS3Task : Amazon.EC2.Model.ExportToS3Task InstanceExportDetails : Amazon.EC2.Model.InstanceExportDetails State : completed StatusMessage : Tags : {} ExportToS3Task : ContainerFormat : ova DiskImageFormat : VMDK S3Bucket : amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket S3Key : vms/export-i-1234567890abcdef0.ova InstanceExportDetails : InstanceId : i-1234567890abcdef0 TargetEnvironment : vmwareTo monitor all instance export tasks
Use the Get-EC2ExportTask cmdlet as follows.
Get-EC2ExportTask | Format-Table Description, ExportTaskId, State, @{Name='S3Bucket';Expression={$_.ExportToS3Task.S3Bucket}}, @{Name='InstanceId';Expression={$_.InstanceExportDetails.InstanceId}}The following is example output. You can display any additional fields that you need.
Description ExportTaskId State S3Bucket InstanceId ----------- ------------ ----- -------- ---------- Jul 15 01:18 My instance export export-i-01234567890abaaaa active amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket Jul 15 11:01 My instance export export-i-01234567890abbbbb active amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket Jul 13 11:00 My instance export export-i-01234567890accccc completed amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket i-0abcdef1234567890