Step-by-Step Guide to Create a Snapshot, and Volume from Snapshot
Detailed Instructions to Make a Snapshot and Create a Volume from It
Creating a snapshot from volume
Open the AWS Management Console and navigate to the EC2 dashboard.
In the left navigation panel, choose Volumes under the Elastic Block Store section.
Select the volume you want to snapshot.
Got to Action -> Create snapshot.
Write a suitable description that may be used to identify the snapshot.
Scroll and click Create Snapshot.
In the left navigation panel, choose Snapshots under the Elastic Block Store section.
You can see the newly created snapshot.
Creating volume from a snapshot
Select the snapshot.
Go to Action -> Create volume from snapshot.
Select the Volume type to General Purpose SSD(GP2).
Select a size as 30 GiB.
Scroll and click Create Volume.
In the left navigation panel, choose Volumes under the Elastic Block Store section.
You can see the newly created volume.
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