How to copy an Amazon EBS snapshot

Question

Hi Team,

I have created a snapshot of EBS volume. I want to copy the snapshot to another region. How can I do that?

Answer 1

Hi@akhtar,

You can use the following procedure to copy a snapshot using the Amazon EC2 console.

1. Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

2. In the navigation pane, choose Snapshots.

3. Select the snapshot to copy, and then choose Copy from the Actions list.

4. In the Copy Snapshot dialog box, update the necessary fields.

5. In the Copy Snapshot confirmation dialog box, choose Snapshots to go to the Snapshots page in the Region specified, or choose Close.