ec2-describe-snapshots
Syntax
ec2-describe-snapshots [
snapshot_id
...]
Description
Describes the status of one or more snapshots. If no snapshots are specified, Amazon EBS returns information on all snapshots owned by you.
Options
Option | Description | Required |
---|---|---|
| The IDs of the snapshots owned by you. If no snapshots are specified, Amazon EBS returns all snapshots owned by you. Example: | No |
Output
Amazon EBS returns a table that contains the following information:
SNAPSHOT identifier
ID of the snapshot
ID of the volume
Snapshot state (e.g.,
pending
,completed
)Time stamp when the snapshot request was initiated
Percentage of completion
Amazon EBS displays errors on stderr
.
Example
This example describes snapshot snap-78a54011
.
PROMPT>
ec2-describe-snapshots snap-78a54011
SNAPSHOT snap-78a54011 vol-4d826724 pending 2008-02-15T09:03:58+0000 60%