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ec2-describe-snapshots

From Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud: 2008-12-01

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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

OptionDescriptionRequired

snapshot_id

The IDs of the snapshots owned by you. If no snapshots are specified, Amazon EBS returns all snapshots owned by you.

Example: snap-78a54011

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%

Related Topics

ec2-create-snapshot

  • ec2-delete-snapshot

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