To create an Amazon EBS volume

1. If you are using SOAP, construct the following request:

   <CreateVolume xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-08-15/">
     <size>size</size>
     <availabilityZone>zone</availabilityZone>
   </CreateVolume>
   

2. If you are using Query, construct the following request:

   https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=CreateVolume
   &Size=size
   &AvailabilityZone=zone
   &...auth parameters...
   

3. View output similar to the following:

   <CreateVolumeResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-08-15/">
     <volumeId>vol-4d826724</volumeId>
     <size>800</size>
     <status>creating</status>
     <createTime>2008-05-07T11:51:50.000Z</createTime>
     <availabilityZone>us-east-1a</availabilityZone>
     <snapshotId></snapshotId>
   </CreateVolumeResponse>