How to Describe Volumes and Instances
After creating Amazon EBS volumes and attaching them to instances, you should verify they are available.
Procedure
To view information about an Amazon EBS volume
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If you are using SOAP, construct the following request:
<DescribeVolumes xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-08-15/"> </DescribeVolumes>
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If you are using Query, construct the following request:
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/ ?Action=DescribeVolumes &...auth parameters...
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View output similar to the following:
<DescribeVolumesResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-08-15/"> <volumeSet> <item> <volumeId>vol-4282672b</volumeId> <size>800</size> <status>in-use</status> <createTime>2008-05-07T11:51:50.000Z</createTime> <attachmentSet> <item> <volumeId>vol-4282672b</volumeId> <instanceId>i-6058a509</instanceId> <size>800</size> <snapshotId>snap-12345678</snapshotId> <availabilityZone>us-east-1a</availabilityZone> <status>attached</status> <attachTime>2008-05-07T12:51:50.000Z</attachTime> </item> </attachmentSet> </item> </volumeSet>