How to Describe Volumes and Instances

To view information about an Amazon EBS volume

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

   <DescribeVolumes xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-10-31/">
   </DescribeVolumes>

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

   https://ec2.amazonaws.com/
   ?Action=DescribeVolumes
   &...auth parameters...
   

3. View output similar to the following:

   <DescribeVolumesResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2009-10-31/">
   <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>