create-ec2-snapshot.pl

Creates a new EC2 EBS snapshot, based on a volume.

A snapshot is a copy of an existing EC2 volume, saved to Amazon's S3 storage service. The volume to base the snapshot on is set with the --volume flag, followed by a volume ID as show by list-ec2-volumes.pl.

Once created, a snapshot can be used to create a new volume with the --snapshot flag to the create-ec2-snapshot.pl command.

Example usage

  cloudmin create-ec2-snapshot --volume vol-8637d2ef --account 12345678
  Creating EC2 snapshot for account 12345678 from volume vol-8637d2ef ..
  .. created with ID snap-3a23c453

Command Line Help

cloudmin create-ec2-snapshot --account number
                             --volume id