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Import to Amazon Glacier Manifest File Options
The Amazon Glacier import manifest file includes information related to importing your data into Amazon Glacier and returning your storage device. This section explains options that are unique to Amazon Glacier import manifest files. AWS Import/Export does not support exporting from Amazon EBS or Amazon Glacier. For information about options that are common to import and export manifest files, see Common Manifest File Options.
Note
Amazon EBS and Amazon Glacier only use manifest file version 3.0. Set
manifestVersion to 3.0 for all Amazon EBS and Amazon Glacier
manifest files.
| Option | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| eraseDevice |
Specifies whether to erase the contents of your storage device after importing the data. If you elect to have us erase your storage device after importing its data, all writable blocks on your storage device will be overwritten with zeros. You will need to repartition and format your device after the wipe. For information about the prices charged for this service, go to the AWS Import/Export detail page. The following is an example entry. eraseDevice: no Type: String Default: None Valid Values: yes | no | Yes |
| operations |
The The following example shows operations:
- destination: glacier
source: device
region: us-east-1
vaultName: 2012-07_archive
archiveComment: daily_2012-07-24
For more information about each subfield, see Operations Subfields. Type: String Default: None | Yes |
The following table describes the subfields of the Operations parameter
| Operations Subfields | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| archiveComment |
A description for the archive. Amazon Glacier creates an archive on the specified vault using this text as the archive description. The following is an example entry. archiveComment: daily archive 2012-07-2 Constraints: Maximum length is 997 characters. Type: String Default: None | Yes |
| destination |
The destination of the data. For an Amazon Glacier import operation the destination is
Type: String Default: None Valid Values: glacier | Yes |
| region |
The region to target for the import operation. Type: String Default: None Valid Values: us-east-1|us-west-1|us-west-2|eu-west-1 For more information about regions go to the AWS Import/Export Calculator. | Yes |
| source |
The originator of the data. For an import job, the origin is the device. Type: String Default: None Valid Values: device | Yes |
| vaultName | Specifies the Amazon Glacier vault where AWS Import/Export loads your
data. You must create a vault before we can load data into it; we do not
create the vault for you. The account doing the load must have write
permissions on this vault. Type: String Default: None Constraints: Must be an existing Amazon Glacier vault name | Yes |
Example Import to Amazon Glacier Manifest
The following example is the manifest file content for an import job to Amazon Glacier, including expedited shipping.
manifestVersion: 3.0
accessKeyId:
deviceId: 49382
logBucket: myBucket
logPrefix: logs
generator: AWS Import/Export Command Line Tool
notificationEmail: john.doe@example.com;jane.doe@example.com
returnAddress:
name: Amazon.com ATTN Joe Random
street1: 120 Nosuch Ave S.
city: Seattle
stateOrProvince: WA
postalCode: 91111
phoneNumber: 206-266-0000
country: USA
operations:
- destination: glacier
source: device
region: us-east-1
vaultName: MyGlacierVault
archiveComment: July 24, 2012 daily archive
serviceLevel: expeditedShipping
