System requirements
- Install the Systems Manager Agent
-
VSS is orchestrated by the AWS Systems Manager (Systems Manager) using PowerShell. Ensure that you have installed SSM Agent version
3.0.502.0
or later on your EC2 instance. If you are already using an older version of the SSM Agent, update it using Run Command. For more information, see Setting up Systems Manager for Amazon EC2 instances and Working with SSM Agent on Amazon EC2 instances for Windows Server in the AWS Systems Manager User Guide. - Amazon EC2 Windows instance requirements
-
VSS based EBS snapshots are supported for instances running Windows Server 2012 and later. For older versions of Windows, see Windows version support table in AWS VSS solution version history.
- .NET Framework version
-
The
AwsVssComponents
package requires .NET Framework version4.6
or later. Windows operating system versions prior to Windows Server 2016 default to an earlier version of the .NET Framework. If your instance uses an earlier version of the .NET Framework, you must install version4.6
or later using Windows Update. - AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version
-
Ensure that your instance is running AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell version
3.3.48.0
or later. To check your version, run the following command in the PowerShell terminal on the instance.C:\>
Get-AWSPowerShellVersionIf you need to update AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell on your instance, see Installing the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell in the AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell User Guide.
- Windows PowerShell version
-
Ensure that your instance is running Windows PowerShell major version
3
,4
, or5
. To check your version, run the following command in a PowerShell terminal on the instance.C:\>
$PSVersionTable.PSVersion - PowerShell language mode
-
Ensure that your instance has the PowerShell language mode set to
FullLanguage
. For more information, see about_Language_Modesin the Microsoft documentation.