copySnapshot

Creates an exact copy of an Amazon EBS snapshot.

The location of the source snapshot determines whether you can copy it or not, and the allowed destinations for the snapshot copy.

• If the source snapshot is in a Region, you can copy it within that Region, to another Region, to an Outpost associated with that Region, or to a Local Zone in that Region.

• If the source snapshot is in a Local Zone, you can copy it within that Local Zone, to another Local Zone in the same zone group, or to the parent Region of the Local Zone.

• If the source snapshot is on an Outpost, you can't copy it.

When copying snapshots to a Region, copies of encrypted EBS snapshots remain encrypted. Copies of unencrypted snapshots remain unencrypted, unless you enable encryption for the snapshot copy operation. By default, encrypted snapshot copies use the default KMS key; however, you can specify a different KMS key. To copy an encrypted snapshot that has been shared from another account, you must have permissions for the KMS key used to encrypt the snapshot.

Snapshots copied to an Outpost are encrypted by default using the default encryption key for the Region, or a different key that you specify in the request using KmsKeyId. Outposts do not support unencrypted snapshots. For more information, see Amazon EBS local snapshots on Outposts in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Snapshots copies have an arbitrary source volume ID. Do not use this volume ID for any purpose.

For more information, see Copy an Amazon EBS snapshot in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Samples

fun main() { 
   //sampleStart 
   // This example copies a snapshot with the snapshot ID of snap 066877671789bd71b from the us west 2
// region to the us east 1 region and adds a short description to identify the snapshot.
val resp = ec2Client.copySnapshot {
    sourceRegion = "us-west-2"
    sourceSnapshotId = "snap-066877671789bd71b"
    description = "This is my copied snapshot."
    destinationRegion = "us-east-1"
} 
   //sampleEnd
}