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/AWS1/CL_EC2=>IMPORTVOLUME00()

About ImportVolume

This API action supports only single-volume VMs. To import multi-volume VMs, use ImportImage instead. To import a disk to a snapshot, use ImportSnapshot instead.

Creates an import volume task using metadata from the specified disk image.

For information about the import manifest referenced by this API action, see VM Import Manifest.

This API action is not supported by the Command Line Interface (CLI).

Method Signature

IMPORTING

Required arguments:

IV_AVAILABILITYZONE TYPE /AWS1/EC2STRING /AWS1/EC2STRING

The Availability Zone for the resulting EBS volume.

IO_IMAGE TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_EC2DISKIMAGEDETAIL /AWS1/CL_EC2DISKIMAGEDETAIL

The disk image.

IO_VOLUME TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_EC2VOLUMEDETAIL /AWS1/CL_EC2VOLUMEDETAIL

The volume size.

Optional arguments:

IV_DRYRUN TYPE /AWS1/EC2BOOLEAN /AWS1/EC2BOOLEAN

Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.

IV_DESCRIPTION TYPE /AWS1/EC2STRING /AWS1/EC2STRING

A description of the volume.

RETURNING

OO_OUTPUT TYPE REF TO /AWS1/CL_EC2IMPORTVOLUMERESULT /AWS1/CL_EC2IMPORTVOLUMERESULT