Use the SimSpace Weaver console to work with snapshots - AWS SimSpace Weaver
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Use the SimSpace Weaver console to work with snapshots

You can use the SimSpace Weaver console to create a snapshot of your simulation.

Use the console to create a snapshot

To create a snapshot

  1. Sign to the AWS Management Console and connect to the SimSpace Weaver console.

  2. Choose Simulations from the navigation pane.

  3. Select the radio button next to simulation name. Your simulation's Status must be Started.

  4. At the top of the page, choose Create snapshot.

  5. Under Snapshot settings, for Snapshot destination, enter the Amazon S3 URI of a bucket or a bucket and folder where you want SimSpace Weaver to create your snapshot. You can choose Browse S3 if you prefer to browse your available buckets and select a location.

    Important

    The Amazon S3 bucket must be in the same AWS Region as the simulation.

    Note

    SimSpace Weaver creates a snapshot folder inside your selected snapshot destination. SimSpace Weaver creates the snapshot .zip file in that snapshot folder.

  6. Choose Create snapshot.

Use the console to start a simulation from a snapshot

To start a simulation from a snapshot, your snapshot .zip file must exist in an Amazon S3 bucket that your simulation can access. Your simulation uses permissions defined in the app role that you select when you start the simulation. All of the app .zip files from the original simulation must exist at their same locations as when the snapshot was created.

To start a simulation from a snapshot

  1. Sign to the AWS Management Console and connect to the SimSpace Weaver console.

  2. Choose Simulations from the navigation pane.

  3. At the top of the page, choose Start simulation.

  4. Under Simulation settings, enter a name and optional description for your simulation. Your simulation name must be unique in your AWS account.

  5. For Simulation start method, choose Use a snapshot in Amazon S3.

  6. For Amazon S3 URI for snapshot, enter the Amazon S3 URI of your snapshot file, or choose Browse S3 to browse and select the file.

    Important

    The Amazon S3 bucket must be in the same AWS Region as the simulation.

  7. For IAM role, select the app role that your simulation will use.

  8. For Maximum duration, enter the maximum amount of time that your simulation resource should run for. The maximum value is 14D. For more information about the maximum duration, see .

  9. Under Tags - optional, choose Add new tag if you want to add a tag.

  10. Choose Start simulation.