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Creates crash-consistent snapshots of multiple EBS volumes and stores the data in S3. Volumes are chosen by specifying an instance. Any attached volumes will produce one snapshot each that is crash-consistent across the instance.

You can include all of the volumes currently attached to the instance, or you can exclude the root volume or specific data (non-root) volumes from the multi-volume snapshot set.

You can create multi-volume snapshots of instances in a Region and instances on an Outpost. If you create snapshots from an instance in a Region, the snapshots must be stored in the same Region as the instance. If you create snapshots from an instance on an Outpost, the snapshots can be stored on the same Outpost as the instance, or in the Region for that Outpost.

get/#Action=CreateSnapshots

Query parameters

Descriptionstring

A description propagated to every snapshot specified by the instance.

InstanceIdstring required

The instance to specify which volumes should be snapshotted.

ExcludeBootVolumeboolean

Excludes the root volume from being snapshotted.

ExcludeDataVolumeIdsstring[]
<p>The IDs of the data (non-root) volumes to exclude from the multi-volume snapshot set. If you specify the ID of the root volume, the request fails. To exclude the root volume, use <b>ExcludeBootVolume</b>.</p> <p>You can specify up to 40 volume IDs per request.</p>

The instance to specify which volumes should be included in the snapshots.

OutpostArnstring
<p>The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost on which to create the local snapshots.</p> <ul> <li> <p>To create snapshots from an instance in a Region, omit this parameter. The snapshots are created in the same Region as the instance.</p> </li> <li> <p>To create snapshots from an instance on an Outpost and store the snapshots in the Region, omit this parameter. The snapshots are created in the Region for the Outpost.</p> </li> <li> <p>To create snapshots from an instance on an Outpost and store the snapshots on an Outpost, specify the ARN of the destination Outpost. The snapshots must be created on the same Outpost as the instance.</p> </li> </ul> <p>For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/snapshots-outposts.html#create-multivol-snapshot"> Create multi-volume local snapshots from instances on an Outpost</a> in the <i>Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide</i>.</p>
ResourceType'capacity-reservation' | 'client-vpn-endpoint' | 'customer-gateway' | 'carrier-gateway' | 'coip-pool' | 'dedicated-host' | 'dhcp-options' | 'egress-only-internet-gateway' | 'elastic-ip' | 'elastic-gpu' | 'export-image-task' | 'export-instance-task' | 'fleet' | 'fpga-image' | 'host-reservation' | 'image' | 'import-image-task' | 'import-snapshot-task' | 'instance' | 'instance-event-window' | 'internet-gateway' | 'ipam' | 'ipam-pool' | 'ipam-scope' | 'ipv4pool-ec2' | 'ipv6pool-ec2' | 'key-pair' | 'launch-template' | 'local-gateway' | 'local-gateway-route-table' | 'local-gateway-virtual-interface' | 'local-gateway-virtual-interface-group' | 'local-gateway-route-table-vpc-association' | 'local-gateway-route-table-virtual-interface-group-association' | 'natgateway' | 'network-acl' | 'network-interface' | 'network-insights-analysis' | 'network-insights-path' | 'network-insights-access-scope' | 'network-insights-access-scope-analysis' | 'placement-group' | 'prefix-list' | 'replace-root-volume-task' | 'reserved-instances' | 'route-table' | 'security-group' | 'security-group-rule' | 'snapshot' | 'spot-fleet-request' | 'spot-instances-request' | 'subnet' | 'subnet-cidr-reservation' | 'traffic-mirror-filter' | 'traffic-mirror-session' | 'traffic-mirror-target' | 'transit-gateway' | 'transit-gateway-attachment' | 'transit-gateway-connect-peer' | 'transit-gateway-multicast-domain' | 'transit-gateway-policy-table' | 'transit-gateway-route-table' | 'transit-gateway-route-table-announcement' | 'volume' | 'vpc' | 'vpc-endpoint' | 'vpc-endpoint-connection' | 'vpc-endpoint-service' | 'vpc-endpoint-service-permission' | 'vpc-peering-connection' | 'vpn-connection' | 'vpn-gateway' | 'vpc-flow-log' | 'capacity-reservation-fleet' | 'traffic-mirror-filter-rule' | 'vpc-endpoint-connection-device-type' | 'verified-access-instance' | 'verified-access-group' | 'verified-access-endpoint' | 'verified-access-policy' | 'verified-access-trust-provider' | 'vpn-connection-device-type' | 'vpc-block-public-access-exclusion' | 'ipam-resource-discovery' | 'ipam-resource-discovery-association'

The type of resource to tag on creation.

Tags to apply to every snapshot specified by the instance.

DryRunboolean

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 <code>DryRunOperation</code>. Otherwise, it is <code>UnauthorizedOperation</code>.

CopyTagsFromSource'volume'

Copies the tags from the specified volume to corresponding snapshot.

Action'CreateSnapshots' required
Version'2016-11-15' required

Response

Success