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

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.

This API action is not supported by the Command Line Interface (CLI). For information about using the Amazon EC2 CLI, which is deprecated, see Importing Disks to Amazon EBS in the Amazon EC2 CLI Reference PDF file.

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

get/#Action=ImportVolume

Query parameters

AvailabilityZonestring required

The Availability Zone for the resulting EBS volume.

Descriptionstring

A description of the volume.

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>.

Bytesinteger required

The size of the disk image, in GiB.

Format'VMDK' | 'RAW' | 'VHD' required

The disk image format.

ImportManifestUrlstring password required
<p>A presigned URL for the import manifest stored in Amazon S3 and presented here as an Amazon S3 presigned URL. For information about creating a presigned URL for an Amazon S3 object, read the "Query String Request Authentication Alternative" section of the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/RESTAuthentication.html">Authenticating REST Requests</a> topic in the <i>Amazon Simple Storage Service Developer Guide</i>.</p> <p>For information about the import manifest referenced by this API action, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/manifest.html">VM Import Manifest</a>.</p>

The disk image.

Sizeinteger required

The size of the volume, in GiB.

The volume size.

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

Response

Success