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Creates a job to import or export data between Amazon S3 and your on-premises data center. Your Amazon Web Services account must have the right trust policies and permissions in place to create a job for a Snow device. If you're creating a job for a node in a cluster, you only need to provide the clusterId value; the other job attributes are inherited from the cluster.

Only the Snowball; Edge device type is supported when ordering clustered jobs.

The device capacity is optional.

Availability of device types differ by Amazon Web Services Region. For more information about Region availability, see Amazon Web Services Regional Services.

Snow Family devices and their capacities.

  • Device type: SNC1_SSD

    • Capacity: T14

    • Description: Snowcone

  • Device type: SNC1_HDD

    • Capacity: T8

    • Description: Snowcone

  • Device type: EDGE_S

    • Capacity: T98

    • Description: Snowball Edge Storage Optimized for data transfer only

  • Device type: EDGE_CG

    • Capacity: T42

    • Description: Snowball Edge Compute Optimized with GPU

  • Device type: EDGE_C

    • Capacity: T42

    • Description: Snowball Edge Compute Optimized without GPU

  • Device type: EDGE

    • Capacity: T100

    • Description: Snowball Edge Storage Optimized with EC2 Compute

  • Device type: STANDARD

    • Capacity: T50

    • Description: Original Snowball device

      This device is only available in the Ningxia, Beijing, and Singapore Amazon Web Services Region

  • Device type: STANDARD

    • Capacity: T80

    • Description: Original Snowball device

      This device is only available in the Ningxia, Beijing, and Singapore Amazon Web Services Region.

  • Device type: V3_5C

    • Capacity: T32

    • Description: Snowball Edge Compute Optimized without GPU

  • Device type: V3_5S

    • Capacity: T240

    • Description: Snowball Edge Storage Optimized 210TB

post/#X-Amz-Target=AWSIESnowballJobManagementService.CreateJob

Headers

X-Amz-Target'AWSIESnowballJobManagementService.CreateJob' required

Request body

JobType'IMPORT' | 'EXPORT' | 'LOCAL_USE'

Defines the type of job that you're creating.

Descriptionstring

Defines an optional description of this specific job, for example <code>Important Photos 2016-08-11</code>.

AddressIdstring

The ID for the address that you want the Snow device shipped to.

KmsKeyARNstring

The <code>KmsKeyARN</code> that you want to associate with this job. <code>KmsKeyARN</code>s are created using the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kms/latest/APIReference/API_CreateKey.html">CreateKey</a> Key Management Service (KMS) API action.

RoleARNstring

The <code>RoleARN</code> that you want to associate with this job. <code>RoleArn</code>s are created using the <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/APIReference/API_CreateRole.html">CreateRole</a> Identity and Access Management (IAM) API action.

SnowballCapacityPreference'T50' | 'T80' | 'T100' | 'T42' | 'T98' | 'T8' | 'T14' | 'T32' | 'NoPreference' | 'T240'
<p>If your job is being created in one of the US regions, you have the option of specifying what size Snow device you'd like for this job. In all other regions, Snowballs come with 80 TB in storage capacity.</p> <p>For more information, see "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/snowcone-guide/snow-device-types.html" (Snow Family Devices and Capacity) in the <i>Snowcone User Guide</i> or "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/developer-guide/snow-device-types.html" (Snow Family Devices and Capacity) in the <i>Snowcone User Guide</i>.</p>
ShippingOption'SECOND_DAY' | 'NEXT_DAY' | 'EXPRESS' | 'STANDARD'
<p>The shipping speed for this job. This speed doesn't dictate how soon you'll get the Snow device, rather it represents how quickly the Snow device moves to its destination while in transit. Regional shipping speeds are as follows:</p> <ul> <li> <p>In Australia, you have access to express shipping. Typically, Snow devices shipped express are delivered in about a day.</p> </li> <li> <p>In the European Union (EU), you have access to express shipping. Typically, Snow devices shipped express are delivered in about a day. In addition, most countries in the EU have access to standard shipping, which typically takes less than a week, one way.</p> </li> <li> <p>In India, Snow devices are delivered in one to seven days.</p> </li> <li> <p>In the US, you have access to one-day shipping and two-day shipping.</p> </li> </ul>
ClusterIdstring

The ID of a cluster. If you're creating a job for a node in a cluster, you need to provide only this <code>clusterId</code> value. The other job attributes are inherited from the cluster.

SnowballType'STANDARD' | 'EDGE' | 'EDGE_C' | 'EDGE_CG' | 'EDGE_S' | 'SNC1_HDD' | 'SNC1_SSD' | 'V3_5C' | 'V3_5S'
<p>The type of Snow Family devices to use for this job. </p> <note> <p>For cluster jobs, Amazon Web Services Snow Family currently supports only the <code>EDGE</code> device type.</p> </note> <p>The type of Amazon Web Services Snow device to use for this job. Currently, the only supported device type for cluster jobs is <code>EDGE</code>.</p> <p>For more information, see <a href="https://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/developer-guide/device-differences.html">Snowball Edge Device Options</a> in the Snowball Edge Developer Guide.</p> <p>For more information, see "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/snowcone-guide/snow-device-types.html" (Snow Family Devices and Capacity) in the <i>Snowcone User Guide</i> or "https://docs.aws.amazon.com/snowball/latest/developer-guide/snow-device-types.html" (Snow Family Devices and Capacity) in the <i>Snowcone User Guide</i>.</p>
ForwardingAddressIdstring

The forwarding address ID for a job. This field is not supported in most Regions.

RemoteManagement'INSTALLED_ONLY' | 'INSTALLED_AUTOSTART'

Allows you to securely operate and manage Snowcone devices remotely from outside of your internal network. When set to <code>INSTALLED_AUTOSTART</code>, remote management will automatically be available when the device arrives at your location. Otherwise, you need to use the Snowball Client to manage the device.

LongTermPricingIdstring

The ID of the long-term pricing type for the device.

Response

Success

JobIdstring

The automatically generated ID for a job, for example <code>JID123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000</code>.

Example response

{
  "JobId": "JID123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000"
}