Modify the restore period for a temporarily restored Amazon EBS snapshot - Amazon EBS

Modify the restore period for a temporarily restored Amazon EBS snapshot

When you restore a snapshot temporarily, you must specify the number of days for which the snapshot is to remain restored in your account. After the restore period expires, the snapshot is automatically removed from the standard tier.

You can change the restore period for a temporarily restored snapshot at any time.

You can choose to either increase or decrease the restore period, or you can change the restore type from temporary to permanent.

If you change the restore period, the new restore period is effective from the current date. For example, if you specify a new restore period of 5 days, the snapshot will remain restored for five days from the current date.

Note

You can end a temporary restore early by setting the restore period to 1 day.

If you change the restore type from temporary to permanent, the snapshot copy is deleted from the archive tier, and the snapshot remains available in your account until you manually re-archive it or delete it.

You can modify the restore period for a snapshot using one of the following methods.

Console
To modify the restore period or restore type

Open the Amazon EC2 console at https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/.

  1. In the navigation pane, choose Snapshots.

  2. In the list of snapshots, select the snapshot that you previously temporarily restored, and then choose Actions, Restore snapshot from archive.

  3. For Restore type, do one of the following:

    • To change the restore type from temporary to permanent, select Permanent.

    • To increase or decrease the restore period, keep Temporary, and then for Temporary restore period, enter the new restore period in days.

  4. To confirm, choose Restore snapshot.

AWS CLI
To modify the restore period or change the restore type

Use the restore-snapshot-tier AWS CLI command. For --snapshot-id, specify the ID of the snapshot that you previously temporarily restored. To change the restore type from temporary to permanent, specify --permanent-restore and omit --temporary-restore-days. To increase or decrease the restore period, omit --permanent-restore and for --temporary-restore-days, specify the new restore period in days.

Example: Increase or decrease the restore period

The following command changes the restore period for snapshot snap-01234567890abcedf to 10 days.

$ aws ec2 restore-snapshot-tier \
--snapshot-id snap-01234567890abcedf 
--temporary-restore-days 10

The following is the command output.

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-01234567890abcedf",
    "RestoreDuration": 10,
    "IsPermanentRestore": false
}
Example: Change restore type to permanent

The following command changes the restore type for snapshot snap-01234567890abcedf from temporary to permanent.

$ aws ec2 restore-snapshot-tier \
--snapshot-id snap-01234567890abcedf 
--permanent-restore

The following is the command output.

{
    "SnapshotId": "snap-01234567890abcedf",
    "IsPermanentRestore": true
}