ImportVolume
Note
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.
Creates an import volume task using metadata from the specified disk image.
For information about the import manifest referenced by this API action, see VM Import Manifest.
This API action is not supported by the AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI).
Request Parameters
The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Query Parameters.
- AvailabilityZone
-
The Availability Zone for the resulting EBS volume.
Type: String
Required: Yes
- Description
-
A description of the volume.
Type: String
Required: No
- DryRun
-
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
DryRunOperation
. Otherwise, it isUnauthorizedOperation
.Type: Boolean
Required: No
- Image
-
The disk image.
Type: DiskImageDetail object
Required: Yes
- Volume
-
The volume size.
Type: VolumeDetail object
Required: Yes
Response Elements
The following elements are returned by the service.
- conversionTask
-
Information about the conversion task.
Type: ConversionTask object
- requestId
-
The ID of the request.
Type: String
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common client error codes.
Examples
Example
This example creates an import volume task that migrates a Windows Server 2008 SP2 (32-bit) volume into the
us-east-1
Region.
Sample Request
https://ec2.amazonaws.com/?Action=ImportVolume
&AvailabilityZone=us-east-1c
&Image.Format=VMDK
&Image.Bytes=128696320
&Image.ImportManifestUrl=https://s3.amazonaws.com/amzn-s3-demo-bucket/a3a5e1b6-590d-43cc-97c1-15c7325d3f41/Win_2008_Server_Data_Center_SP2_32-bit.vmdkmanifest.xml?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE&Expires=1294855591&Signature=5snej01TlTtL0uR7KExtEXAMPLE%3D
&Volume.Size=8
&AUTHPARAMS>
Sample Response
<ImportVolumeResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2016-11-15/">
<conversionTask>
<conversionTaskId>import-i-fh95npoc</conversionTaskId>
<expirationTime>2010-12-22T12:01Z</expirationTime>
<importVolume>
<bytesConverted>0</bytesConverted>
<availabilityZone>us-east-1c</availabilityZone>
<description/>
<image>
<format>VDMK</format>
<size>128696320</size>
<importManifestUrl>
https://s3.amazonaws.com/amzn-s3-demo-bucket/a3a5e1b6-590d-43cc-97c1-15c7325d3f41/Win_2008_Server_Data_Center_SP2_32-bit.vmdkmanifest.xml?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIOSFODNN7EXAMPLE&Expires=1294855591&Signature=5snej01TlTtL0uR7KExtEXAMPLE%3D
</importManifestUrl>
<checksum>ccb1b0536a4a70e86016b85229b5c6b10b14a4eb</checksum>
</image>
<volume>
<size>8</size>
<id>vol-1234567890abcdef0</id>
</volume>
</importVolume>
<state>active</state>
<statusMessage/>
</conversionTask>
</ImportVolumeResponse>
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: