Create Volume Snapshot

🎯 Objective

Create a snapshot of a storage volume to back up data and enable recovery.

🧠 What is a Snapshot?

A snapshot is a point-in-time backup of a volume.

👉 Used for:

📊 Snapshot Characteristics

🏗️ How It Works

Volume → Snapshot → New Volume → Attach to Instance

🛠️ Method 1: Create Snapshot via AWS Console

Step 1: Go to EBS Volumes

1. Open Amazon Web Services Console

1. Navigate to:

👉 EC2 → Elastic Block Store → Volumes

Step 2: Select Volume

Step 3: Create Snapshot

1. Click Actions → Create Snapshot

1. Add details:

1. Click Create Snapshot

Step 4: Verify Snapshot

Go to:

👉 EC2 → Snapshots

Check status:

🧪 Step 5: Create Volume from Snapshot (Optional)

1. Select snapshot

1. Click Actions → Create Volume

1. Choose:

1. Attach to EC2 instance

🔗 Step 6: Attach Volume to Instance

1. Go to EC2 → Volumes

1. Select new volume

1. Click Attach Volume

1. Choose instance

💻 Step 7: Verify on Instance

lsblk

Mount if needed:

sudo mount /dev/xvdf /mnt

🧾 AWS CLI (Optional)

Create snapshot:

aws ec2 create-snapshot \
--volume-id <volume-id> \
--description"Backup snapshot"

📌 Key Notes

🔐 Best Practices

🔁 Snapshot vs AMI

🧾 Command Summary

# Create snapshot
aws ec2 create-snapshot \
--volume-id <volume-id> \
--description"Backup snapshot"

# Check disks
lsblk

# Mount volume
sudo mount /dev/xvdf /mnt

✅ Outcome