Cloud Application Architectures

Name

ec2-create-volume

Synopsis

ec2-create-volume (-s size | --snapshot snapshotid) -z zone

Creates a new volume either with the specified volume size or based on the specified snapshot in the named availability zone. You must specify an availability zone and either a size or a snapshot. The size parameter is the size in gigabytes.

Examples

# Create a new volume of 10 GB
$ ec2-create-volume -s 10 -z eu-west-1a
VOLUME  vol-12345678  10  eu-west-1a  creating  2008-12-20T20:47:23+0000

# Create a volume based on a stored snapshot
$ ec2-create-volume --snapshot snap-a5d8ef77 -z eu-west-1a
VOLUME  vol-12345678  10  eu-west-1a  creating  2008-12-20T20:47:23+0000