EC2: Convert a Volume to EBS Snapshot

Anyone with these permissions: Restore resources

This article explains how to convert an Eon snapshot of an EBS volume to an EBS snapshot.

Decide whether to convert to an EBS snapshot or restore

A volume can be converted to an EBS snapshot or restored as an EBS volume, so you’ll need to decide which option is best for your case:

EBS snapshot	Volume restore
Can be shared with another availability zone or region. Can be used to create multiple copies of the volume.	Deployed in a specific availability zone. Can be attached only to instances in the same zone.

This article covers converting to an EBS snapshot. If you want to restore the volume, see EC2: Restore a Volume.

Before you convert to an EBS snapshot, make sure:

A restore account has been connected to your Eon account.
The AWS restore account has a KMS key that grants access to EonRestoreAccountRole and EonRestoreNodeRole.

In your inventory, select the EC2 resource you want to restore. The Resource Details drawer opens.
Click the Eon snapshots tab. You’ll see a calendar view with colored dots on the days when snapshots were taken. There can be more than one snapshot per day.

When you click a day, a list of Eon snapshots taken that day is displayed below the calendar.
Expand the snapshot you want to restore. Click Specific volume, select the volume you want to restore, and then click (Convert to EBS snapshot). The Convert to EBS Snapshot wizard opens.

In the Convert to EBS Snapshot wizard, you’re taken through a two-step process. The first step is to choose a restore account.

Choose the cloud account you want to restore the volume in, and then click Next.

In the Configuration step, you’ll set the restored volume details.

Choose a Region to deploy the restored volume to.
In Encrypt this resource, select a KMS key that grants access to EonRestoreAccountRole and EonRestoreNodeRole. You can either select a key from the Encryption key list or enter a Key ARN.
If you want to retain the tags that were present when the snapshot was taken, turn Keep original tags on. Otherwise, turn Keep original tags off.

In both cases, the new volume is tagged with eon:restore=true. Tags with the eon: prefix aren’t included in the original tags because Eon uses this prefix for internal operations.
Click Start to start the asynchronous restore job.

You can see your list of restore jobs on the Restore jobs tab in the Jobs page.

After the job is completed, the status changes to SUCCESS, and you can work with the EBS snapshot as normal.