Lab Information
The Nautilus DevOps team has some volumes in different regions in their AWS account. They are going to setup some automated backups so that all important data can be backed up on regular basis. For now they shared some requirements to take a snapshot of one of the volumes they have.
Create a snapshot of an existing volume named devops-vol in us-east-1 region.
1) The name of the snapshot must be devops-vol-ss.
2) The description must be devops Snapshot.
3) Make sure the snapshot status is completed before submitting the task.
Lab Instructions
Step-by-Step Instructions (AWS Console)
- Log in
Use your provided console URL and credentials.
Ensure region is us-east-1.
- Find the Volume
Open the EC2 service.
In the left navigation menu → under Elastic Block Store, click Volumes.
Locate the volume named devops-vol.
Confirm:
State: available or in-use (snapshot can be created in either state)
Type: doesn’t matter for snapshot creation
- Create the Snapshot
Select the volume devops-vol.
Click Actions → Create snapshot.
Fill in:
Description: devops Snapshot
Tag
Name: devops-vol-ss
Everything else can be left at default.
Click Create snapshot.
AWS now begins creating the snapshot.
- Verify Snapshot Creation
In the left menu → click Snapshots.
Ensure Owned by me is selected.
Locate snapshot devops-vol-ss.
The Status will initially be:
pending
Wait until it becomes:
completed
Refresh the page if necessary.
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