describe-snapshot-tier-status¶

Description¶

Describes the storage tier status of one or more Amazon EBS snapshots.

Synopsis¶

  describe-snapshot-tier-status
[--filters <value>]
[--dry-run | --no-dry-run]
[--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml]
[--starting-token <value>]
[--page-size <value>]
[--max-items <value>]
[--generate-cli-skeleton <value>]

Options¶

--filters (list)

The filters.

snapshot-id - The snapshot ID.

volume-id - The ID of the volume the snapshot is for.

last-tiering-operation - The state of the last archive or restore action. (archival-in-progress | archival-completed | archival-failed | permanent-restore-in-progress | permanent-restore-completed | permanent-restore-failed | temporary-restore-in-progress | temporary-restore-completed | temporary-restore-failed )

(structure)

A filter name and value pair that is used to return a more specific list of results from a describe operation. Filters can be used to match a set of resources by specific criteria, such as tags, attributes, or IDs.

If you specify multiple filters, the filters are joined with an AND , and the request returns only results that match all of the specified filters.

Name -> (string)

The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.

Values -> (list)

The filter values. Filter values are case-sensitive. If you specify multiple values for a filter, the values are joined with an OR , and the request returns all results that match any of the specified values.

(string)

Shorthand Syntax:

Name=string,Values=string,string ...

JSON Syntax:

[
  {
    "Name": "string",
    "Values": ["string", ...]
  }
  ...
]

--dry-run | --no-dry-run (boolean)

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 is UnauthorizedOperation .

--cli-input-json | --cli-input-yaml (string) Reads arguments from the JSON string provided. The JSON string follows the format provided by --generate-cli-skeleton. If other arguments are provided on the command line, those values will override the JSON-provided values. It is not possible to pass arbitrary binary values using a JSON-provided value as the string will be taken literally. This may not be specified along with --cli-input-yaml.

--starting-token (string)

A token to specify where to start paginating. This is the NextToken from a previously truncated response.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--page-size (integer)

The size of each page to get in the AWS service call. This does not affect the number of items returned in the command’s output. Setting a smaller page size results in more calls to the AWS service, retrieving fewer items in each call. This can help prevent the AWS service calls from timing out.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--max-items (integer)

The total number of items to return in the command’s output. If the total number of items available is more than the value specified, a NextToken is provided in the command’s output. To resume pagination, provide the NextToken value in the starting-token argument of a subsequent command. Do not use the NextToken response element directly outside of the AWS CLI.

For usage examples, see Pagination in the AWS Command Line Interface User Guide .

--generate-cli-skeleton (string) Prints a JSON skeleton to standard output without sending an API request. If provided with no value or the value input, prints a sample input JSON that can be used as an argument for --cli-input-json. Similarly, if provided yaml-input it will print a sample input YAML that can be used with --cli-input-yaml. If provided with the value output, it validates the command inputs and returns a sample output JSON for that command.

See ‘aws help’ for descriptions of global parameters.

Examples¶

Example 1: To view archived and standard tier snapshots

The following describe-snapshot-tier-status example displays the archived and standard tier snapshots.

aws ec2 describe-snapshots \
    --snapshot-ids snap-01234567890abcedf

Output:

{
    "Snapshots": [
        {
            "Description": "Snap A",
            "Encrypted": false,
            "VolumeId": "vol-01234567890aaaaaa",
            "State": "completed",
            "VolumeSize": 8,
            "StartTime": "2021-09-07T21:00:00.000Z",
            "Progress": "100%",
            "OwnerId": "123456789012",
            "SnapshotId": "snap-01234567890aaaaaa",
            "StorageTier": "archive",
            "Tags": []
        },
        {
            "Description": "Snap B",
            "Encrypted": false,
            "VolumeId": "vol-09876543210bbbbbb",
            "State": "completed",
            "VolumeSize": 10,
            "StartTime": "2021-09-14T21:00:00.000Z",
            "Progress": "100%",
            "OwnerId": "123456789012",
            "SnapshotId": "snap-09876543210bbbbbb",
            "StorageTier": "standard",
            "RestoreExpiryTime": "2019-09-19T21:00:00.000Z",
            "Tags": []
        },
        {
            "Description": "Snap C",
            "Encrypted": false,
            "VolumeId": "vol-054321543210cccccc",
            "State": "completed",
            "VolumeSize": 12,
            "StartTime": "2021-08-01T21:00:00.000Z",
            "Progress": "100%",
            "OwnerId": "123456789012",
            "SnapshotId": "snap-054321543210cccccc",
            "StorageTier": "standard",
            "Tags": []
        }
    ]
}

The StorageTier response parameter indicates whether the snapshot is currently archived. archive indicates that the snapshot is currently archived and stored in the archive tier, and standard indicates that the snapshot is currently not archived and that it is stored in the standard tier. In this example, only Snap A is archived. Snap B and Snap C are not archived.

Additionally, the RestoreExpiryTime response parameter is returned only for snapshots that are temporarily restored from the archive. It indicates when temporarily restored snapshots are to be automatically removed from the standard tier. It is not returned for snapshots that are permanently restored.

In this example output, Snap C is temporarily restored, and it will be automatically removed from the standard tier at 2021-09-19T21:00:00.000Z (September 19, 2021 at 21:00 UTC).

For more information about snapshot archiving, see Archive Amazon EBS snapshots in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Example 2: To view only snapshots that are stored in the archive tier

The following describe-snapshot-tier-status example displays only snapshots that are stored in the archive tier. Include the --filter option for the filter name, specify storage-tier, and for the filter value, specify archive.

aws ec2 describe-snapshots \
     --filters "Name=storage-tier,Values=archive"

Output:

{
    "Snapshots": [
        {
            "Description": "Snap A",
            "Encrypted": false,
            "VolumeId": "vol-01234567890aaaaaa",
            "State": "completed",
            "VolumeSize": 8,
            "StartTime": "2021-09-07T21:00:00.000Z",
            "Progress": "100%",
            "OwnerId": "123456789012",
            "SnapshotId": "snap-01234567890aaaaaa",
            "StorageTier": "archive",
            "Tags": []
        },
    ]
}

For more information about snapshot archiving, see Archive Amazon EBS snapshots in the Amazon EC2 User Guide.

Output¶

SnapshotTierStatuses -> (list)

Information about the snapshot’s storage tier.

(structure)

Provides information about a snapshot’s storage tier.

SnapshotId -> (string)

The ID of the snapshot.

VolumeId -> (string)

The ID of the volume from which the snapshot was created.

Status -> (string)

The state of the snapshot.

OwnerId -> (string)

The ID of the Amazon Web Services account that owns the snapshot.

Tags -> (list)

The tags that are assigned to the snapshot.

(structure)

Describes a tag.

Key -> (string)

The key of the tag.

Constraints: Tag keys are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 127 Unicode characters. May not begin with aws: .

Value -> (string)

The value of the tag.

Constraints: Tag values are case-sensitive and accept a maximum of 256 Unicode characters.

StorageTier -> (string)

The storage tier in which the snapshot is stored. standard indicates that the snapshot is stored in the standard snapshot storage tier and that it is ready for use. archive indicates that the snapshot is currently archived and that it must be restored before it can be used.

LastTieringStartTime -> (timestamp)

The date and time when the last archive or restore process was started.

LastTieringProgress -> (integer)

The progress of the last archive or restore process, as a percentage.

LastTieringOperationStatus -> (string)

The status of the last archive or restore process.

LastTieringOperationStatusDetail -> (string)

A message describing the status of the last archive or restore process.

ArchivalCompleteTime -> (timestamp)

The date and time when the last archive process was completed.

RestoreExpiryTime -> (timestamp)

Only for archived snapshots that are temporarily restored. Indicates the date and time when a temporarily restored snapshot will be automatically re-archived.

NextToken -> (string)

The token to use to retrieve the next page of results. This value is null when there are no more results to return.

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