So we have this two gigabytes gp2 EBS volume available
to us and we can take a snapshot from it.
So if we do actions, we can create a snapshot.
So we can add a description, for example, demo snapshots
and then click on create snapshots.
So then on the left hand side menu, instead of volume
you can click on snapshots and snapshots should use a list
of all the snapshots you have.
And as you can see, we have one right here,
it is completed, it is 100% available,
and we get some information around that snapshot itself.
First of all, what we can do is
that we can copy this snapshot into another region.
So if you right click and do copy snapshots
then as you can see, you can copy the snapshot
into any destination region that you want.
And this can come in very handy in case you want
for example, to have a disaster recovery strategy
to make sure your data is backed
up in another region of AWS.
So I won't do so but you get the idea.
Another thing I can do is take the snapshot
and I can recreate a volume from it.
So, action, create volume from snapshots
and we choose a two gigabytes, gp2 volume
and then the target AZ doesn't have to
remain eu-west-1a, it can be, for example, eu-west-1b.
And we can also encrypt this volume
if we wanted to and add some tags.
And so as we can see, when we click on create volume
what's going to happen is that
if we go back into our volumes,
well now we have two volumes, as you can see.
And one of them, this one, was restored through snapshots.
Okay, and it is an eu-west-1b.
So the idea is that thanks to snapshots
we can quote end quote
copy EBS volumes across different availability zones.
And that's very handy.
If we look again at snapshots
we can have a look at what's called the recycle bin.
So the recycle bin is a way
for you to protect your EBS snapshots
from accidental deletion,
as well as your Amazon Machine Images.
So we can create a retention rule
and saying demo retention rule.
And then we're saying
we'll apply this to all EBS snapshots.
And I want them to be retained for one day after deletion
which allows me to recover them.
So if I click on create retention rule
now it has been created
and it is going to appear right here at some point, okay.
So let's refresh the page for us to see it, here it is.
And now on the resources, we can see
if we have resources in the recycle bin.
So let's go back into our snapshots in the EC2 console.
So I'm going to go into EC2, here we go snapshots.
Little shortcut.
And what I'm going to do is take the snapshots.
And first, before I delete it
I wanna show you the storage tier.
So right now it is a standard storage tier, okay.
But you can move the storage tier by archiving snapshots.
And so like you to move the storage tier
into another pricing level, but if you want to restore it
of course you will have to wait 24 to 72 hours.
So just to show you, but anyway
let's go ahead and delete the snapshot.
So we'll delete the snapshots, as you can see it's gone.
And before it used to completely delete the snapshots
and you couldn't recover it, okay.
As you can see, it's gone.
But now, thanks to the recycle bin,
well, if I refresh here my resources
I can now see that my snapshot has appeared here.
And what I can do is click on it and recover it.
Yes, recover resources and voila.
It's back into my snapshots on my EC2 console.
Okay, that was pretty awesome, right?
Okay, that's it for EBS snapshots.
I hope you liked it.
And now will see you in the next lecture.