AWS Storage Gateway, User Manual

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AWS Storage Gateway User Guide
Using Your Volume
This gateway should have only one storage volume. Choose the volume displays its properties.
4. For Actions , choose Create Snapshot to create a snapshot of the volume.
Depending on the amount of data on the disk and the upload bandwidth, it might take a few
seconds to complete the snapshot. Note the volume ID for the volume from which you create a
snapshot. You use the ID to find the snapshot.
5. In the Create Snapshot dialog box, provide a description for your snapshot, and then choose Create
Snapshot .
Your snapshot is stored as an Amazon EBS snapshot. Take note of your snapshot ID.
The number of snapshots created for your volume is displayed in the snapshot column.
6. For Snapshot , choose the link for the volume you created the snapshot for to see your EBS snapshot
on the Amazon EC2 console.
Where Do I Go from Here?
In the preceding sections, you created and provisioned a gateway and then connected your host to
the gateway's storage volume. You added data to the gateway's iSCSI volume, took a snapshot of the
volume, and restored it to a new volume, connected to the new volume, and verified that the data shows
up on it.
After you finish the exercise, consider the following:
• If you plan on continuing to use your gateway, read about sizing the upload buffer more appropriately
for real-world workloads. For more information, see Sizing Your Volume Gateway's Storage for Real-
World Workloads (p. 70) .
• If you don't plan on continuing to use your gateway, consider deleting the gateway to avoid incurring
any charges. For more information, see Cleaning Up Resources You Don't Need (p. 71) .
Other sections of this guide include information about how to do the following:
• To learn more about storage volumes and how to manage them, see Managing Your
Gateway (p. 144) .
• To troubleshoot gateway problems, see Troubleshooting Your Gateway (p. 316) .
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