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Pablo Yabo
Pablo Yabo

Reputation: 2813

Start instance while AMI is being created

I created an image from an AWS instance which is pending. Then, I plan to create a instance clone from the image. But, my question is: Is it safe to start the original instance from which I created the image, while the image is in 'pending' status?

Upvotes: 4

Views: 2447

Answers (1)

Matt Houser
Matt Houser

Reputation: 36073

Once you have called ec2:CreateImage and it has given you your AMI ID, it is safe to restart the original EC2 instance.

The AMI image and associated EBS snapshots will be created point-in-time as of when the ec2:CreateImage command was executed.

However, until the EBS snapshots are complete, you may notice that the EBS volumes are "sluggish".

Upvotes: 6

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