Is it possible to access your EBS snapshots?

Is it possible to access your EBS snapshots?

Is it possible to access your EBS snapshots?

A.
Yes, through the Amazon S3 APIs.

B.
Yes, through the Amazon EC2 APIs.

C.
No, EBS snapshots cannot be accessed; they can only be used to create a new EBS volume.

D.
EBS doesn’t provide snapshots.



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JM

JM

Users with access to your snapshots can create their own EBS volumes from your snapshot.
Source: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/EBSSnapshots.html

Not sure what “access” means in this one. Imho it could be C.

McDaveX

McDaveX

I agree. You can perform snapshot *administration* via the api, but you can only access the files within the snapshot by first creating a new volume. “access” in this context is ambiguous.

jud judenheimer

jud judenheimer

Ambiguous? You’re ambiguous! You’re a snapshot! McDave! If that is your real name! Where is you command line (pipe command) and the explanation of each character and what it does? Huh? HUH!? Mr …Mc….Dave-enstein!

hmmm

hmmm

I should say A:
“You can back up the data on your EBS volumes to Amazon S3 by taking point-in-time snapshots.”
If you can share, it means you can access:
“You can share your unencrypted snapshots with specific AWS accounts, make them public to share them with the entire AWS community. Users with access to your snapshots can create their own EBS volumes from your snapshot. This doesn’t affect your snapshot”

seenagape

seenagape

Correct answer is B

Borat

Borat

Correct Answer is B
No, snapshots are only available through the Amazon EC2 API.

Ganesh Ghube

Ganesh Ghube

B.
Yes, through the Amazon EC2 APIs.

niyiallen

niyiallen

A is my answer and loot it up via the link

Restoring an Amazon EBS Volume from a Snapshot

You can restore an Amazon EBS volume with data from a snapshot stored in Amazon S3. You need to know the ID of the snapshot you wish to restore your volume from and you need to have access permissions for the snapshot. For more information on snapshots, see Amazon EBS Snapshots.

Source:
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-restoring-volume.html

jeff

jeff

B is the right answer. You can create snapshot without any of your S3 bucket. In addition, snapshot is under the control of EC2 service in AWS console.