A user has launched an EC2 Windows instance from an instance store backed AMI. The user
wants to convert the AMI to an EBS backed AMI. How can the user convert it?
A.
Attach an EBS volume to the instance and unbundle all the AMI bundled data inside the EBS
B.
A Windows based instance store backed AMI cannot be converted to an EBS backed AMI
C.
It is not possible to convert an instance store backed AMI to an EBS backed AMI
D.
Attach an EBS volume and use the copy command to copy all the ephermal content to the EBS
Volume
Explanation:
Generally when a user has launched an EC2 instance from an instance store backed AMI, it can
be converted to an EBS backed AMI provided the user has attached the EBS volume to the
instance and unbundles the AMI data to it. However, if the instance is a Windows instance, AWS
does not allow this. In this case, since the instance is a Windows instance, the user cannot convert
it to an EBS backed AMI.
C
Its B?
http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/Using_ConvertingS3toEBS.html
Important
You can’t convert an instance store-backed Windows AMI to an Amazon EBS-backed Windows AMI and you cannot convert an AMI that you do not own.
Yes it’s B
B
Answer: B
Explanation:
Generally when a user has launched an EC2 instance from an instance store backed AMI, it can be converted to an EBS backed AMI provided the user has attached the EBS volume to the instance and unbundles the AMI data to it. However, if the instance is a Windows instance, AWS does not allow this. In this case, since the instance is a Windows instance, the user cannot convert it to an EBS backed AMI.