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Migrate Volume From One Region To Another In AWS

In this article, we will migrate volume from one region to another in AWS.

Scenario

For this article, we will migrate volume from the us-east-1a to the ca-central-1 region.

Steps

For migration, we will work on the following steps: -

Create a volume in us-east-1a
Create a snapshot of the volume
Copy the snapshot to the ca-central-1 region
Create a volume from the snapshot in the ca-central-1 region

So, let us get started.

Create A Volume In Us-East-1A

First, create a new volume in the us-east-1a region.

Picture showing a new volume created in us-east-2a region

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Create The Snapshot Of The Volume

To create the snapshot, select the volume and click on Actions → Create snapshot.

Picture showing the Create snapshot option for creating the snapshot of volume

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A screen will appear to create a snapshot. Enter the Description and click on the Create snapshot button.

Picture showing the Create Snapshot screen for creating the snapshot of the volume

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The snapshot is created.

Copy The Snapshot To Ca-Central-1 Region

To copy the snapshot, select the snapshot and click on the Actions → Copy snapshot.

Picture showing the Copy snapshot option for copying the snapshot

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The Copy snapshot screen will appear. On the screen, you can enter the Description and select the Destination Region.

Picture showing the copy snapshot screen for copying the snapshot to other region

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Click on the Copy snapshot button to create the snapshot.

Create A Volume From The Snapshot In The Ca-Central-1 Region

First, change the region to ca-central-1.

Picture showing the dropdown to change the region

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In the snapshot screen, select the snapshot and click on Actions → Create volume from snapshot.

Picture showing the Create volume from snapshot option for creating the volume from snapshot

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The Create Volume screen will appear. Enter the details and click on the Create volume button to create the volume in the ca-central-1 region.

Picture showing the Create Volume screen for creating the volume in new region

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Posted By -	Karan Gupta

Posted On -	Tuesday, August 9, 2022

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