Why was I billed for Amazon EBS fast snapshot restore charges?

Short description

Use Amazon CloudWatch metrics to view fast snapshot restore usage in the last 15 months. The FastSnapshotRestoreCreditsBucketSize metric shows the maximum size of the volume creation credits that are available for an fast snapshot restore instance. Use this information to determine the usage period and the number of snapshots that have fast snapshot restore activated.

Resolution

1. Open the CloudWatch console.
2. In the Metrics section, choose the All Metrics tab.
3. Choose the EBS namespace, and then choose Fast Restore Metrics.
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   Enter FastSnapshotRestoreCreditsBucketSize in the search bar. You can also filter on your Availability Zone.
4. For each value, set the Period to 1 hour to capture usage for the widest date range, and then set Statistic to Average.
5. In the graph section, set the date range that you want to view usage for.
6. In the graph section, hover over a date to see the number of snapshots that have fast snapshot restore activated.