How do I copy my Amazon EBS snapshot to a different Region?

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Note: If you receive errors when you run AWS Command Line Interface (AWS CLI) commands, then see Troubleshooting errors for the AWS CLI. Also, make sure that you're using the most recent AWS CLI version.

Manually copy an Amazon EBS snapshot to another Region

Confirm that the snapshot is in the Completed state. Before you copy the snapshot, see Considerations for copying snapshots and Amazon EBS pricing.

Then, use the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) console or the AWS CLI to copy the snapshot to another Region.

Note: If you delete the most recent snapshot copy, then the next copy that you create is a complete, non-incremental copy. Because it's a full copy, the snapshot incurs storage costs. For more information, see Incremental snapshot copying.

Automate the snapshot copy process with Amazon Data Lifecycle Manager

Use Amazon Data Lifecyle Manager to create a snapshot lifecycle policy.

Note: To use Amazon Data Lifecycle Manger, you must have credentials.

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