Is your AMI or EBS snapshot creation slow or stuck in the Pending state? Neshon explains why it happens (full vs. incremental snapshots, multiple volumes, stacked snapshots) and shows how to create snapshots and automate them with Data Lifecycle Manager.
0:00 Introduction
0:21 Full vs. incremental snapshots
1:12 Reduce changed blocks with Data Lifecycle Manager
1:40 Multiple volumes on one instance
2:31 Stacked snapshots
3:31 Create a snapshot in the console
4:46 Check progress with the CLI
5:18 Set up automated snapshots
8:42 Closing
For more information, see the Knowledge Center article:
https://repost.aws/knowledge-center/ebs-snapshot-ec2-ami-creation-slow
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