EC2 VM Import/Export enables importing virtual machine (VM) images from existing virtualization environment to EC2, and then export them back

  • EC2 VM Import/Export enables
    • migration of applications and workloads to EC2,
    • coping VM image catalog to EC2, or
    • create a repository of VM images for backup and disaster recovery
    • to leverage previous investments in building VMs by migrating your VMs to EC2.
  • The supported file formats are: VMware ESX VMDK images, Citrix Xen VHD images, Microsoft Hyper-V VHD images, and RAW images
  • For VMware vSphere, AWS Connector for vCenter can be used to export a VM from VMware and import it into Amazon EC2
  • For Microsoft Systems Center, AWS Systems Manager for Microsoft SCVMM can be used to import Windows VMs from SCVMM to EC2

EC2 VM Import/Export features

  • ability to import a VM from a virtualization environment to EC2 as an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), which can be used to launch an EC2 instance
  • ability to import a VM from a virtualization environment to EC2 as an EC2 instance, which is initially in a stopped state. AMI can be created from it
  • ability to export a VM that was previously imported from the virtualization environment
  • ability to import disks as Amazon EBS snapshots.

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