AWS Snowball User Guide
Jobs
access to the Snowball while it’s at your facility. The unlock code is visible when you get your
manifest.
6. Install and set up the Snowball client – Install the Snowball client on the computer workstation that
has your data source mounted on it.
7. Position the hardware – Move the Snowball into your data center and open it following the
instructions on the case. Connect the Snowball to power and your local network.
8. Power on the Snowball – Next, power on the Snowball by pressing the power button above the E Ink
display. Wait a few minutes, and the Ready screen appears.
9. Start the Snowball client – When you start the Snowball client on your workstation, type the IP
address of the Snowball, the path to your manifest, and the unlock code. The Snowball client decrypts
the manifest and uses it to authenticate your access to the Snowball.
10.Transfer data – Use the Snowball client to transfer the data that you want to export from the
Snowball appliance into your on-premises data destination.
11.Prepare the Snowball for its return trip – After your data transfer is complete, power off the
Snowball and unplug its cables. Secure the Snowball’s cables into the cable caddie on the inside of the
Snowball’s back panel and seal the Snowball. The Snowball is now ready to be returned.
12.Your region's carrier returns the Snowball to AWS – When the carrier has the Snowball, the status
for the job becomes In transit to AWS. At this point, if your export job has more job parts, the next job
part enters the Preparing Snowball status.
13.We erase the Snowball – Once we receive a returned Snowball we perform a complete erasure of the
Snowball. This erasure follows the NIST 800-88 standards.
Now that you know how an export job works, you're ready to create your first job. For more information,
see Exporting Data from Amazon S3 with Snowball (p. 24).
Jobs for Standard Snowball Appliances
A job in AWS Snowball (Snowball) is a discrete unit of work, defined when you create it in the console
or the job management API. Jobs have types, details, and statuses. Each of those elements is covered in
greater detail in the sections that follow.
Topics
• Job Types (p. 11)
• Job Details (p. 12)
• Job Statuses (p. 13)
Job Types
There are two different job types: import jobs and export jobs. Both of the Snowball job types are
summarized following, including the source of the data, how much data can be moved, and the result
you can expect at successful job completion. Although these two types of jobs have fundamental
differences, they share some common details The source can be local to your data center or office, or it
can be an Amazon S3 bucket.
Import into Amazon S3
An import job is the transfer of 80 TB or less of your data (located in an on-premises data source), copied
onto a single Snowball, and then moved into Amazon S3. For import jobs, Snowballs and jobs have a
one-to-one relationship, meaning that each job has exactly one Snowball associated with it. If you need
additional Snowballs, you can create new import jobs or clone existing ones.
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