AWS Snowball User Guide
Create an Import Job
Create an Import Job
To create an import job from the console
1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Snowball Management Console.
2. Choose Create Job.
3. Plan your job.
In this optional step, you determine the number of jobs you need to create to finish transferring all
the data you want to import into Amazon S3. The answer you provide helps you better plan for your
data transfer.
Once you've finished this page, choose Next.
Note
If you're performing a petabyte scale data transfer, we recommend that you read How to
Transfer Petabytes of Data Efficiently (p. 36) before you create your first job.
4. Give shipping details.
On this page, you provide the shipping address that you want the Snowball for this job delivered
to. In some regions you choose your shipping speed as well. For more information, see Shipping
Speeds (p. 76).
Once you've finished this page, choose Next.
5. Give job details.
On this page, specify the details of your job. These details include the name of your import job,
the region for your destination Amazon S3 bucket, the specific Amazon S3 bucket to receive your
imported data, and the storage size of the Snowball. If you don't already have an Amazon S3 bucket,
you can create one on this page. If you create a new Amazon S3 bucket for your destination, note
that the Amazon S3 namespace for buckets is shared universally by all AWS users as a feature of the
service. Use a bucket name that is specific and clear for your usage.
Once you've finished this page, choose Next.
6. Set security.
On this page, you specify the following:
• The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the IAM role that Snowball assumes to import your data to
your destination S3 bucket when you return the Snowball.
• The ARN for the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) master key to be used to protect your
data within the Snowball. For more information, see Security in AWS Snowball (p. 77).
Once you've finished this page, choose Next.
7. Set notifications.
On this page, specify the Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) notification options
for your job and provide a list of comma-separated email addresses to receive email notifications
for this job. You can also choose which job status values trigger these notifications. For more
information, see Snowball Notifications (p. 90).
Once you've finished this page, choose Next.
8. Review.
On the next page, review the information you've provided. To make changes, choose the Edit button
next to the step to change in the navigation pane, or choose Back.
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