AWS Snowball User Guide
Create an Export Job
• Connect the AWS Snowball Appliance to Your Local Network (p. 28)
• Transfer Data (p. 29)
• Return the Appliance (p. 32)
• Repeat the Process (p. 32)
Create an Export Job
To create an export job from the console
1. Sign in to the AWS Management Console and open the AWS Snowball Management Console at AWS
Snowball Management Console.
2. Choose Create Job.
3. Plan your job.
In this step, you'll choose your job type. For an export job, choose Export.
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 the next page, you'll 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 the next page, specify the details of your job. These details include the name of your export job,
the region that your source Amazon S3 buckets reside in, the buckets that you want to export data
from, and the storage size for the Snowballs that will be used with this job. We recommend that you
let AWS decide on the Snowball sizes for each job part, as we will optimize for cost efficiency and
speed for each job part. When you create an export job in the AWS Snowball Management Console,
you can choose to export an entire Amazon S3 bucket or a specific range of objects and prefixes. For
more information, see Using Export Ranges (p. 40).
Important
When selecting what data to export, keep in mind that objects with trailing slashes in their
names (/ or \) will not be transferred. Before exporting any objects with trailing slashes,
update their names to remove the slash.
Once you've finished this page, choose Next.
6. Set security.
On the next page, you'll specify the Amazon Resource Name (ARN) for the AWS Identity and Access
Management role that Snowball assumes to export your data from your source Amazon S3 buckets,
and also the AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) master key ARN 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 the next 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
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