AWS Snowball User Guide
Receive the Snowball
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.
Important
Review this information carefully, because incorrect information can result in unwanted
delays.
Once your job is created, you're taken to the job dashboard, where you can view and manage your jobs.
The newest job you created is selected by default, though this a temporary placeholder. When the
Amazon S3 listing operation completes in the background, this newest job will be replaced with the
number of job parts necessary to complete your job.
Note
At this point, until the job enters the Preparing Snowball status, you have the option of
canceling the job and its job parts. If you think that you might want to cancel a job, we suggest
that you use Amazon SNS notifications to track when the job is created.
For more information on managing jobs from the AWS Snowball Management Console and tracking job
status, see Using the AWS Snowball Management Console (p. 40).
Once the Snowball is prepared, the status for your first job part will become Exporting. Exporting
typically takes one business day; however, this can take longer on occasion.
Once Exporting has completed, the Snowball for your job part enters the Preparing shipment status,
followed quickly by the In transit to you status. Shipping can take a few days, and you can track the
shipping status of the Snowball we prepared for your job. In your job's details, you'll see a link to the
tracking webpage with your tracking number provided.
Now that your export job is on its way, you can get from the console a report of the data transfer from
Amazon S3 to the Snowball, and also success and failure logs. To access the report or the logs, select
the job from the table, and expand it to reveal the job's detailed information. Choose Get report to
download your job report. For more information, see Getting Your Job Completion Report and Logs in
the Console (p. 42).
Next: Receive the AWS Snowball Appliance (p. 26)
Receive the AWS Snowball Appliance
When you receive the Snowball appliance, you'll notice that it doesn't come in a box. The Snowball is
its own physically rugged shipping container. When the Snowball first arrives, inspect it for damage or
obvious tampering. If you notice anything that looks suspicious about the Snowball, don't connect it to
your internal network. Instead, contact AWS Support and inform us of the issue so that a new Snowball
can be shipped to you.
Important
The Snowball is the property of AWS. Tampering with a Snowball is a violation of the AWS
Acceptable Use Policy. For more information, see http://aws.amazon.com/aup/.
Before you connect the Snowball to your network and begin transferring data, it's important to cover a
few basic components of Snowball data transfer.
• The Snowball – The following is what the Snowball will look like.
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