AWS Snowball User Guide
Using Export Ranges ................................................................................................................. 40
Export Range Examples ..................................................................................................... 41
Getting Your Job Completion Report and Logs ............................................................................. 42
Canceling Jobs ......................................................................................................................... 43
Using a Snowball ............................................................................................................................. 45
Changing Your IP Address ......................................................................................................... 49
Transferring Data ..................................................................................................................... 51
Transferring Data with the Snowball Client .................................................................................. 52
Using the Snowball Client ................................................................................................. 52
Transferring Data with the Amazon S3 Adapter for Snowball ......................................................... 65
Downloading and Installing the Amazon S3 Adapter for Snowball .......................................... 65
Using the Amazon S3 Adapter for Snowball ........................................................................ 66
Shipping Considerations .................................................................................................................... 73
Preparing a Snowball for Shipping ............................................................................................. 73
Region-Based Shipping Restrictions ............................................................................................ 74
Shipping a Snowball ................................................................................................................. 74
Shipping Carriers .............................................................................................................. 74
Security ........................................................................................................................................... 77
Encryption in AWS Snowball ...................................................................................................... 77
Server-Side Encryption ...................................................................................................... 77
Authorization and Access Control ............................................................................................... 79
Authentication ................................................................................................................. 79
Access Control ................................................................................................................. 82
AWS Key Management Service in Snowball .................................................................................. 84
Using the AWS-Managed Customer Master Key for Snowball .................................................. 85
Creating a Custom KMS Envelope Encryption Key ................................................................. 85
Authorization with the Amazon S3 API Adapter for Snowball ......................................................... 85
Other Security Considerations for Snowball ................................................................................. 86
Data Validation ................................................................................................................................ 87
Checksum Validation of Transferred Data .................................................................................... 87
Common Validation Errors ......................................................................................................... 87
Manual Data Validation for Snowball During Transfer ................................................................... 88
Manual Data Validation for Snowball After Import into Amazon S3 ................................................. 89
Notifications .................................................................................................................................... 90
Specifications ................................................................................................................................... 91
Supported Network Hardware .................................................................................................... 91
Workstation Specifications ......................................................................................................... 93
Limits ............................................................................................................................................. 95
Regional Limitations for AWS Snowball ....................................................................................... 95
Limitations on Jobs in AWS Snowball ......................................................................................... 95
Limitations on Transferring On-Premises Data with a Snowball ...................................................... 96
Limitations on Shipping a Snowball ............................................................................................ 96
Limitations on Processing Your Returned Snowball for Import ........................................................ 96
Troubleshooting ............................................................................................................................... 98
Troubleshooting Connection Problems ........................................................................................ 98
Troubleshooting Data Transfer Problems ..................................................................................... 98
Troubleshooting Client Problems ................................................................................................ 99
Troubleshooting Snowball Client Validation Problems ........................................................... 99
HDFS Troubleshooting ..................................................................................................... 100
Troubleshooting Adapter Problems ........................................................................................... 100
Troubleshooting Import Job Problems ....................................................................................... 101
Troubleshooting Export Job Problems ....................................................................................... 101
Job Management API ...................................................................................................................... 102
API Endpoint .......................................................................................................................... 102
API Version ............................................................................................................................ 103
API Permission Policy Reference ............................................................................................... 103
Related Topics ........................................................................................................................ 105
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