c. Create snapshot of detached Volume

  1. Click on Actions, then select Create Snapshot.

AWS Management Console

  1. In the Create Snapshot screen, provide a Description for the Volume; this will be an identifier to search for the Snapshot of the Volume.

AWS Management Console

  1. Click on Add Tag to provide a unique name tag for better identificaiton of the snapshot. Enter “Name” in the Key field, and “[your initials]-snapshot” for the Value field. Add the “User” and “Grant” tag you’ve previously used as well.

AWS Management Console

  1. Click on Create Snapshot.

  2. A Snapshot creation task will be started, and a message indicating the same will be displayed in a green bar on the top of the screen.

  3. Click on Snapshots under the Elastic Block Store section in the left Navigation pane to view all the snapshots created.

AWS Management Console