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EC2 Describe Volumes

Describes the specified EBS volumes or all of your EBS volumes. If you are describing a long list of volumes, we recommend that you paginate the output to make the list more manageable. The MaxResults parameter sets the maximum number of results returned in a single page. If the list of results exceeds your MaxResults value, then that number of results is returned along with a NextToken value that can be passed to a subsequent DescribeVolumes request to retrieve the remaining results. For more information about EBS volumes, see Amazon EBS volumes in the Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud User Guide.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the AWS documentation.

Basic Parameters

ParameterDescription
AWS RegionEnter the desired AWS Region.
If no Region is specified, and the requested service supports Regions, AWS routes the request to us-east-1 by default.
FiltersThe filters. attachment.attach-time - The time stamp when the attachment initiated. attachment.delete-on-termination - Whether the volume is deleted on instance termination. attachment.device - The device name specified in the block device mapping (for example, /dev/sda1). attachment.instance-id - The ID of the instance the volume is attached to. attachment.status - The attachment state (attaching
Volume IDsThe volume IDs, space separated.

Input Example:
vol-123df61146c4d7901 vol-456df61146c4d7901

Advanced Parameters

ParameterDescription
Disable XML To JSON Auto ConvertWhen checked, XML responses are not automatically converted into JSON format.
Dry RunChecks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is DryRunOperation. Otherwise, it is UnauthorizedOperation.
Max ResultsThe maximum number of results to return in a single call. To retrieve the remaining results, make another call with the returned NextToken value. This value can be between 5 and 1000. You cannot specify this parameter and the instance IDs parameter in the same call.
Next TokenThe token to request the next page of results.

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