View Amazon EBS volumes restored using fast snapshot restore - Amazon EBS
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View Amazon EBS volumes restored using fast snapshot restore

When you create a volume from a snapshot that is enabled for fast snapshot restore in the Availability Zone for the volume, it is restored using fast snapshot restore.

AWS CLI
To view volumes that were created from a snapshot that is enabled for fast snapshot restore

Use the describe-volumes command.

aws ec2 describe-volumes --filters Name=fast-restored,Values=true

The following is example output.

{
    "Volumes": [
        {
            "Attachments": [],
            "AvailabilityZone": "us-east-2a",
            "CreateTime": "2020-01-26T00:34:11.093Z",
            "Encrypted": true,
            "KmsKeyId": "arn:aws:kms:us-west-2:123456789012:key/8c5b2c63-b9bc-45a3-a87a-5513e232e843",
            "Size": 20,
            "SnapshotId": "snap-0abcdef1234567890",
            "State": "available",
            "VolumeId": "vol-01234567890abcdef",
            "Iops": 100,
            "VolumeType": "gp2",
            "FastRestored": true
        }
    ]
}
PowerShell
To view volumes that were created from a snapshot that is enabled for fast snapshot restore

Use the Get-EC2Volume cmdlet.

Get-EC2Volume -Filter @{Name="fast-restored"; Values="true"}