name : import-snapshot.rst **To import a snapshot** The following ``import-snapshot`` example imports the specified disk as a snapshot. :: aws ec2 import-snapshot \ --description "My server VMDK" \ --disk-container Format=VMDK,UserBucket={'S3Bucket=my-import-bucket,S3Key=vms/my-server-vm.vmdk'} Output:: { "Description": "My server VMDK", "ImportTaskId": "import-snap-1234567890abcdef0", "SnapshotTaskDetail": { "Description": "My server VMDK", "DiskImageSize": "0.0", "Format": "VMDK", "Progress": "3", "Status": "active", "StatusMessage": "pending" "UserBucket": { "S3Bucket": "my-import-bucket", "S3Key": "vms/my-server-vm.vmdk" } } }