Snapshot restoration of VM's

AWS Console

Before doing anything with VM in AWS console, take snapshot

- Go to Instances

- Select instance

- Storage

- Click on volume ID (open volume)

- Actions

- Create snapshot

- Go to instances

- Select instance

- Storage

• Note down device name ( /dev/sda1)

- Shut down instance (stop)

- Go to snapshots

- Select the snapshot, which we have created

- Create volume

- Go to volume

- Select newly created volume

- Actions

- Attach volume

• Select instance name

• Device : /dev/sdf (default)

Edit this to /dev/sda1 (Root Device Name, which we have noted before)

- Click on attach

- At last Start instance