Caveats of EC2 Instance Export

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This article assumes you have: latest AWS CLI, Necessary Permissions, needed disk space for vmdk/ova download.

  • Can't launch more than one export tasks
    • At the time this article was written, you could only export 1 AMI Image and 1 EC2 Instance at a time.
  • ClientError: BLSC-style GRUB found, but unable to detect default kernel
    • AWS was unable to detect default kernel. Make sure /boot/grub2/grubenv has defined saved_entry= record, if not, you may try executing.
      • sudo grubby --set-default=/boot/vmlinuz-$(uname -r)
      • Try starting create-instance-export-task/export-image again.
  • Is there a way to quicken cancellation of an export task?
    • After canceling an export task there is a possibility to delete newly created, residual AMI or EC2 snapshot.