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aws.ec2.describe_volume_status

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SELECT * FROM
aws.ec2.describe_volume_status;

Description

Describes the status of the specified volumes. Volume status provides the result of the checks performed on your volumes to determine events that can impair the performance of your volumes. The performance of a volume can be affected if an issue occurs on the volume's underlying host. If the volume's underlying host experiences a power outage or system issue, after the system is restored, there could be data inconsistencies on the volume. Volume events notify you if this occurs. Volume actions notify you if any action needs to be taken in response to the event.

The DescribeVolumeStatus operation provides the following information about the specified volumes:

Status: Reflects the current status of the volume. The possible values are ok, impaired , warning, or insufficient-data. If all checks pass, the overall status of the volume is ok. If the check fails, the overall status is impaired. If the status is insufficient-data, then the checks might still be taking place on your volume at the time. We recommend that you retry the request. For more information about volume status, see Monitor the status of your volumes in the Amazon EBS User Guide.

Events: Reflect the cause of a volume status and might require you to take action. For example, if your volume returns an impaired status, then the volume event might be potential-data-inconsistency. This means that your volume has been affected by an issue with the underlying host, has all I/O operations disabled, and might have inconsistent data.

Actions: Reflect the actions you might have to take in response to an event. For example, if the status of the volume is impaired and the volume event shows potential-data-inconsistency, then the action shows enable-volume-io. This means that you may want to enable the I/O operations for the volume by calling the EnableVolumeIO action and then check the volume for data consistency.

Volume status is based on the volume status checks, and does not reflect the volume state. Therefore, volume status does not indicate volumes in the error state (for example, when a volume is incapable of accepting I/O.)

The order of the elements in the response, including those within nested structures, might vary. Applications should not assume the elements appear in a particular order.

Table Definition

Column NameColumn Data Type
dry_run Input Column

Checks 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.

BOOLEAN
filters Input Column

The filters.

  • action.code - The action code for the event (for example, enable-volume-io).

  • action.description - A description of the action.

  • action.event-id - The event ID associated with the action.

  • availability-zone - The Availability Zone of the instance.

  • event.description - A description of the event.

  • event.event-id - The event ID.

  • event.event-type - The event type (for io-enabled: passed | failed; for io-performance: io-performance:degraded | io-performance:severely-degraded | io-performance:stalled).

  • event.not-after - The latest end time for the event.

  • event.not-before - The earliest start time for the event.

  • volume-status.details-name - The cause for volume-status.status (io-enabled | io-performance).

  • volume-status.details-status - The status of volume-status.details-name (for io-enabled: passed | failed; for io-performance: normal | degraded | severely-degraded | stalled).

  • volume-status.status - The status of the volume (ok | impaired | warning | insufficient-data).

STRUCT(
    "name" VARCHAR,
    "values" VARCHAR[]
)[]
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filters[]
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filters[].name

The name of the filter. Filter names are case-sensitive.

filters[].values[]
volume_ids Input Column

The IDs of the volumes.

Default: Describes all your volumes.

VARCHAR[]
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volume_ids[]
_aws_profile Input Column

The AWS profile defines the AWS identity used. It can be defined via credentials or by assuming a IAM role.

STRUCT(
    "type" VARCHAR,
    "name" VARCHAR,
    "account_id" VARCHAR,
    "via_profile_name" VARCHAR,
    "assumed_role_arn" VARCHAR,
    "organization" STRUCT(
        "account_name" VARCHAR,
        "id" VARCHAR,
        "tags" STRUCT(
            "key" VARCHAR,
            "value" VARCHAR
        )[],
        "master_account" STRUCT(
            "id" VARCHAR,
            "email" VARCHAR
        ),
        "parents" STRUCT(
            "type" VARCHAR,
            "id" VARCHAR,
            "name" VARCHAR,
            "tags" STRUCT(
                "key" VARCHAR,
                "value" VARCHAR
            )[]
        )[]
    )
)
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_aws_profile.account_id

The AWS account id

_aws_profile.assumed_role_arn

The ARN of the assumed role

_aws_profile.name

The unique name of the profile.

_aws_profile.organization

Information about this profile's membership in the AWS organization.

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_aws_profile.organization.account_name

The name of account speciifed by the organization

_aws_profile.organization.id

The organization id

_aws_profile.organization.master_account
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_aws_profile.organization.master_account.email

The organization master account email address

_aws_profile.organization.master_account.id

The organization master account id

_aws_profile.organization.parents[]
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_aws_profile.organization.parents[].id

The id of the parent

_aws_profile.organization.parents[].name

The name of the parent

_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[]
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_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[].key
_aws_profile.organization.parents[].tags[].value
_aws_profile.organization.parents[].type

The type of parent can be an organization unit or a root

_aws_profile.organization.tags[]
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_aws_profile.organization.tags[].key
_aws_profile.organization.tags[].value
_aws_profile.type

The type of profile, either 'credentials' or 'assumed_role'

_aws_profile.via_profile_name

This IAM role for this profile is assumed by first utilizing another profile with this name to obtain credentials.

_aws_region Input Column

The AWS region to use.

VARCHAR
actions

The details of the operation.

STRUCT(
    "code" VARCHAR,
    "description" VARCHAR,
    "event_id" VARCHAR,
    "event_type" VARCHAR
)[]
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actions[]
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actions[].code

The code identifying the operation, for example, enable-volume-io.

actions[].description

A description of the operation.

actions[].event_id

The ID of the event associated with this operation.

actions[].event_type

The event type associated with this operation.

attachment_statuses

Information about the instances to which the volume is attached.

STRUCT(
    "io_performance" VARCHAR,
    "instance_id" VARCHAR
)[]
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attachment_statuses[]
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attachment_statuses[].instance_id

The ID of the attached instance.

attachment_statuses[].io_performance

The maximum IOPS supported by the attached instance.

availability_zone

The Availability Zone of the volume.

VARCHAR
events

A list of events associated with the volume.

STRUCT(
    "description" VARCHAR,
    "event_id" VARCHAR,
    "event_type" VARCHAR,
    "not_after" TIMESTAMP_S,
    "not_before" TIMESTAMP_S,
    "instance_id" VARCHAR
)[]
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events[]
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events[].description

A description of the event.

events[].event_id

The ID of this event.

events[].event_type

The type of this event.

events[].instance_id

The ID of the instance associated with the event.

events[].not_after

The latest end time of the event.

events[].not_before

The earliest start time of the event.

outpost_arn

The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Outpost.

VARCHAR
volume_id

The volume ID.

VARCHAR
volume_status

The volume status.

STRUCT(
    "details" STRUCT(
        "name" VARCHAR,
        "status" VARCHAR
    )[],
    "status" VARCHAR
)
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volume_status.details[]
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volume_status.details[].name

The name of the volume status.

volume_status.details[].status

The intended status of the volume status.

volume_status.status

The status of the volume.