General Availability of Boot Volume Replacement for Virtual Machine Instance

Today we are thrilled to announce the general availability of Boot Volume Replacement for Virtual Machine Instance! This feature allows customers to restore their existing instance from a boot volume or golden boot volume with a simple API call without terminating the instance. This is an efficient way to manage and restore instances at scale and reduces the chance of manual errors.

Feature Summary and Benefits

• Simplified process to restore or upgrade existing instances from a golden image or boot volume with a few clicks or an API call
• Quickest way to fix issues while retaining data stored on attached data volumes and network configuration
• Eliminate the operational burden to upgrade Operating Systems at a large scale
• Cost-efficient transfer of instances between application teams with a fresh state
• Reduce the long recycle time to relaunch new instances

For more information see: Replacing a Boot Volume.