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Introducing Amazon EBS Volume Clones across AWS accounts
Amazon has extended EBS Volume Clones to support cross-account copying, allowing users to create point-in-time copies of EBS volumes in different AWS accounts.
Why it matters
This allows developers to use production data for testing and experimentation in a separate account without risking the security or stability of the production environment.
The big picture
This infrastructure update complements other recent AWS launches, such as the Claude Fable 5.1 and Amazon Linux 2027 preview.
The details
Volumes encrypted with the default AWS managed key cannot be shared. Users can optionally re-encrypt the copy with a target account's KMS key. Monitoring is available via AWS CloudTrail and Amazon EventBridge, and sharing via AWS RAM is free.
What's next
Users can try the feature in the Amazon EC2 console and provide feedback via AWS re:Post or AWS Support.
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Key connections
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) uses Encryption
desired EBS encryption
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) uses AWS Key Management Service
re-encrypt them with an AWS Key Management Service (AWS KMS) key
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) uses AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)
grant the target account access to their volume in AWS Resource Access Manager (RAM)
Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) uses AWS CloudTrail
monitor SharedVolumeCopyInitiated through AWS CloudTrail event
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Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) uses Amazon EventBridge
receive events in Amazon EventBridge at the start of the copy operation
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