---
title: "New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration"
description: "Creates storage volume settings for Amazon EC2 instances. Platform: VMware, Hyper-V Product Edition: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License This cmdlet creates the VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration object."
canonical: "https://helpcenter.veeam.com/docs/vbr/powershell/new-vbramazonec2diskconfiguration.html"
breadcrumb: "Veeam PowerShell Reference > Veeam PowerShell Reference > Data Recovery > Restore to Amazon EC2 > New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration"
dateModified: "2026-08-19"
---

# New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration

## Short Description
Creates storage volume settings for Amazon EC2 instances.

**Platform**: VMware, Hyper-V

**Product Edition**: Community, Standard, Enterprise, Enterprise Plus, Veeam Universal License

## Syntax
```
New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration -DiskName <String> [-Include] [-DiskType <VBRAmazonEC2DiskType>]
 [-ProvisionedIOPSNumber <Int32>] [<CommonParameters>]
```

## Detailed Description
This cmdlet creates the `VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration` object. This object contains storage volume settings for Amazon EC2 instances.

## Parameters

<table style="width:100%;" class="Blue_Table">
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Parameter</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Description</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:20%;">
          <p>Type</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Required</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Position</p>
        </th>
        <th style="width:10%;">
          <p>Accept Pipeline Input</p>
        </th>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">DiskName</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the disk of the source machine. Veeam Backup & Replication will restore this disk to Amazon EC2.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: You must specify the disk name in the "<em>VMNAME.vhdx</em>" format.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>String</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>True</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">DiskType</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Specifies the storage volume type. Veeam Backup & Replication will saves disks of the restored machine as Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) volumes. You can select the following types of EBS volumes:</p><ul><li><code>GeneralPurposeSSD</code> — use this option to create General Purpose SSD (gp2) volumes.</li><li><code>ProvisionedIOPSSSD</code> — use this option to create Provisioned IOPS SSD volumes.</li><li><code>ColdHDD</code> — use this option to create Cold HDD volumes.</li><li><code>ThroughtputOptimizedHDD</code> — use this option to create Throughput Optimized HDD volumes.</li><li><code>Magnetic</code> — use this option to create Magnetic volumes.</li><li><code>GeneralPurposeSSD3</code> — use this option to create General Purpose SSD (gp3) volumes.</li><li><code>ProvisionedIOPSSSD2</code> — use this option to create Provisioned IOPS SSD (io2) volumes.</li></ul>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>VBRAmazonEC2DiskType</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">Include</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>Defines that Veeam Backup & Replication will restore selected disks to Amazon EC2.</p><p>Default: <code>True</code>.</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: To disable this option, set the parameter value to <code>$false</code>. That is, <em>parameter_name</em><code>:$false</code>.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>SwitchParameter</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
      <tr style="vertical-align:top">
        <td>
          <p class="Table_Text_Bold"><span class="Table_Text_Bold">ProvisionedIOPSNumber</span></p>
        </td>
        <td>
          <p>For the <code>ProvisionedIOPSSSD</code> option.</p><p>Specifies the number of input/output operations per second for the volume.</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p><code>Int32</code></p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>Named</p>
        </td>
        <td style="width:10%;">
          <p>False</p>
        </td>
      </tr>
    </table>

`<CommonParameters>`

This cmdlet supports Microsoft PowerShell common parameters. For more information on common parameters, see [ Microsoft Docs](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.core/about/about_commonparameters?view=powershell-7).

## Examples

::: example
### Example 1. Defining Storage Volume Settings for Computer

This example shows how to define Cold HDD storage volume for a computer disk backed-up with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows.

```
$backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name "Windows Servers Backup"
$restorePoint = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Backup $backup | Sort-Object -Property CreationTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
$diskNames = Get-VBRComputerDisk -RestorePoint $restorePoint
$diskConfig = New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration -DiskName $diskNames[0].UniqueId -DiskType ColdHDD -Include
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRBackup`](get-vbrbackup.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$backup` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRRestorePoint`](get-vbrrestorepoint.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Backup` parameter value.
3. Pipe the cmdlet output to the [`Sort-Object`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/sort-object?view=powershell-7) cmdlet. Set the `CreationTime` value for the `Property` parameter. Provide the `Descending` parameter.
4. Pipe the cmdlet output to the [`Select-Object`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/select-object?view=powershell-7) cmdlet. Specify the `First` parameter value. Save the result to the `$restorePoint` variable.
5. Run the [`Get-VBRComputerDisk`](get-vbrcomputerdisk.md) cmdlet. Set the `$restorePoint` value for the `RestorePoint` parameter. Save the result to the `$diskNames` variable.
6. Run the `New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration` cmdlet. Specify the following:

   1. Set the `$diskNames[0].UniqueId` variable as the `DiskName` parameter value.
   2. Specify the `DiskType` and `Include` parameter values.
   3. Save the result to the `$diskConfig` variable.

:::

::: example
### Example 2. Defining Storage Volume Settings for Hyper-V VMs

This example shows how to define Cold HDD storage volume for a disk of a Microsoft Hyper-V VM.

```
$backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name "VM Backup Job"
$restorePoint = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Backup $backup | Sort-Object -Property CreationTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
$diskConfig = New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration -DiskName $restorePoint.AuxData.Disks[0].TargetFilePath -DiskType ColdHDD -Include
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRBackup`](get-vbrbackup.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$backup` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRRestorePoint`](get-vbrrestorepoint.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Backup` parameter value.
3. Pipe the cmdlet output to the [`Sort-Object`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/sort-object?view=powershell-7) cmdlet. Set the `CreationTime` value for the `Property` parameter. Provide the `Descending` parameter.
4. Pipe the cmdlet output to the [`Select-Object`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/select-object?view=powershell-7) cmdlet. Specify the `First` parameter value. Save the result to the `$restorePoint` variable.
5. Run the `New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration` cmdlet. Specify the following:

   1. Set the `$restorePoint.AuxData.Disks[0].TargetFilePath` variable as the `DiskName` parameter value.
   2. Specify the `DiskType` and `Include` parameter values.
   3. Save the result to the `$diskConfig` variable.

:::

::: example
### Example 3. Defining Storage Volume Settings for Other Workloads

This example shows how to define Cold HDD storage volume for for a disk of a workload other than computers backed-up with Veeam Agent for Microsoft Windows. This example shows how to do it for a VMware vSphere VM.

```
$backup = Get-VBRBackup -Name "VM Backup Job"
$restorePoint = Get-VBRRestorePoint -Backup $backup | Sort-Object -Property CreationTime -Descending | Select-Object -First 1
$diskConfig = New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration -DiskName $restorePoint.AuxData.Disks[0].FileName -DiskType ColdHDD -Include
```

Perform the following steps:

1. Run the [`Get-VBRBackup`](get-vbrbackup.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Name` parameter value. Save the result to the `$backup` variable.
2. Run the [`Get-VBRRestorePoint`](get-vbrrestorepoint.md) cmdlet. Specify the `Backup` parameter value.
3. Pipe the cmdlet output to the [`Sort-Object`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/sort-object?view=powershell-7) cmdlet. Set the `CreationTime` value for the `Property` parameter. Provide the `Descending` parameter.
4. Pipe the cmdlet output to the [`Select-Object`](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsoft.powershell.utility/select-object?view=powershell-7) cmdlet. Specify the `First` parameter value. Save the result to the `$restorePoint` variable.
5. Run the `New-VBRAmazonEC2DiskConfiguration` cmdlet. Specify the following:

   1. Set the `$restorePoint.AuxData.Disks[0].FileName` variable as the `DiskName` parameter value.
   2. Specify the `DiskType` and `Include` parameter values.
   3. Save the result to the `$diskConfig` variable.

:::