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.