# Monitor an instance export task
<a name="vmexport-monitor"></a>

After you start an instance export task using VM Import/Export, you can monitor the export operation.

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#### [ AWS CLI ]

**To monitor an instance export task**  
Use the following [describe-export-tasks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-export-tasks.html) command.

```
aws ec2 describe-export-tasks \
    --export-task-ids export-i-1234567890abcdef0
```

The following is example output. The status shown is `active`. The VM is ready to use when the status is `completed`.

```
{
    "ExportTasks": [
        {
            "ExportTaskId": "export-i-1234567890abcdef0",
            "ExportToS3Task": {
                "ContainerFormat": "ova",
                "DiskImageFormat": "VMDK",
                "S3Bucket": "amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket",
                "S3Key": "vms/export-i-1234567890abcdef0.ova"
            },
            "InstanceExportDetails": {
                "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0",
                "TargetEnvironment": "vmware"
            },
            "State": "active"
        }
    ]
}
```

**To monitor all instance export tasks**  
Use the following [describe-export-tasks](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/ec2/describe-export-tasks.html) command.

```
aws ec2 describe-export-tasks \
    --query "ExportTasks[*].{Description:Description,ExportTaskId:ExportTaskId,State:State,S3Bucket:ExportToS3Task.S3Bucket,InstanceId:InstanceExportDetails.InstanceId}" \
    --output table
```

The following is example output. You can display any additional fields that you need.

```
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|                                                    DescribeExportTasks                                                           |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+------------+
|            Description           |        ExportTaskId         |      InstanceId      |     S3Bucket                |    State   |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+------------+
|  Jul 15 01:18 My instance export |  export-i-01234567890abaaaa |  None                |  amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket |  active    |
|  Jul 15 11:01 My instance export |  export-i-01234567890abbbbb |  None                |  amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket |  active    |
|  Jul 13 11:00 My instance export |  export-i-01234567890accccc |  i-0abcdef1234567890 |  amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket |  completed |
+----------------------------------+-----------------------------+----------------------+-----------------------------+------------+
```

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#### [ PowerShell ]

**To monitor an instance export task**  
Use the [Get-EC2ExportTask](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Get-EC2ExportTask.html) cmdlet as follows.

```
Get-EC2ExportTask `
    -ExportTaskId export-i-1234567890abcdef0 |
        Format-List *, 
           @{Name='ExportToS3Task';Expression={$_.ExportToS3Task | Out-string}},
           @{Name='InstanceExportDetails';Expression={$_.InstanceExportDetails | Out-string}}
```

The following is example output. The status shown is `active`. The VM is ready to use when the status is `completed`.

```
Description           : Jul 15 14:55 My instance export
ExportTaskId          : export-i-1234567890abcdef0
ExportToS3Task        : Amazon.EC2.Model.ExportToS3Task
InstanceExportDetails : Amazon.EC2.Model.InstanceExportDetails
State                 : completed
StatusMessage         : 
Tags                  : {}
ExportToS3Task        : 
                        ContainerFormat : ova
                        DiskImageFormat : VMDK
                        S3Bucket        : amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket
                        S3Key           : vms/export-i-1234567890abcdef0.ova
InstanceExportDetails : 
                        InstanceId        : i-1234567890abcdef0  
                        TargetEnvironment : vmware
```

**To monitor all instance export tasks**  
Use the [Get-EC2ExportTask](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/powershell/latest/reference/items/Get-EC2ExportTask.html) cmdlet as follows.

```
Get-EC2ExportTask |
    Format-Table Description, ExportTaskId, State,
        @{Name='S3Bucket';Expression={$_.ExportToS3Task.S3Bucket}},
        @{Name='InstanceId';Expression={$_.InstanceExportDetails.InstanceId}}
```

The following is example output. You can display any additional fields that you need.

```
Description                     ExportTaskId               State     S3Bucket                     InstanceId
-----------                     ------------               -----     --------                     ----------
Jul 15 01:18 My instance export export-i-01234567890abaaaa active    amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket   
Jul 15 11:01 My instance export export-i-01234567890abbbbb active    amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket   
Jul 13 11:00 My instance export export-i-01234567890accccc completed amzn-s3-demo-export-bucket   i-0abcdef1234567890
```

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