Start instance while AMI is being created

Question

I created an image from an AWS instance which is pending. Then, I plan to create a instance clone from the image. But, my question is: Is it safe to start the original instance from which I created the image, while the image is in 'pending' status?

Answer 1

Once you have called ec2:CreateImage and it has given you your AMI ID, it is safe to restart the original EC2 instance.

The AMI image and associated EBS snapshots will be created point-in-time as of when the ec2:CreateImage command was executed.

However, until the EBS snapshots are complete, you may notice that the EBS volumes are "sluggish".