Upgrade Amazon EBS volumes from gp2 to gp3

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Before you start

• You can log in to the AWS Console and have IAM permissions for EC2.
• You have the AWS CLI installed and configured (for CLI method).
• The volume is in the available or in-use state.
• You haven’t modified the volume in the last 6 hours (AWS allows one modification per volume every 6 hours).

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Option 1 · AWS Console

1. Open the EC2 console.
2. Go to Elastic Block Store → Volumes.
3. Select the gp2 volume you want to upgrade.
4. Click Actions → Modify volume.
5. Change Volume type from gp2 to gp3.
6. (Optional) Adjust IOPS and Throughput if needed:
   • Default: 3,000 IOPS and 125 MB/s (included in the base price).
   • Increase only if your workload requires more.
7. Click Modify and confirm.

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Option 2 · AWS CLI

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Upgrade a single volume

aws ec2 modify-volume --volume-type gp3 --volume-id vol-0123456789abcdef0

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Upgrade all gp2 volumes at once

aws ec2 describe-volumes \
  --filters Name=volume-type,Values=gp2 \
  --query 'Volumes[*].VolumeId' \
  --output text | xargs -n 1 aws ec2 modify-volume --volume-type gp3 --volume-id

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Check modification status

aws ec2 describe-volumes-modifications --volume-id vol-0123456789abcdef0

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Extra resources

• EBS volume types — Amazon EBS volume types
• Modify an EBS volume — Request modifications to your EBS volumes
• gp3 pricing — Amazon EBS pricing