Amazon AWS Reboot Email

Here is some Additional Technical Guidance:
Note 1: Your options are:



a.       Wait for AWS to reboot your instance within the scheduled maintenance window provided in the e-mail.

b.      Or the customer can do a manual reboot. Level/Method and Impact are as follows:



Reboot level
Method
Impact
Instance Reboot
Reboot from the operating system.
No impact to IP address, or ephemeral storage.
Instance Reboot
Issue a Reboot from the AWS Console or API
No impact to IP address, or ephemeral storage.
System Reboot EBS Backed
Start/Stop instance from the console or API (EBS backed only)
Instance moves physical hosts.  Change of IP address and loss of ephemeral storage.
System Reboot of S3 back instance
Create an AMI first. Use the following link for steps. Launch a new instance yourself or wait for us to do a re-launch of the instance.
Instance moves physical hosts.  Change of IP address and loss of ephemeral storage.[MSG1]


Note 2: - Customers are advised not to reboot instances until they receive an e-mail notification from AWS specifying the region in which their instances will be rebooted.   Once the e-mail notification is sent out, customers can view the instances that require reboot, by going to the “Scheduled Events” section of the AWS Management Console or by invoking the API.


Generic Notice
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Dear Amazon EC2 Customer,
One or more of your Amazon EC2 instances have been scheduled for a reboot in order to receive some patch updates (note that most reboots only take between 2-10 minutes to complete depending on your instance configuration.)  The instance(s) that will be rebooted and your scheduled reboot time(s) are listed below.

Region                  Instance ID         Maintenance Window
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Region name     Instance ID         Start Time to End Time
…

If you would like to manage your reboots yourself, you can reboot your instance(s) on your own schedule any time before your scheduled maintenance window by issuing an EC2 instance reboot command.  This can be done easily from the AWS management console http://console.aws.amazon.com by first selecting your instance(s) and then choosing either ‘Reboot’ from the ‘Instance Actions’ drop down box.

If you don’t want to manage the reboots yourself, no action is required on your part – the reboots will happen automatically during your scheduled maintenance window.
All scheduled events for your Amazon EC2 instances can also be found on the Scheduled Events page in the AWS Management Console:
https://console.aws.amazon.com/ec2/home?region=%{Region}#s=ScheduledEvents

Should you have any questions or concerns, the AWS Support Team is available on the community forums and via AWS Premium Support.

http://aws.amazon.com/support
Sincerely,
Amazon Web Services