**To export an instance** This example command creates a task to export the instance i-1234567890abcdef0 to the Amazon S3 bucket myexportbucket. Command:: aws ec2 create-instance-export-task --description "RHEL5 instance" --instance-id i-1234567890abcdef0 --target-environment vmware --export-to-s3-task DiskImageFormat=vmdk,ContainerFormat=ova,S3Bucket=myexportbucket,S3Prefix=RHEL5 Output:: { "ExportTask": { "State": "active", "InstanceExportDetails": { "InstanceId": "i-1234567890abcdef0", "TargetEnvironment": "vmware" }, "ExportToS3Task": { "S3Bucket": "myexportbucket", "S3Key": "RHEL5export-i-fh8sjjsq.ova", "DiskImageFormat": "vmdk", "ContainerFormat": "ova" }, "Description": "RHEL5 instance", "ExportTaskId": "export-i-fh8sjjsq" } }