**To monitor an export image task** The following ``describe-export-image-tasks`` example checks the status of the specified export image task. :: aws ec2 describe-export-image-tasks \ --export-image-task-id export-ami-1234567890abcdef0 Output for an export image task that is in progress:: { "ExportImageTasks": [ { "ExportImageTaskId": "export-ami-1234567890abcdef0" "Progress": "21", "S3ExportLocation": { "S3Bucket": "my-export-bucket", "S3Prefix": "exports/" }, "Status": "active", "StatusMessage": "updating" } ] } Output for an export image task that is completed. The resulting image file in Amazon S3 is ``my-export-bucket/exports/export-ami-1234567890abcdef0.vmdk``. :: { "ExportImageTasks": [ { "ExportImageTaskId": "export-ami-1234567890abcdef0" "S3ExportLocation": { "S3Bucket": "my-export-bucket", "S3Prefix": "exports/" }, "Status": "completed" } ] }