**Example 1: To modify a volume by changing its size**
The following ``modify-volume`` example changes the size of the specified volume to 150GB.
Command::
aws ec2 modify-volume --size 150 --volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0
Output::
{
"VolumeModification": {
"TargetSize": 150,
"TargetVolumeType": "io1",
"ModificationState": "modifying",
"VolumeId": " vol-1234567890abcdef0",
"TargetIops": 100,
"StartTime": "2019-05-17T11:27:19.000Z",
"Progress": 0,
"OriginalVolumeType": "io1",
"OriginalIops": 100,
"OriginalSize": 100
}
}
**Example 2: To modify a volume by changing its type, size, and IOPS value**
The following ``modify-volume`` example changes the volume type to Provisioned IOPS SSD, sets the target IOPS rate to 10000, and sets the volume size to 350GB. ::
aws ec2 modify-volume \
--volume-type io1 \
--iops 10000 \
--size 350 \
--volume-id vol-1234567890abcdef0
Output::
{
"VolumeModification": {
"TargetSize": 350,
"TargetVolumeType": "io1",
"ModificationState": "modifying",
"VolumeId": "vol-0721c1a9d08c93bf6",
"TargetIops": 10000,
"StartTime": "2019-05-17T11:38:57.000Z",
"Progress": 0,
"OriginalVolumeType": "gp2",
"OriginalIops": 150,
"OriginalSize": 50
}
}