---
title: "Clone or upgrade an SFS"
description: "Clone an SFS, or move it to a bigger plan, from one of its snapshots."
content_type: "how-to"
product: "sfs"
platform: "MyAccount"
url: "/myaccount/sfs/how-to/clone-or-upgrade-an-sfs/"
topic: ["snapshots"]
relationships: {"requires":["/myaccount/sfs/how-to/create-and-schedule-an-sfs-snapshot/"]}
---

# Clone or upgrade an SFS

Cloning and upgrading both start from a snapshot, and each creates a new SFS holding the
snapshot's files. A clone gives you a copy, to test on or to move into another VPC. An upgrade
gives you the same files on a bigger plan, with more space and IOPS. The original SFS stays in
your list.

A clone or an upgrade of an encrypted SFS starts unencrypted. To get an encrypted copy, create a
new SFS with **Enable Encryption** checked, then copy your files to it.

## Before you begin

Take a snapshot of the SFS first, or pick one you already have; see
[Create and schedule an SFS snapshot](/myaccount/sfs/how-to/create-and-schedule-an-sfs-snapshot/).
The new SFS holds the files as they were when that snapshot was taken.

## Clone or upgrade it

1. Open the SFS and go to its **Snapshot** tab.
2. Open the snapshot's **Actions** menu and click **Clone** or **Upgrade**.
3. The create form opens. For a clone, set the name and VPC; the clone keeps the original's plan.
   Pick another VPC to move the SFS there, for example into the Default VPC so it can use
   backup. **Enable Encryption** has no effect here, so leave it as it is.
   For an upgrade, also pick one of the plans bigger than the current one.
4. Click **Clone SFS** or **Upgrade SFS**.

The new SFS is ready once it reads **Available**. The original reads **Blocked** while the new
one is created.

If the SFS is already on the largest plan, **Upgrade** tells you so; you can still clone it.

Next, give your nodes access to the new SFS and mount it; see
[Mount an SFS](/myaccount/sfs/how-to/mount-an-sfs/).