# MoveCapacityReservationInstances


Move available capacity from a source Capacity Reservation to a destination Capacity Reservation. The source Capacity Reservation and the destination Capacity Reservation must be `active`, owned by your AWS account, and share the following: 
+ Instance type
+ Platform
+ Availability Zone
+ Tenancy
+ Placement group
+ Capacity Reservation end time - `At specific time` or `Manually`.

## Request Parameters


The following parameters are for this specific action. For more information about required and optional parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Query Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

 **ClientToken**   
Unique, case-sensitive identifier that you provide to ensure the idempotency of the request. For more information, see [Ensure Idempotency](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/Run_Instance_Idempotency.html).  
Type: String  
Required: No

 **DestinationCapacityReservationId**   
 The ID of the Capacity Reservation that you want to move capacity into.   
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 **DryRun**   
Checks whether you have the required permissions for the action, without actually making the request, and provides an error response. If you have the required permissions, the error response is `DryRunOperation`. Otherwise, it is `UnauthorizedOperation`.  
Type: Boolean  
Required: No

 **InstanceCount**   
The number of instances that you want to move from the source Capacity Reservation.   
Type: Integer  
Required: Yes

 **SourceCapacityReservationId**   
 The ID of the Capacity Reservation from which you want to move capacity.   
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Response Elements


The following elements are returned by the service.

 **destinationCapacityReservation**   
 Information about the destination Capacity Reservation.   
Type: [CapacityReservation](API_CapacityReservation.md) object

 **instanceCount**   
 The number of instances that were moved from the source Capacity Reservation to the destination Capacity Reservation.   
Type: Integer

 **requestId**   
The ID of the request.  
Type: String

 **sourceCapacityReservation**   
 Information about the source Capacity Reservation.   
Type: [CapacityReservation](API_CapacityReservation.md) object

## Errors


For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common client error codes](errors-overview.md#CommonErrors).

## See Also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/ec2-2016-11-15/MoveCapacityReservationInstances)