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Change History

Released On	Description
2024-08-12	Modified the following content: Updated OSs in OSs Supported by Different Types of ECSs, External Image File Formats and Supported OSs, and OSs Supporting UEFI Boot Mode.
2024-06-07	Added the following content: Installing VirtIO Drivers Modified the following content: Updated GPU drivers and deleted the InfiniBand NIC driver in Installing Special Linux Drivers. Deleted the "Installing UVP VMTools" section. Deleted the "How Do I Install the NVIDIA Driver on a P1 ECS?" section.
2024-05-11	Modified the following content: Deleted ECSs from OSs Supported by Different Types of ECSs that have been taken offline, including M2, P1, P2, HL1, H2, FP1c, and FP1cne.
2024-01-15	Added the following content: Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an ISO File Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an ISO File Modified the following content: Added the method of creating a system disk image from an ISO file in Introduction.
2023-10-30	Added the following content: Product Advantages Application Scenarios Features Constraints Basic Concepts What Do I Do If I Cannot Find a Desired Image? What Are the Differences Between Images and Backups? Can I Tailor an Image? How Can I Back Up the Current Status of an ECS for Restoration in the Case of a System Fault? How Can I Apply a Private Image to an Existing ECS? Can I Import Data from a Data Disk Image to a Data Disk? Full-ECS Image FAQs How Can I Use a Backup to Create an EVS Disk or ECS? Is There Any Difference Between the Image Created from a CSBS/CBR Backup and That Created from an ECS? How Do I Handle the Startup Failure of a Windows ECS Created from a Windows Image Generalized by Sysprep? What Are the Differences Between Sharing Images and Replicating Images? How Do I Select an OS? Why Can't I Find My Private Image When I Want to Use It to Create an ECS or Change the OS of an ECS? Image Replication Image Deletion Cloud-Init Installation FAQ Can I Change the Image of a Purchased ECS? Driver Installation Must I Install Guest OS Drivers on an ECS? Why Do I Need to Install and Update VirtIO Drivers for Windows? Why Did I Fail to Install Guest OS Drivers on a Windows ECS? How Do I Install VirtIO Drivers in Windows? How Do I Install Native KVM Drivers in Linux? Image Tags How Many Tags Can I Add to an Image? How Do I Add, Delete, and Modify Image Tags? How Do I Search for Private Images by Tag? Modified the following content: Added the figure showing relationships between IMS and other services in Related Services. Added figures in Introduction. Updated the description that system disk images cannot be exported in Introduction. Added restrictions on VMDK image files in Preparing an Image File. Added that the bucket file and the image to be registered must be in the same region in Uploading an External Image File and Uploading an External Image File. Added more information about sharing full-ECS images and updated the console operation screenshot in Creating a Full-ECS Image from an ECS. Added a screenshot of the console operations in Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CBR Backup. Added a screenshot of the console operations in Fast Import in Linux. Added a screenshot of the console operations in Fast Import in Windows. Added the Boot Mode attribute and updated the console operation screenshot accordingly in Modifying an Image. Added a screenshot of the console operations in Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image. Added the description of using a full-ECS private image to create an ECS in Creating an ECS from an Image. Added new scenarios in Deleting Images. Clarified that the cloud platform does not ensure the integrity or security of shared images and advised users to use images from a trusted sharer in Overview. Added notes for a step in Sharing Specified Images. Added follow-up operations in Accepting or Rejecting Shared Images. Added new questions and answers in General Creation FAQs. Added new questions and answers in General Sharing FAQs. Updated the console operation screenshot in How Do I Make a System Disk Image Support Fast ECS Creation?. Added Ubuntu 18 and later in Setting the NIC to DHCP. Added a Cloudbase-Init configuration item in Installing and Configuring Cloudbase-Init. Updated steps in Configuring Cloud-Init. Optimized operations in Rejecting Accepted Images. Added a screenshot of the console operations in Tagging an Image.
2023-05-10	Deleted "How Do I Configure a Linux Private Image to Make It Automatically Expand Its Root Partition?" from Cloud-Init FAQ.
2023-04-19	Modified the following content: Changed [1 GB, 1024 GB] to "between 1 GB and 1024 GB" in Preparing an Image File and Preparing an Image File. Optimized the description of qemu-img-hw in Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img-hw.
2023-03-27	Added the following content: Permissions Permissions Management Creating a User and Granting Permissions Creating a Custom Policy
2023-03-17	Modified the following content: Updated image export restrictions in 1. Updated the steps for installing UVP VMTools.
2023-02-14	Modified the following content: Deleted Xen PV drivers from Creating a Private Image, Optimizing a Windows Private Image, Optimizing a Linux Private Image, Image Creation, Image Optimization, and ECS Creation. Added a link to Checking Whether a Private Image Needs to be Optimized in Installing Native KVM Drivers. Deleted a path for obtaining the Cloud-Init installation package for SUSE Linux in Installing Cloud-Init. Deleted the following sections: Installing PV Drivers Uninstalling PV Drivers from a Linux ECS How Do I Install Native Xen and KVM Drivers? What Do I Do If the Disks of an ECS Created from a CentOS Image Cannot Be Found?
2023-02-07	Modified the following content: Updated ECSs and OSs supported by them in OSs Supported by Different Types of ECSs. Modified the description in Preparing an Image File and Preparing an Image File.
2023-01-16	Modified the following content: Updated the content in Viewing Traces based on the latest console. Added automatic startup of Cloud-Init in each OS in Installing Cloud-Init.
2022-12-01	Modified the following content: Added more information to description of Enterprise Project in Creating a Data Disk Image from an External Image File. Modified content in Overview. Deleted method 3 from Modifying an Image. Modified the procedure in How Do I Authorize a Key?.
2022-10-31	Added the following content: Replicating a Shared Image 6.10.7 "Install the Native Xen and KVM Drivers" Why Do I Need to Install and Update VirtIO Drivers for Windows? Accounts and Permissions How Do I Authorize a Key? Modified the following content: Added more OS versions in OSs Supported by Different Types of ECSs. Added more OS versions in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs. Optimized descriptions in OSs Supporting UEFI Boot Mode. Added the follow-up use of a system disk image to change the OS of an ECS in Introduction, Creating a Windows ECS from an Image, and Creating a Linux ECS from an Image. Added the Enterprise Project parameter in Creating a System Disk Image from a Windows ECS and Creating a System Disk Image from a Linux ECS. Added the memory range of a system disk in Registering an External Image File as a Private Image and Registering an External Image File as a Private Image. Added background information for creating full-ECS images and some notes about system and data disk images when you create ECSs from a full-ECS image in Creating a Full-ECS Image from an ECS, Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CSBS Backup, and Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CBR Backup. Optimized operations in Fast Import in Linux and Fast Import in Windows. Added description for waiting the load when a full-ECS image contains multiple data disks in Creating an ECS from an Image. Modified constraints in Overview. Optimized descriptions in Exporting an Image. Added description of applicable architectures and modified other descriptions in the "Installing PV Drivers" section. Added the reminder about restarting the ECS after UVP VMTools is installed. Optimized operations in Optimizing a Linux Private Image. Added operation description in Clearing System Logs. Optimized the structure in Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img and Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img-hw. Optimized operations in Installing Special Windows Drivers. Added the official guidance on Cloud-Init installation and a command for checking whether Cloud-Init has been installed in Installing Cloud-Init. Optimized operations in Configuring Cloud-Init. Added export description in Can I Download a Public Image to My PC? Optimized descriptions in What Do I Do If a Windows Image File Is Not Pre-Configured When I Use It to Register a Private Image? Optimized descriptions in 10.8.14 "How Do I Install the Native Xen and KVM Drivers?"
2021-08-15	Added the following content: Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image Why Can't I Share My Images? Can I Download My Private Images to a Local PC? Can I Use the System Disk Image of an ECS on a BMS After I Export It from the Cloud Platform? Why Is the Image Size in an OBS Bucket Different from That Displayed in IMS? Can I Download a Public Image to My PC? What Are the Differences Between Import/Export and Fast Import/Export? Why the Export Option Is Unavailable for My Image? Modified the following content: Modified "Prerequisites" in Creating a Data Disk Image from an ECS. Added the startup file /boot/efi/EFI/euleros/grub.cfg of EulerOS 2.9 in Changing the Disk Identifier in the GRUB Configuration File to UUID. Added the configuration of Cloud-Init 18.3 and later versions in Configuring Cloud-Init. Added CentOS 8 and openEular to the OSs supported by E series ECSs in OSs Supported by Different Types of ECSs. Added the description of a full-ECS image's status in Creating a Full-ECS Image from an ECS.
2020-08-12	Added the following content: Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CBR Backup Modified the following content: Added the relationship between IMS and Cloud Backup and Recovery (CBR) in Related Services. Added parameter Server Backup Vault and its description in Creating a Full-ECS Image from an ECS. Modified constraints and enabled sharing of full-ECS images created from CBR backups in Overview. Added the step to select the server backup vault when accepting a shared full-ECS image in Accepting or Rejecting Shared Images.
2020-07-20	Modified the following content: Added the Boot Mode parameter (UEFI becomes an available value) and the function of adding data disks in the image in Registering an External Image File as a Private Image and Registering an External Image File as a Private Image. Added the fast export (large file export) function in Exporting an Image.
2020-05-26	Modified the following content: Added the link for obtaining the UVP VMTools software package for Windows Server 2019 in Obtaining Required Software Packages.
2019-03-29	Added the following content: What Do I Do If an Exception Occurs When I Start an ECS Created from an Image Using UEFI Boot? Modified the following content: Related Services Added the compliance with the YAML format in Configuring Cloud-Init. Added the description of the blue screen occurrence in Uploading an External Image File. Added the scenarios where Enable automatic configuration does not take effect in Registering an External Image File as a Private Image. Added the constraint that images can only be exported to standard OBS buckets in Exporting an Image. What Will the System Do to an Image File When I Use the File to Register a Private Image?
2019-03-28	Accepted in OTC-4.0/Agile.
2019-01-23	Deleted "Image Storage Fee."
2018-12-30	Added the following content: Added support for external image files using Fedora 29 64bit External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2018-12-21	Modified the following content: Modified the constraints on Windows external image files in Preparing an Image File. Modified the constraints on Linux external image files in Preparing an Image File. Modified the constraints on fast image import in Overview.
2018-09-30	Added the following content: Added Fast Import of an Image File. Modified the following content: Adjusted the structure in Optimizing a Windows Private Image. Adjusted the structure in Optimizing a Linux Private Image.
2018-08-30	Modified the following content: Optimized operations in Accepting or Rejecting Shared Images.
2018-07-30	Added the following content: Added more OS types for external image files, including openSUSE 15 64bit, SUSE 15 64bit, EulerOS 2.1 64bit, and EulerOS 2.3 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2018-07-10	Accepted in Agile-07.2018.
2018-07-05	Modified the following content: Modified the restrictions and limitations in sections "Creating a Full-ECS Image Using an ECS" and "Creating a Full-ECS Image Using a CSBS Backup".
2018-06-30	Added the following content: Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img Modified the following content: Modified sections for creating and registering images due to the modification on the IMS web interface. Added new OSs supported by external image files, including Ubuntu 18.04 64bit, Red Hat 7.5 64bit, Oracle 7.5 64bit, CentOS 7.5 64bit, and Fedora 28 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2018-05-30	Added the following content: Creating a Full-ECS Image from an ECS Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CSBS Backup What Do I Do If Installed NetworkManager and Now I Can't Inject the Key or Password Using Cloud-Init? Modified the following content: Changed Tools for Windows to Guest OS drivers.
2018-04-30	Added the following content: How Do I Delete Redundant Network Connections from a Windows ECS?
2018-03-30	Added the following content: Creating a Data Disk Image from an ECS
2018-02-28	Modified the following content: Added support for exporting public images in Exporting Image List.
2018-01-30	Added the following content: What Do I Do If I Cannot Create an Image in ZVHD2 Format Using an API? Modified the following content: Added new OSs supported by external image files, including Fedora 27 64bit and Debian 9.3 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2017-12-30	Added the following content: Common Image Formats Modified the following content: Added support for the VHDX, QED, VDI, and QCOW formats in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2017-11-30	Added the following content: How Do I Enable NIC Multi-Queue for an Image?
2017-10-30	Modified the following content: Added the OSs supported by external image files, including Oracle Linux Server release 7.4 64bit, Red Hat Linux Enterprise 7.4 64bit, and CentOS 7.4 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs. Changed the upper limit of the system disk capacity to 1024 GB when creating a private image.
2017-09-30	Added the following content: Accepting Rejected Images Modified the following content: Added the support for the RAW format in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2017-08-30	Added the following content: Creating a BMS System Disk Image Modified the following content: Optimized descriptions in Optimization Process. Optimized descriptions in Optimization Process.
2017-07-29	Added the following content: Tagging an Image Modified the following content: Added the method of installing Cloud-Init using pip in Installing Cloud-Init.
2017-06-30	Modified the following content: Updated the operations performed by the system on image files in What Will the System Do to an Image File When I Use the File to Register a Private Image?
2017-05-30	Modified the following content: Added the OSs supported by external image files, including Oracle Linux Server release 6.9 64bit and Oracle Linux Server release 7.1 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs. Updated the operations in Configuring Console Logging.
2017-04-28	Added the following content: Configuring Console Logging Why Did My VHD Upload Fail? Why Does the System Say the System Disk in the VHD Image File Is Larger Than What I Specified on the Management Console? Modified the following content: Added support for external image files containing CoreOS 1298.6.0 in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2017-03-30	Modified the following content: Optimized operations in Installing and Configuring Cloudbase-Init. Added the OSs supported by external image files, including Windows 10 64bit, Windows 7 Enterprise 64bit, Debian 8.7.0 64bit, and Oracle Linux Server release 6.8 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs. Added the image sharing process in Overview.
2017-02-28	Added the following content: Replicating Images Modified the following content: Added CentOS 6.5 64bit, CentOS 6.4 64bit, CentOS 6.3 64bit, and Fedora 25 64bit to the supported OSs of public images. Added the OSs supported by external image files, including Windows Server 2016 Standard 64bit, Windows Server 2016 Datacenter 64bit, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 64bit, Oracle Linux Server release 6.5 64bit, Oracle Linux Server release 7.3 64bit, Red Hat 6.7 64bit, openSUSE 42.2 64bit, CentOS 7.3 64bit, and Fedora 25 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2017-02-08	Modified the following content: Added support for external image files containing Red Hat 7.3 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2017-01-20	Added the following content: Encrypting Images Modified the following content: Added new OSs for public images, including EulerOS 2.2 64bit, CentOS 7.3 64bit, Novell SUSE Enterprise Linux Server 12 SP2 64bit, openSUSE 42.2 64bit, Oracle Linux Server release 7.3 64bit, and Windows Server 2016 Datacenter 64bit. Added new OSs supported by external image files, including SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 64bit, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 64bit, Oracle Linux Server release 7.0 64bit, Red Hat 7.1 64bit, openSUSE 42.1 64bit, and EulerOS 2.2 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2016-12-30	Modified the following content: Added support for external image files containing openSUSE 11.3 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2016-11-24	Modified the following content: Added support for external image files containing Debian 8.6.0 64bit in External Image File Formats and Supported OSs.
2016-10-19	Added the following content: Exporting an Image Modified the following content: Updated the OSs supported for public images.
2016-07-15	Added the following content: Sharing Images Creating a Windows System Disk Image from an External Image File Creating a Linux System Disk Image from an External Image File Modified the following content: Updated the OSs supported for public images.
2016-03-14	This issue is the first official release.