# Change History

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2021-08-15

Added the following content:

- Checking the Disk Capacity of an Image
- What Do I Do If I Cannot 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 Physical Server 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 Local PC?
- What Are the Differences Between Import/Export and Fast Import/Export?
- What Do I Do If 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 E3 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.

Deleted the following content:

- Marketplace images

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 the UEFI Boot Mode?

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 quickly importing image files in Overview.

2018-09-30

Added the following content:

Added Quickly Importing 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 for 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 Injecting the Key or Password Using Cloud-Init Failed After NetworkManager Is Installed?

Modified the following content:

Changed Tools for Windows to Guest OS driver.

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 for 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 for 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 size of the ECS used to create a private image to 1024 GB.

2017-09-30

Added the following content:

- How Do I Configure a Linux Private Image to Make It Automatically Expand Its Root Partition?
- 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 for 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
- What Do I Do If the System Disk Size in a VHD Image File Exceeds the One I Have Specified on the Management Console When I Use This File to Register a Private Image?

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 for 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 for 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 for 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.