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<p class="MsoNormal">_<i>create</i>_image method supports two types of images - image_snapshot and image_backup<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">These two are mostly identical except for few places (like checking for rotation etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Neither Dashboard (Horizon UI) nor “nova” command line tool have option to perform “image_backup”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Both these only invoke “image_snapshot”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How does the *<b>end user</b>* use the image_backup functionality ?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(Found @wsgi.action('createBackup') in nova/api/openstack/compute/contrib/admin_actions.py – Not sure how end user invokes this)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Is image_backup officially supported feature ? If yes, is this API-only feature ?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Mandar<o:p></o:p></p>
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