Related Services

Figure 1 shows the relationships between IMS and other services.

Figure 1 IMS relationships with other services

**Table 1** Related services
Service	Relationship with IMS	Related Operation
Elastic Cloud Server (ECS)	You can use an image to create ECSs or use an ECS to create an image.	Creating an ECS from an Image Creating a System Disk Image from a Windows ECS Creating a System Disk Image from a Linux ECS
Bare Metal Server (BMS)	You can use an image to create BMSs or use a BMS to create an image.	Creating a BMS System Disk Image
Object Storage Service (OBS)	Images are stored in OBS buckets. External image files to be uploaded to the system are stored in OBS buckets, and private images are exported to OBS buckets.	Exporting an Image
Data Encryption Workshop (DEW)	Images can be encrypted through envelope encryption of DEW to ensure data security. The keys used for encrypting images are stored in DEW.	Encrypting Images
Elastic Volume Service (EVS)	You can create a data disk image using a data disk of an ECS. The created data disk image can be used to create other EVS disks.	Creating a Data Disk Image from an ECS
Cloud Backup and Recovery (CBR)	You can use a CBR backup to create a full-ECS image.	Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CBR Backup
Tag Management Service (TMS)	You can add tags to images for convenient classification and search.	Tagging an Image
Cloud Trace Service (CTS)	CTS records IMS operations for query, auditing, or backtracking.	Auditing Key Operations