Related Services

Figure 1 shows the relationships between IMS and other services.

Figure 1 Related 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
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
Key Management Service (KMS)	KMS provides the keys used for encrypting images.	Encrypting Images
Cloud Server Backup Service (CSBS)	You can use a CSBS backup to create a full-ECS image.	Creating a Full-ECS Image from a CSBS Backup
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.	Managing Tags
Cloud Trace Service (CTS)	CTS records IMS operations for query, auditing, or backtracking.	Auditing Key Operations