How Do I Import Existing Huawei Cloud Private Images to a Specified Region?

Scenarios

You can import existing private images on Huawei Cloud to a specified region to migrate them between regions. To do so, you can use cross-region image replication or export and then import the images. This section describes how to import an image from a CN North to a CN South region.

Procedure

1. Export the image from the CN North region.
   1. Log in to the management console.
   2. Under Compute, click Image Management Service.

      The IMS console is displayed.

   3. Locate the row that contains the image to be exported, click More in the Operation column and select Export.
   4. In the displayed Export Image dialog box, set the following parameters:
      • Fast Export: To export an image larger than 128 GB, you must enable fast export, and you cannot specify the format of the exported image. After the image is exported, you can convert it to a regular format. For details, see Converting the Image Format Using qemu-img-hw.
      • Format: Select one from qcow2, vmdk, vhd, and zvhd as you need.
      • Name: Enter a name that is easy to identify.
      • Storage Path: Click to expand the bucket list and select an OBS bucket for storing the exported image.
   5. Click OK.

      You can view the image export progress in the Task Center. After the image is successfully exported, you can download it from the OBS bucket on the OBS console or using OBS Browser.

2. Create an OBS bucket in the CN South region. Upload the image file downloaded in step 1 to the OBS bucket in the CN South region.
3. Register the image file in the OBS bucket as a private image.