Change History

Released On	Description
2024-08-20	Added the following content: Methods for Improving ECS Security HSS Modified the following content: Added security protection parameters in Step 1: Configure Basic Settings.
2024-07-23	Modified the following content: Added cloud backup parameters in Step 3: Configure Advanced Settings.
2024-05-11	Modified the following content: Terminated M2 ECSs in Memory-optimized ECSs. Terminated P1 and P2 ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs. Deleted section "High-Performance Computing ECSs" and terminated H2 and Hl1 ECSs. Deleted section "How Can I Check Whether the Network Communication Is Normal Between Two ECSs Equipped with an InfiniBand NIC Driver?" Deleted section "How Can I Manually Configure an IP Address for an InfiniBand NIC?"
2024-04-30	Modified the following content: Added the pi2.3xlarge.4 flavor in GPU-accelerated ECSs.
2024-01-30	Added the following content: Searching for ECSs
2023-12-15	Modified the following content: Added S7n ECSs in General-Purpose ECSs. Added C7n ECSs in Dedicated General-Purpose ECSs. Added M7n ECSs in Memory-optimized ECSs.
2023-10-31	Modified the following content: Added C7t ECSs in Dedicated General-Purpose ECSs.
2023-09-13	Added the following content: Starting and Stopping ECSs Overview Dynamically Assigning IPv6 Addresses Overview Unbinding an EIP What Is an AZ? Is Data Transmission Between AZs Billed? What Should I Do If the ECS Resources to Be Purchased Are Sold Out? What Is the Creation Time and Startup Time of an ECS? What Do I Do If I Selected an Incorrect Image for My ECS? How Can I Manage ECSs by Group? Can a Deleted ECS Be Restored? How Do I Delete or Restart an ECS? What Should I Do If Error Code 1006 or 1000 Is Displayed When I Log In to an ECS Through the Management Console? Why No Audio File Can Be Properly Played on My Windows ECS Logged In Using VNC? How Can I Change the Resolution of a Windows ECS? How Can I Install a GUI on an ECS Running CentOS 6? How Can I Install a GUI on an ECS Running CentOS 7? How Can I Install a GUI on an ECS Running Ubuntu? How Can I Install a GUI on an ECS Running Debian? Why Cannot My ECS OS Start Properly? How Can I Add an ECS with Local Disks Attached to an ECS Group? How Can I Use a Key Pair? What Should I Do If I Cannot Download a Key Pair? How Can I Configure the NTP and DNS Servers for an ECS?
2023-06-27	Added Key Operations Supported by CTS.
2023-06-13	Modified the following content: Added G7 ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs.
2023-05-10	Modified the following content: Added E6 ECSs in Large-Memory ECSs. Added the following I3 flavors in Ultra-high I/O ECSs: i3.2xlarge.8, i3.4xlarge.8, i3.8xlarge.8, i3.12xlarge.8, and i3.16xlarge.8.
2023-03-04	Added the following content: Permissions Management Permissions Management Modified the following content: Added P3 ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs.
2022-11-30	Modified the following content: Modified reference links in the note in Enabling Internet Connectivity for an ECS Without an EIP.
2022-11-22	Modified the following content: Modified operations in General Operations.
2022-10-14	Added the following content: Ultra-high I/O ECSs
2022-09-01	Deleted ultra-high I/O ECSs.
2022-07-20	Added the following content: Ultra-high I/O ECSs Modified the following content: Modified the constraints in Application Scenarios for Using Key Pairs. Modified operations in Adding Tags. Modified operations in Setting Alarm Rules and Viewing Traces.
2022-07-11	Modified the following content: Deleted E6 ECSs and modified notes in Large-Memory ECSs. Added maximum NICs in high-performance computing ECSs. Modified the description in Can I Change the OS of an ECS?
2022-04-20	Optimized the content in "Passwords and Key Pairs". Added the following content: Application Scenarios for Using Passwords Application Scenarios for Using Key Pairs Creating a Key Pair Using PuTTYgen Importing a Key Pair Modified the content in (Recommended) Creating a Key Pair on the Management Console.
2022-04-13	Modified the following content: Optimized the notes in Large-Memory ECSs.
2022-04-07	Modified the following content: Modified notes in Large-Memory ECSs.
2022-04-02	Modified the following content: Added the OSs supported by ECSs in ECS Specifications.
2022-03-11	Modified the following content: Added E3 specifications e3.26xlarge.14 and e3.52xlarge.14 in Large-Memory ECSs.
2022-03-01	Modified the following content: Added the Pi2 specification pi2.16xlarge.4 in GPU-accelerated ECSs.
2022-01-19	Modified the following content: Added E6 ECSs in Large-Memory ECSs.
2022-01-10	Modified the following content: Added "Max. NICs" in the following sections: General-Purpose ECSs Dedicated General-Purpose ECSs Memory-optimized ECSs GPU-accelerated ECSs
2021-12-30	Modified the following content: Deleted the description that the Windows Server OS supports BYOL in License Types. Added a note for the ECS name Step 3: Configure Advanced Settings.
2021-11-20	Added the following content: Can ECSs Automatically Recover After the Physical Host Accommodating the ECSs Becomes Faulty? Modified the following content: Added random AZ allocation description in Step 1: Configure Basic Settings. Added image encryption and system disk encryption in User Encryption. Added description that ECSs can be created from encrypted images in ECS and Other Services. Added description that the system disk can be encrypted during ECS creation in Step 1: Configure Basic Settings. Added description that the system disk can be encrypted during OS reinstallation in Reinstalling the OS. Added description that the system disk can be encrypted during OS change in Changing the OS.
2021-10-20	Optimized descriptions in Step 1: Configure Basic Settings.
2021-09-10	Modified the following content: Deleted description about Xen ECSs. Deleted the following sections: Changing a General-Purpose ECS to an H1 ECS Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Windows) Automatically Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Linux) Manually Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Linux)
2021-08-09	Modified the following content: Added P2s ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs. Added the URL for downloading the CUDA toolkit for P2s ECSs in Obtaining a Tesla Driver and CUDA Toolkit.
2021-04-23	Added the following content: Added How Do I Configure atop and kdump on Linux ECSs for Performance Analysis?.
2020-11-12	Modified the following content: Changed CSBS to CBR in ECS and Other Services. Added CBR to back up ECS data in Step 3: Configure Advanced Settings. Added CBR to back up ECS data in CBR. Added description in notes in Migrating an ECS, indicating that CBR backups are not affected by cold migrations. Added a solution of using CBR in Why Does It Take Longer to Create ECSs When I Use a Full-ECS Image?
2020-10-09	Added the following content: Added the Windows Server 2019 Standard 64bit and Oracle Linux 7.6 64bit OSs supported by P2v ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs.
2020-09-08	Added the following content: Added Pi2 ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs. Modified the following content: Added CPU information for KVM ECSs in A Summary List of ECS Specifications. Terminated Windows OSs from the OSs supported by E1 and E2 ECSs in Large-Memory ECSs. Modified Basic ECS Metrics because the monitoring metric System Status Check Failed has been terminated.
2020-06-08	Modified the following content: Added the procedure for changing the OS keyboard language in What Should I Do If I Cannot Use the German Keyboard to Enter Characters When I Log In to a Linux ECS Using VNC?
2020-04-22	Modified the following content: Added m2.4xlarge.8 in Memory-optimized ECSs.
2020-03-30	Added the following content: Added GPU Driver to describe GRID and Tesla drivers. Modified the following content: Optimized the operations for installing a Tesla driver and CUDA toolkit in Installing a Tesla Driver and CUDA Toolkit on a GPU-accelerated ECS. Terminated the sections of installing a NVIDIA GPU driver and CUDA toolkit on P1, P2, and P2v ECSs and added Installing a Tesla Driver and CUDA Toolkit on a GPU-accelerated ECS for installation.
2019-12-26	Added the following content: Added C4 series in Dedicated General-Purpose ECSs. Added M4 series in Memory-optimized ECSs. Added newly released E3 ECSs in Large-Memory ECSs. Added G6 ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs. Added P2v ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs. Added Installing a Tesla Driver and CUDA Toolkit on a GPU-accelerated ECS. Modified the following content: Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Windows)
2019-03-13	Modified the following content: Deleted E3 ECSs in Large-Memory ECSs because they have been terminated. Deleted "FPGA-accelerated ECSs" because such ECSs have been terminated.
2019-03-06	Modified the following content: Deleted metadata types that are not supported in Obtaining Metadata. Added use restrictions in Passing User Data to ECSs.
2019-03-05	Deleted the following content: Deleted FAQ "Why Are Certain Flavor Quotas Separately Displayed on the Quota Page?" Deleted description of separately displayed quotas in Quota Adjustment.
2019-03-04	Modified the following content: Modified the figure for ECS login modes in Logging In to an ECS. Modified the flowchart in sections "Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Windows)" and "Automatically Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Linux)".
2019-02-25	Modified the following content: Adjusted the format of information display for the step "(Optional) Select the check box to confirm the ECS configuration" in General Operations.
2019-02-22	Modified the following content: Added operation limitations after the ECS state changes from Creating to Running in Creating an ECS.
2019-02-18	Added the following content: How Can I Attach a Snapshot-based System Disk to an ECS as Its Data Disk? Modified the following content: Why Are Certain Flavor Quotas Separately Displayed on the Quota Page? Changed the ECS types that support change from Xen to KVM in "Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Windows)". Changed the ECS types that support changing from Xen to KVM and the command for downloading the driver installation script in "Automatically Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Linux)". Added description about the impact on ECS backups and IDs after a cold migration in Migrating an ECS. Added the information that OTC Tools has been installed for public images in Basic ECS Metrics.
2019-02-13	Modified the following content: Added EulerOS and SUSE 11 to the OSs that support automatic script operations in "Automatically Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Linux)".
2019-02-12	Modified the following content: Changed the URL for downloading the PV driver and UVP VMTools in "Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Windows)". Changed the URL for downloading the script in "Automatically Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Linux)".
2019-02-03	Modified the following content: Moved C3 ECSs to Dedicated General-Purpose ECSs.
2019-01-30	Added the following content: Added the FPGA-accelerated ECS type. Added Migrating an ECS. Modified the following content: Changed monitoring metric names in Basic ECS Metrics. Deleted the following content: Terminated T series of general computing-basic ECSs.
2018-12-30	Added the following content: Added newly released T series of general computing-basic ECSs. Modified the following content: Added newly released E3 ECSs in Large-Memory ECSs. Modified description in "Confirm Order" of Creating an ECS. Modified the Agency description in Creating an ECS. Modified order confirmation operations in Creating an ECS.
2018-12-22	Modified the following content: Added DeH parameter description in Creating an ECS. Modified the flowchart and follow-up operations in "Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Windows)". Modified the flowchart and follow-up operations in "Automatically Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Linux)". Added UVP in Glossary.
2018-12-12	Modified the following content: Added description in GPU-accelerated ECSs because P1 and P2 ECSs do not support automatic recovery. (Optional) Configuring Mapping Between Hostnames and IP Addresses Installing a NVIDIA GPU Driver and CUDA Toolkit on a P1 ECS Installing a NVIDIA GPU Driver and CUDA Toolkit on a P2 ECS
2018-12-10	Added the following content: Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Windows) Automatically Changing a Xen ECS to a KVM ECS (Linux) Modified the following content: Adjusted the structure of the document. Modified the procedure for creating an ECS in Getting Started.
2018-11-22	KVM ECSs support automatic recovery. Added the following content: Automatically Recovering ECSs Modified the following content: Creating an ECS
2018-10-29	Added the following content: Why Are Certain Flavor Quotas Separately Displayed on the Quota Page?
2018-09-30	Modified the following content: Updated supported images in Enabling NIC Multi-Queue.
2018-09-22	Modified the following content: Optimized descriptions in Can I Attach Multiple Disks to an ECS?
2018-08-31	Accepted in OTC 3.2.
2018-08-17	Added the following content: Quota Adjustment Modified the following content: Added newly released E3 ECSs in ECS Types and Large-Memory ECSs. Modified description in Can I Attach Multiple Disks to an ECS?, allowing an ECS to have up to 60 attached disks. Added the procedure for restarting the ECS in How Can I Enable Virtual Memory on a Windows ECS?
2018-07-31	Added the following content: Changing the Login Password on an ECS Supported advanced disk enablement. What Should I Do If Cloud-Init Does Not Work After Python Is Upgraded? Why Does the System Display Error Code 0x112f When I Log In to a Windows ECS? How Can I Enable Virtual Memory on a Windows ECS? Modified the following content: Modified description in Large-Memory ECSs, Disk-intensive ECSs, and Can I Attach Multiple Disks to an ECS?, allowing an ECS to have up to 60 attached disks. Modified description in Overview, allowing the tags added during ECS creation to be automatically added to the created EIP and EVS disks. Modified description in CBR and Why Does It Take Longer to Create ECSs When I Use a Full-ECS Image? to support full-ECS images.
2018-07-03	Modified the following content: Added the rules for the device names of the disks mounted to a disk-intensive ECS in Attaching an EVS Disk to an ECS.
2018-07-01	Added the following content: CTS How Can I Test the Network Performance of Linux ECSs? Why Does an Authentication Failure Occurs After I Attempt to Remotely Log In to a Windows ECS? Modified the following content: Allowed to export certain ECSs in Exporting ECS Information. Modified prerequisites in Changing the OS, allowing you to change the OS of an ECS on which reinstalling the OS failed. Modified description in Changing a Security Group, allowing you to change the security group in the Operation column.
2018-06-30	Accepted in OTC 3.1.
2018-06-29	Modified the following content: Terminated the full-ECS image function. Terminated FPGA-accelerated ECSs.
2018-06-22	Modified Elastic Cloud Server User Guide 38 according to review comments.
2018-06-14	Added the following content: Allowed to create ECSs using full-ECS images. Modified the following content: Added description in Disk-intensive ECSs because D2 ECSs do not support automatic recovery.
2018-06-01	Modified the following content: Modified FPGA-accelerated ECS specifications. Deleted the DSS information.
2018-05-23	Modified the following content: Modified the specifications and functions of FPGA-accelerated ECSs. Modified the overview, specifications, and functions of D2 ECSs as well as notes on using them in Disk-intensive ECSs. Modified the description of automatic recovery. Added the description of viewing details about failed tasks in Viewing Failed Tasks. Added the FPGA, HDK, SDK, AEI, and DPDK terms in Glossary. Modified the functions of and notes on using P2 ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs. Added the OSs supported by P2 ECSs in installing a NVIDIA GPU driver and CUDA toolkit on the P2 ECSs. Replaced screenshots in How Do I Obtain My Disk Device Name in the ECS OS Using the Device Identifier Provided on the Console?
2018-04-28	Added the following content: Added newly released FPGA-accelerated ECSs. Installing a NVIDIA GPU Driver and CUDA Toolkit on a P2 ECS Viewing Failed Tasks Modified the following content: Added newly released D2 ECSs in Disk-intensive ECSs. Added newly released P2 ECSs in GPU-accelerated ECSs. Modified description in General Operations, allowing you to check whether specifications have been modified. Added description in "Automatically Recovering ECSs", allowing KVM ECSs to support automatic recovery.
2018-03-30	Added the following content: Added the mapping between device names and disks in How Do I Obtain My Disk Device Name in the ECS OS Using the Device Identifier Provided on the Console?
2018-02-07	Accepted in OTC 3.0.
2018-02-03	Added the following content: 6.7.2-Changing a General-Purpose ECS to an H1 ECS Installing a NVIDIA GPU Driver and CUDA Toolkit on a P1 ECS What Can I Do If Switching from a Non-root User to User root Times Out? Why Is the Memory of an ECS Obtained by Running the free Command Inconsistent with the Actual Memory? Modified the following content: Modified the document structure. Allowed to modify specifications between general-purpose (S1, C1, C2, or M1) ECSs and H1 ECSs in General Operations. Updated the description and screenshots for selecting ECS types during ECS creation because the GUI has been modified. Modified description in Can I Attach Multiple Disks to an ECS?, allowing you to attach up to 60 EVS disks to an ECS. Modified default configurations during ECS creation in Overview. Specifically, no built-in tags will be created for an ECS by default. Added "Follow-up Procedure" in General Operations.
2018-01-26	Modified the following content: Updated certain screenshots in this document. Added notes on using M3 ECSs.
2018-01-19	Modified the following content: Why Does the System Display a Question Mark When I Attempt to Obtain Console Logs?
2017-12-30	Added the following content: How Can I Rectify the Fault That May Occur on a Linux ECS with an NVMe SSD Disk Attached? Why Does the System Display a Question Mark When I Attempt to Obtain Console Logs? Modified the following content: Modified notes in Enabling NIC Multi-Queue. Added C3, M3, and P1 ECSs in ECS Types. Added the function of creating a disk using DSS resources.
2017-10-27	Modified the following content: Added computing I, computing II, and memory-optimized first-generation ECS types into the general-purpose ECS type in ECS Types.
2017-10-18	Modified the following content: Changed the OSs supported by H2 and Hl1 ECSs in high-performance computing ECSs.
2017-10-06	Modified the following content: Added constraints on detaching an EVS disk from a running Windows ECS in Detaching an EVS Disk from a Running ECS.
2017-09-30	Added the following content: (Optional) Configuring Mapping Between Hostnames and IP Addresses How Can I Adjust System Disk Partitions? How Can I Add the Empty Partition of an Expanded System Disk to the End Root Partition Online? How Can I Add the Empty Partition of an Expanded System Disk to the Non-end Root Partition Online? Which ECSs Can Be Attached with SCSI EVS Disks? Modified the following content: Added S2 ECSs in General-Purpose ECSs. Added EVS disk device types in EVS Disks. Modified description in Reinstalling the OS and Changing the OS, allowing you to inject user data during ECS OS reinstallation or change. Modified the description of managing virtual IP addresses in General Operations. Allowed attaching up to 24 EVS disks to an ECS in Can I Attach Multiple Disks to an ECS?
2017-09-18	Modified the following content: Modified the overview, functions, and notes on using Hl1 ECSs in high-performance computing ECSs. Modified notes in "Automatically Recovering ECSs". Added notes on using tools, such as ibstat, in section "How Can I Check Whether the Network Communication Between Two ECSs Equipped with an InfiniBand NIC Driver Is Norma?"
2017-09-06	Modified the following content: Modified key description and added an image for the encryption process in User Encryption. Added the official website for downloading TightVNC in Login Overview (Linux). Added examples for configuring routing policies in Can Multiple EIPs Be Bound to an ECS? Added description in Will NICs Added to an ECS Start Automatically?, indicating that only the NICs added to an ECS running the CentOS 7.0 OS requires manual activation. What Should I Do If I Cannot Use the German Keyboard to Enter Characters When I Log In to a Linux ECS Using VNC?
2017-08-22	Added the following content: Added automatic recovery. Modified the following content: Modified description, indicating that SCSI EVS disks cannot be added during ECS creation. Deleted the description of exporting the ECS list. Changed the KVM ECS types to H2, M2, and Hl1. Confirmed and modified all issues in this document.
2017-08-11	Added the following content: Supported the multi-project function in Project.
2017-06-07	Modified the following content: Modified notes on using H2 ECSs in high-performance computing ECSs.
2017-06-05	Modified the following content: Added the description of built-in tags in General Operations.
2017-05-30	Modified the following content: Changed the OSs supported by large-memory ECSs in Large-Memory ECSs. Changed the OSs supported by disk-intensive ECSs in Disk-intensive ECSs. Added the InfiniBand NIC status metric in Basic ECS Metrics. Added the description of adding, viewing, modifying, and deleting tags in General Operations.
2017-05-19	Modified the following content: Modified the image parameter description in Step 1: Configure Basic Settings.
2017-05-08	Added the following content: Obtaining ECS Console Logs Enabling NIC Multi-Queue Section "How Can I Check Whether the Network Communication Is Normal Between Two ECSs Equipped with an InfiniBand NIC Driver?"
2017-04-07	Added the following content: How Can a Changed Static Hostname Take Effect Permanently? Modified the following content: Added G2, M2, and H2 ECSs in ECS Types. Modified H1 ECS specifications in high-performance computing ECSs. Modified large-memory ECS specifications in Large-Memory ECSs. Added the System Status Check Failed metric in Basic ECS Metrics.
2017-03-09	Modified the following content: Changed the maximum number of tags that can be added to an ECS to 11, where 1 is automatically added by the system and the other 10 must be manually added. Changed one tag-related screenshot due to GUI optimization.
2017-02-03	Added the following content: Why Does a Key Pair Created Using puttygen.exe Fail to Be Imported on the Management Console? Modified the following content: Modified the method of using puttygen.exe to generate key pairs in Creating a Key Pair Using PuTTYgen. Added description in License Types, indicating that the system does not support dynamic license type changing.
2017-01-27	Modified the following content: Deleted Ubuntu from the OSs supporting BYOL in License Types.
2017-01-26	Modified the following content: Added full names of acronyms in User Encryption. Changed the OSs supporting BYOL in License Types and Changing the OS. Added Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Added the scope of Windows OSs for using BYOL.
2017-01-20	Added the following content: License Types User Encryption Can All Users Use the Encryption Feature?
2017-01-16	Modified the following content: Added image descriptions in Image Types and Step 1: Configure Basic Settings.
2016-10-09	Added the following content: Managing ECS Groups Viewing ECS Creation Statuses Why Does the Failures Area Show an ECS Creation Failure But the ECS List Displays the Created ECS? Modified the following content: Added information for remotely logging in to ECSs in Remotely Logging In to a Windows ECS (Using VNC), Logging In to a Linux ECS Using an SSH Key Pair, Logging In to a Linux ECS Using an SSH Password, and Logging In to a Windows ECS Using MSTSC. Added document links to the default keyboard types of the ECSs created using public images in Remotely Logging In to a Windows ECS (Using VNC). Added notes on keyboard language settings for VNC-based ECS logins and the mapping between four types of keyboards in Remotely Logging In to a Windows ECS (Using VNC). Provided configuration examples and links to related FAQs.
2016-09-30	Modified the following content: Added constraints in Managing ECS Groups because ECS groups apply only to large-memory ECSs.
2016-09-28	Added the following content: Can I Change the OS of an ECS? Modified the following content: Deleted the FAQ that is not required any more because the preset Linux ECS username has been changed after Cloud-Init is supported.
2016-09-27	Added the following content: Can I Attach Multiple Disks to an ECS? Modified the following content: Modified the instructions for configuring keyboard languages in VNC logins in Remotely Logging In to a Windows ECS (Using VNC).
2016-09-26	Modified the following content: Added the instructions for configuring keyboard languages in VNC logins in Remotely Logging In to a Windows ECS (Using VNC).
2016-09-23	Added the following content: Large-Memory ECSs Why Is the NIC Not Working? Modified the following content: Added encryption algorithms and the method of using PuTTYgen to generate key pairs in Creating a Key Pair Using PuTTYgen.
2016-09-18	Added the following content: Expanding the Local Disks of a Disk-intensive ECS What Is the Cloudbase-Init Account in Windows ECSs Used for? Modified the following content: Added the description of interactive password reset scripts in Resetting the Password for Logging In to a Linux ECS Added notes on using various ECSs in Memory-optimized ECSs, Disk-intensive ECSs, and high-performance computing ECSs.
2016-08-25	Added the following content: GPU-accelerated ECSs Disk-intensive ECSs Why Is the NIC Not Working? High-Performance Computing ECSs Detaching an EVS Disk from a Running ECS What Browser Version Is Required to Remotely Log In to an ECS? Why Does the Login to My Linux ECS Using a Key File Fail? Why Does the System Display a Message Indicating that the Password for Logging In to a Windows ECS Cannot Be Obtained?
2016-07-15	Added the following content: Cloud-Init Forcible ECS shutdown Forcible ECS restarting OS changing Modified the following content: ECS login modes OS reinstallation
2016-03-14	This issue is the first official release.

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