
The createBackup API does not support backing up volume-backed instances. The error message the user gets is not useful about why the request was invalid, and the API reference docs do not mention the limitation. This change addresses both of those issues. Change-Id: I04fd8ab4f8818d9d0ccccb6f6fcb34965b15b8f3 Partial-Bug: #1679314
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OpenStack Nova
OpenStack Nova provides a cloud computing fabric controller, supporting a wide variety of compute technologies, including: libvirt (KVM, Xen, LXC and more), Hyper-V, VMware, XenServer and OpenStack Ironic.
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API
To learn how to use Nova's API, consult the documentation available online at:
http://developer.openstack.org/api-guide/compute/ http://developer.openstack.org/api-ref/compute/
For more information on OpenStack APIs, SDKs and CLIs, please see:
http://www.openstack.org/appdev/ http://developer.openstack.org/
Operators
To learn how to deploy and configure OpenStack Nova, consult the documentation available online at:
For information about the different compute (hypervisor) drivers supported by Nova, please read:
http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/feature_classification.html
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For information on how to contribute to Nova, please see the contents of the CONTRIBUTING.rst.
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