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 ===Creating an Image From a Volume===
+{{To Do| update to use the new combined openstack CLI}}
 Creating an image from a volume allows you to download the image either for a backup or to use in virtual box.
-{{Command|cinder upload-to-image --disk-format qcow2 --container-format bare <volume_id> <image_name>}}
-where <volume_id> can be found from the OpenStack dash board by clicking on the volume name and <image_name> is the name given to the image you are creating. This uses one of the command line clients available for OpenStack see [[OpenStack#Command Line Clients]] for more details about working with command line clients. This image can then be downloaded in the way described in [[OpenStack#Downloading an image into a local VirtualBox]]
+{{Command|openstack image create --disk-format <format> --volume <volume_name> <image_name>}}
+where <volume_name> can be found from the OpenStack dash board by clicking on the volume name and <image_name> is the name given to the image you are creating. <format> is the disk format, two possible values are qcow2 and vmdk. See [[OpenStack#Command Line Clients]] for more details about working with command line. This image can then be downloaded in the way described in [[OpenStack#Downloading an image into a local VirtualBox]]
 ==Command Line Clients==