The same steps give me a different outcome. I guess I must be running an older version of cinder: $ openstack volume type list +--------------------------------------+--------------------+-----------+ | ID | Name | Is Public | +--------------------------------------+--------------------+-----------+ | 17593eb4-a4d2-4464-82ea-af22c49f4105 | stable1-az2 | True | | 3421912b-0ebc-4c53-b318-a95edfe3eb86 | arbor-az1 | True | +--------------------------------------+--------------------+-----------+ $ openstack volume type list --default +--------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | ID | Name | Is Public | +--------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ | 3421912b-0ebc-4c53-b318-a95edfe3eb86 | arbor-az1 | True | +--------------------------------------+-----------+-----------+ $ openstack volume create --type stable1-az2 --size 1 david-stable1-az2-volume1 +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Field | Value | +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ | attachments | [] | | availability_zone | zone2 | | bootable | false | | consistencygroup_id | None | | created_at | 2020-10-16T18:38:05.000000 | | description | None | | encrypted | False | | id | 7b1f4f0b-61d5-44c5-8c47-8828de477afc | | migration_status | None | | multiattach | False | | name | david-stable1-az2-volume1 | | properties | | | replication_status | None | | size | 1 | | snapshot_id | None | | source_volid | None | | status | creating | | type | stable1-az2 | | updated_at | None | | user_id | f2ee9e8060e54d058060d220fab84088 | +---------------------+--------------------------------------+ $ openstack volume list | grep david | 7b1f4f0b-61d5-44c5-8c47-8828de477afc | david-stable1-az2-volume1 | available | 1 | | $ openstack volume snapshot create --volume david-stable1-az2-volume1 david-stable1-az2-volume1-snap1 +-------------+--------------------------------------+ | Field | Value | +-------------+--------------------------------------+ | created_at | 2020-10-16T18:38:40.904359 | | description | None | | id | 23dfa183-1290-4c76-9aae-a35f53d94c6e | | name | david-stable1-az2-volume1-snap1 | | properties | | | size | 1 | | status | creating | | updated_at | None | | volume_id | 7b1f4f0b-61d5-44c5-8c47-8828de477afc | +-------------+--------------------------------------+ $ openstack volume snapshot list | grep david | 23dfa183-1290-4c76-9aae-a35f53d94c6e | david-stable1-az2-volume1-snap1 | None | available | 1 | $ openstack volume create --snapshot david-stable1-az2-volume1-snap1 david-stable1-az2-volume1-snap1-volume1 Invalid input received: Invalid volume_type provided: 3421912b-0ebc-4c53-b318-a95edfe3eb86 (requested type is not compatible; recommend omitting the type argument). (HTTP 400) (Request-ID: req-ed37e9ba-658f-4cc8-876d-a4c0d3dae9fd) I am using cinder version 2:15.3.0-0ubuntu1~cloud0 from the bionic-train Ubuntu Cloud Archive on Ubuntu 18.04.