Deletion of Instance is not possible when created Instance in Error State

[Noel Nelson Dsouza]

Created instance with image file. But some time i may find that instance creation in error state, and then i want to delete that instance through cli or dashboard, but I am not able to delete it..

CLI i use : nova delete vmname.

According to me delete command always work.. Please suggest the inputs.

Thank you in advance

Regards
Noel

[Ankit Agrawal (ankitagrawal)]

Can you please also check instance task_state and the error logs you get, while deleting the instance.

[Noel Nelson Dsouza (noelnelson)]

Ankit,

Thank you for your reply.

I am facing this issue not every time, if i get this issue again i will collect all the details as you mentioned above and post in this bug thread.

Regards
Noel Nelson Dsouza

[Noel Nelson Dsouza (noelnelson)]

Please find the details,

Version : Juno OpenStack Devstack

stack@onecloud-Standard-PC-i440FX-PIIX-1996:~/devstack$ nova list
+--------------------------------------+------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| ID | Name | Status | Task State | Power State | Networks |
+--------------------------------------+------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| 6e7def69-3a5d-4132-9357-23e6106ed401 | vm1 | ERROR | spawning | NOSTATE | private=10.0.0.2 |
+--------------------------------------+------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+

stack@onecloud-Standard-PC-i440FX-PIIX-1996:~/devstack$ nova delete vm1
Request to delete server vm1 has been accepted.

stack@onecloud-Standard-PC-i440FX-PIIX-1996:~/devstack$ nova list
+--------------------------------------+------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| ID | Name | Status | Task State | Power State | Networks |
+--------------------------------------+------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+
| 6e7def69-3a5d-4132-9357-23e6106ed401 | vm1 | ERROR | - | NOSTATE | private=10.0.0.2 |
+--------------------------------------+------+--------+------------+-------------+------------------+

Regards
Noel Nelson Dsouza

[Noel Nelson Dsouza (noelnelson)]

Please Note,

 Task_state spawning to '-' state.

After that nova delete vm1 -- command executed..

Provide inputs for above.

Thank you in advance

Regards
Noel Nelson Dsouza