Activity log for bug #1281324

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2014-02-17 22:49:26 Robert Collins bug added bug
2014-02-18 02:51:08 Robert Collins summary vm_state ERROR vm undeletable vm_state ERROR vm undeletable if first delete attempt does not succeed.
2014-02-18 02:52:59 Robert Collins description We had a neutron failure in our cloud, which lead to a bunch of VM's in state ERROR.. we've repaired neutron but now we can't delete: ERROR: Cannot 'forceDelete' while instance is in vm_state error (HTTP 409) (Request-ID: req-1c4a88c3-4ea1-45a8-b987-629a69b4af06) or stop/start nova stop 01199ed9-b3c3-4ee9-a482-bdfdc7347ce1 ERROR: Instance 01199ed9-b3c3-4ee9-a482-bdfdc7347ce1 in task_state deleting. Cannot stop while the instance is in this state. (HTTP 400) (Request-ID: req-18d58b8d-b360-4b37-b671-34624a6dade4) (ci-overcloud)robertc@lifelesshp:~/work$ nova start 01199ed9-b3c3-4ee9-a482-bdfdc7347ce1 ERROR: Instance 01199ed9-b3c3-4ee9-a482-bdfdc7347ce1 in vm_state error. Cannot start while the instance is in this state. (HTTP 400) (Request-ID: req-b46c0ee6-8ed8-41c3-b400-72f76429209a) normal 'delete' doesn't error.. but doesn't delete the VM either. We had a neutron failure in our cloud, which lead to a bunch of VM's in state ERROR.. we've repaired neutron but now we can't delete: ERROR: Cannot 'forceDelete' while instance is in vm_state error (HTTP 409) (Request-ID:                   req-1c4a88c3-4ea1-45a8-b987-629a69b4af06) or stop/start nova stop 01199ed9-b3c3-4ee9-a482-bdfdc7347ce1 ERROR: Instance 01199ed9-b3c3-4ee9-a482-bdfdc7347ce1 in task_state deleting. Cannot stop while the instance is in this state. (HTTP 400) (Request-ID: req-18d58b8d-b360-4b37-b671-34624a6dade4) (ci-overcloud)robertc@lifelesshp:~/work$ nova start 01199ed9-b3c3-4ee9-a482-bdfdc7347ce1 ERROR: Instance 01199ed9-b3c3-4ee9-a482-bdfdc7347ce1 in vm_state error. Cannot start while the instance is in this state. (HTTP 400) (Request-ID: req-b46c0ee6-8ed8-41c3-b400-72f76429209a) normal 'delete' doesn't error.. but doesn't delete the VM either. The problem is that nothing is cancelling the task state, so the VMs are staying stuck indefinitely.
2014-02-19 19:57:57 Tiago Mello nova: assignee Tiago Rodrigues de Mello (timello)
2014-02-19 20:49:11 Tiago Mello nova: status New Confirmed
2014-02-19 20:49:33 Tiago Mello nova: importance Undecided Medium
2014-02-20 14:15:12 OpenStack Infra nova: status Confirmed In Progress
2014-03-11 15:31:57 OpenStack Infra nova: status In Progress Fix Committed
2014-03-17 17:25:16 Russell Bryant nova: milestone icehouse-rc1
2014-03-18 00:36:54 Nobuto Murata bug added subscriber Nobuto MURATA
2014-03-31 19:07:24 Thierry Carrez nova: status Fix Committed Fix Released
2014-04-17 09:15:34 Thierry Carrez nova: milestone icehouse-rc1 2014.1