Chck out this log, it clearly states that the issue is Numa topology requirments. 2015-11-26 10:08:39.604 2899 DEBUG nova.scheduler.filters.numa_topology_filter [req-9688c526-0f54-43f3-ba1a-7fe1d1bc63d4 d525cf27fd9c4782a20363f65bed9795 f77fb93ac01c488f8cfd1eb4ebe7c2f0 - - -] sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com, sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com fails NUMA topologyrequirements. The instance does not fit on this host. host_passes /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/scheduler/filters/numa_topology_filter.py:48 2015-11-26 10:08:39.605 2899 INFO nova.filters [req-9688c526-0f54-43f3-ba1a-7fe1d1bc63d4 d525cf27fd9c4782a20363f65bed9795 f77fb93ac01c488f8cfd1eb4ebe7c2f0 - - -] Filter NUMATopologyFilter returned 0 hosts 2015-11-26 10:08:39.605 2899 DEBUG nova.filters [req-9688c526-0f54-43f3-ba1a-7fe1d1bc63d4 d525cf27fd9c4782a20363f65bed9795 f77fb93ac01c488f8cfd1eb4ebe7c2f0 - - -] Filtering removed all hosts for the request with reservation ID 'r-tfsr0m79' and instance ID 'd4643825-0893-45b9-904d-b5a6bbd1ec30'. Filter results: [('RetryFilter', [(u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com', u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com')]), ('AvailabilityZoneFilter', [(u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com', u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com')]), ('RamFilter', [(u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com', u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com')]), ('ComputeFilter', [(u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com', u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com')]), ('ComputeCapabilitiesFilter', [(u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com', u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com')]), ('ImagePropertiesFilter', [(u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com', u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com')]), ('ServerGroupAntiAffinityFilter', [(u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com', u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com')]), ('ServerGroupAffinityFilter', [(u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com', u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com')]), ('PciPassthroughFilter', [(u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com', u'sbezverk-osp-4.sbezverk.cisco.com')]), ('NUMATopologyFilter', None)] get_filtered_objects /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/nova/filters.py:122 2015-11-26 10:08:39.605 2899 INFO nova.filters [req-9688c526-0f54-43f3-ba1a-7fe1d1bc63d4 d525cf27fd9c4782a20363f65bed9795 f77fb93ac01c488f8cfd1eb4ebe7c2f0 - - -] Filtering removed all hosts for the request with reservation ID 'r-tfsr0m79' and instance ID 'd4643825-0893-45b9-904d-b5a6bbd1ec30'. Filter results: ['RetryFilter: (start: 1, end: 1)', 'AvailabilityZoneFilter: (start: 1, end: 1)', 'RamFilter: (start: 1, end: 1)', 'ComputeFilter: (start: 1, end: 1)', 'ComputeCapabilitiesFilter: (start: 1, end: 1)', 'ImagePropertiesFilter: (start: 1, end: 1)', 'ServerGroupAntiAffinityFilter: (start: 1, end: 1)', 'ServerGroupAffinityFilter: (start: 1, end: 1)', 'PciPassthroughFilter: (start: 1, end: 1)', 'NUMATopologyFilter: (start: 1, end: 0)'] -----Original Message----- From: