[openstack-dev] [qa] How to delete a VM which is in ERROR state?

Joe Gordon joe.gordon0 at gmail.com
Tue Dec 9 21:32:05 UTC 2014


On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 5:08 PM, Danny Choi (dannchoi) <dannchoi at cisco.com>
wrote:

>  Hi,
>
>  I have a VM which is in ERROR state.
>
>
> +--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+--------+------------+-------------+--------------------+
>
> | ID                                   | Name
>             | Status | Task State | Power State | Networks           |
>
>
> +--------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------+--------+------------+-------------+--------------------+
>
> | 1cb5bf96-619c-4174-baae-dd0d8c3d40c5 |
> cirros--1cb5bf96-619c-4174-baae-dd0d8c3d40c5 | ERROR  | -          |
> NOSTATE     |                    |
>
>  I tried in both CLI “nova delete” and Horizon “terminate instance”.
> Both accepted the delete command without any error.
> However, the VM never got deleted.
>
>  Is there a way to remove the VM?
>

What version of nova are you using? This is definitely a serious bug, you
should be able to delete an instance in error state. Can you file a bug
that includes steps on how to reproduce the bug along with all relevant
logs.

bugs.launchpad.net/nova


>
>  Thanks,
> Danny
>
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