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[John Griffith <john.griffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:40 PM, Lars Kellogg-Stedman
<lars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I attempted to attach a volume to a running instance, but later
> deleted the instance, leaving the volume stuck in the "attaching"
> state:
>
>  # nova volume-list
>  +----+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+-------------+
>  | ID |   Status  | Display Name | Size | Volume Type | Attached to |
>  +----+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+-------------+
>  | 9  | attaching | None         | 1    | None        |             |
>  +----+-----------+--------------+------+-------------+-------------+
>
> It doesn't appear to be possible to delete this with "nova
> volume-delete":
>
>  # nova volume-delete
>   nova volume-delete 9
>   ERROR: Invalid volume: Volume status must be available or error (HTTP 400)
>
> Other than directly editing the database (and I've had to do that an
> awful lot already), how do I recover from this situation?
>
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Hi Lars,

Unfortunately manipulating the database might be your best bet for
now.  We do have plans to come up with another option in the Cinder
project, but unfortunately that won't help you much right now.

If somebody has a better method, I'm sure they'll speak up and reply
to this email, but I think right now that's your best bet.

Thanks,
John