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[Yun Mao <yunmao@xxxxxxxxx>]

John,

A strategy we are making in Nova (WIP) is to allow instance
termination no matter what. Perhaps a similar strategy could be
adopted for volumes too? Thanks,

Yun

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 12:02 AM, John Griffith
<john.griffith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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?
>>
>> --
>> Lars Kellogg-Stedman <lars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>       |
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>>
>>
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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
>
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