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[Jon Proulx <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

using Havana (2013.2.2) on Ubuntu 12.04 (cloud archive packages)

It is possible to create an instace that nova believes has a volume
attached when in fact it is not.  The user is then unable to delete the
instance becaus enove errors trying to detatch the volume which is not
attached (deleting the offending volume does allow instancve termination
but one presumes users want the data on their cinder volumes)

While there are likely deeper causes to this confised state the proximal
cause appear to be the users specifying "--block-device
id=<id>,source=volume" on the boot command line rather than "--block-
device id=<id>,source=volume,dest=volume" which properly attaches the
requested volume and produces a norally running and normally deletable
instance.

** Affects: nova
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1323788

Title:
  block_device_mapping_v2 needs better input validation

Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova):
  New

Bug description:
  using Havana (2013.2.2) on Ubuntu 12.04 (cloud archive packages)

  It is possible to create an instace that nova believes has a volume
  attached when in fact it is not.  The user is then unable to delete
  the instance becaus enove errors trying to detatch the volume which is
  not attached (deleting the offending volume does allow instancve
  termination but one presumes users want the data on their cinder
  volumes)

  While there are likely deeper causes to this confised state the
  proximal cause appear to be the users specifying "--block-device
  id=<id>,source=volume" on the boot command line rather than "--block-
  device id=<id>,source=volume,dest=volume" which properly attaches the
  requested volume and produces a norally running and normally deletable
  instance.

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