----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rick Jones" <[email protected]> > To: "OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions)" > <[email protected]> > > On 06/24/2014 02:38 PM, Joe Gordon wrote: > > I agree nova shouldn't take any actions. But I don't think leaving an > > instance as 'active' is right either. I was thinking move instance to > > error state (maybe an unknown state would be more accurate) and let the > > user deal with it, versus just letting the user deal with everything. > > Since nova knows something *may* be wrong shouldn't we convey that to > > the user (I'm not 100% sure we should myself). > > I suspect the user's first action will be to call Support asking "Hey, > why is my perfectly usable instance showing-up in the ERROR|UNKNOWN state?" > > rick jones
The existing alternative would be having the user calling to ask why their non-responsive instance is showing as RUNNING so you are kind of damned if you do, damned if you don't. Steve _______________________________________________ OpenStack-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
