I've ran scripts which attempt to start 100 VMs at once, so no starting 5 should not be an issue.
If these were new VMs on a new guest network it's possible that the VR took a long time to start (poor secondary storage performance) so the VMs timed out. It looks like one of your VMs had started, was this by chance the last VM you tried to start? Once the templates for VR and Guest VMs had copied from sec to pri storage new VMs should start very quickly. Is this a single zone or part of a multi zone setup? Regards Geoff Higginbottom CTO / Cloud Architect D: +44 20 3603 0542<tel:+442036030542> | S: +44 20 3603 0540<tel:+442036030540> | M: +447968161581<tel:+447968161581> geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com<mailto:geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com> | www.shapeblue.com<htp://www.shapeblue.com/> ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS<x-apple-data-detectors://37> On 8 Apr 2014, at 21:11, "Jonathan Gowar" <j...@whiteheat.org.uk<mailto:j...@whiteheat.org.uk>> wrote: On Tue, 2014-04-08 at 19:14 +0000, Geoff Higginbottom wrote: Assuming the VMs are not actually running on hosts, change the state field in vm_instance to stopped, this will give you back control. Suggest you then start one at a time. Thanks, Geoff. As they (4 of 5 VMs) were in a stopped state, and back within control, I started just 1 and left it. I came back some time later, and they'd all started!? As far as stressing a system goes, would creating 5 VMs simultaneously be a problem. Are there statistics to review such limits? or even general rule of thumb. Regards, Jon Need Enterprise Grade Support for Apache CloudStack? Our CloudStack Infrastructure Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> offers the best 24/7 SLA for CloudStack Environments. Apache CloudStack Bootcamp training courses **NEW!** CloudStack 4.2.1 training<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 28th-29th May 2014, Bangalore. Classromm<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 16th-20th June 2014, Region A. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 23rd-27th June 2014, Region B. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 15th-20th September 2014, Region A. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 22nd-27th September 2014, Region B. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 1st-6th December 2014, Region A. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> 8th-12th December 2014, Region B. Instructor led, On-line<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
