VM went into paused state after trying to stop it
Problem
- VM went into the paused state after trying to stop it.
- Cannot perform any action on the VM.
Environment
- Platform9 Managed OpenStack - v5.4.0 and Higher
Cause
- From ostackhost logs, it seems VM power off failed and then it went into paused state:
2022-09-07 10:37:17.990 INFO nova.image.pf9_glance [req-b8fefaa1-4f54-xxx-xxx-bb7815f99b9c abc@xyz.com service] Fetched new image-cluster endpoint list: ['http://192.168.30.33:9292', 'http://192.168.30.38:9292']2022-09-07 10:37:20.808 INFO nova.compute.manager [req-b8fefaa1-4f54-xxx-xxx-bb7815f99b9c abc@xyz.com service] [instance: afcb39b4-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-f130cb97c5e5] Successfully reverted task state from powering-off on failure for instance.2022-09-07 10:37:21.364 ERROR oslo_messaging.rpc.server [req-b8fefaa1-4f54-xxx-xxx-bb7815f99b9c abc@xyz.com service] Exception during message handling: libvirt.libvirtError: Requested operation is not valid: domain is not running2022-09-07 10:37:21.364 TRACE oslo_messaging.rpc.server Traceback (most recent call last):2022-09-07 10:37:21.364 TRACE oslo_messaging.rpc.server if ret == -1: raise libvirtError ('virDomainShutdown() failed', dom=self)Resolution
- Login to the host holding the VM and check the current status:
$ sudo virsh list|grep <VM_ID>- Resume the paused VM using below command:
$ sudo virsh resume <VM_ID>Additional Information
https://docs.openstack.org/mitaka/user-guide/cli_stop_ and_start_ an_instance.html
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