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# How To Reset Volume States

## Problem

Private Cloud Director block storage volumes can be in the following states: "reserved", “error”, “creating”, “deleting”, “in-use”, “attaching”, “detaching”, “error\_deleting” or “maintenance”.

Sometimes the volumes might be in a state that does not reflect their present condition. For example, a failed live migration might set the volume state to "error". However, it is possible to access and edit the data inside the volume. In such a case, it becomes necessary to reset the volume state to reflect its actual condition.

## Environment

* Private Cloud Director Virtualization - v2025.4 and Higher
* Self-Hosted Private Cloud Director Virtualization - v2025.4 and Higher
* Self-Hosted Private Cloud Director Kubernetes - v2025.4 and Higher

## Procedure

1. These steps can only be run as admin. Source the RC file with the admin credentials.

```bash
$ source <RC_FILE>
```

2. Get the UUID of the volume whose status that needs to be changed.

```bash
$ openstack volume list
```

3. Change the status using the following command.

```bash
$ openstack volume set --state <DESIRED_STATE> <VOLUME_UUID>
```

## Validation

Verify if the volume state has changed.

```bash
$ openstack volume show <VOLUME_UUID>
```

## Additional Information

* [Set other volume properties](https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/ocata/command-objects/volume.html?#volume-set)


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