It seems we're using start to restore the instance, which also works. novaclient(request).servers.start(instance_id)
Sam On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Vishvananda Ishaya <[email protected]>wrote: > > Yes I noticed the other day that the restore and force_delete admin > commands are not in novaclient. I was planning on adding them at some point > soon, but it should be a really easy addition if someone wants to tackle it > before I get to it. > > Vish > > On Jan 30, 2013, at 2:24 AM, "Day, Phil" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Vish,**** > > Sorry, I wasn’t very clear in my original post. I have > reclaim_instance_inteval set, and the instance does go to “SOFT_DELETED”. > I can see that the api extension adds a “restore” verb to the list of > actions on an instance.**** > > What I was trying to find out was if that additional action was available > from the nova client. E.g is there a “nova restore <xxx>” command ? > Looking through the client code I can’t see one, but thought I might be > missing something.**** > > Thanks**** > Phil**** > > *From:* Vishvananda Ishaya [mailto:[email protected]] > *Sent:* 30 January 2013 00:32 > *To:* Day, Phil > *Cc:* [email protected] ([email protected]) ( > [email protected]) > *Subject:* Re: [Openstack] nova client support for restore from soft > delete ?**** > ** ** > ** ** > On Jan 29, 2013, at 8:55 AM, "Day, Phil" <[email protected]> wrote:**** > > > **** > Hi Folks,**** > **** > Does the nova client provide support to restore a soft deleted instance > (and if not, what is the process for pulling an instance back from the > brink) ?**** > ** ** > If you have reclaim_instance_interval set then you can restore instances > via an admin api command. If not then you are not going to have much luck > reclaiming the insance becasue the drive will be deleted. If by some chance > you have the backing files still, then you should be able to fix the db and > do a hard reboot on the instance to get it to come back up. Fixing the db > is mostly about setting deleted=False but keep in mind that you will also > have to manually restore the vif and reassociate the fixed ip which > hopefully hasn't been associated to a new instance.**** > ** ** > Vish > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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