Shut down an instance, with potential to free up hypervisor resources
Based on the discussion summarized in https:/
Users would like the ability to stop servers when they don't need them, but retain it in their list of servers and keep all associated data and resources with it. If an instance is stopped for a long while an operator may wish to move that instance off of the hypervisor in order to minimize resource usage.
In order to address a user who may wish to stop an instance at the end of a work day and resume it the following day/start of new week we're going to add a new shelved state and API operations to shelve/unshelve an instance. Shelving will be pretty much synonymous with shutting down an instance on the hypervisor, so anything in memory is not maintained. Unshelving will restart the instance.
If an instance has been shelved for some amount of time, say 72 hours(configura
Blueprint information
- Status:
- Complete
- Approver:
- Russell Bryant
- Priority:
- Medium
- Drafter:
- Andrew Laski
- Direction:
- Approved
- Assignee:
- Andrew Laski
- Definition:
- Approved
- Series goal:
- Accepted for havana
- Implementation:
- Implemented
- Milestone target:
- 2013.2
- Started by
- Thierry Carrez
- Completed by
- Thierry Carrez
Related branches
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Sprints
Whiteboard
Gerrit topic: https:/
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Shelve/unshelve an instance
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API for shelving
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New select_destinations scheduler call
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Periodic task for offloading shelved instances