Image States Reference

This page is a complete reference of all the Image states that will be useful for administrators doing troubleshooting and developers.

The simplified life-cycle is explained in the Virtual Machines Images guide. That simplified diagram uses a smaller number of state names. That section should be enough for end-users and every-day administration tasks.

List of States

OpenNebula’s images define its state using the STATE variable. The state can be seen from the CLI (oneimage show) and from Sunstone (Info panel for the Image).

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State

Short State Alias

Meaning

0

INIT

init

Initialization state

1

READY

rdy

Image ready to use

2

USED

used

The image is being used by other VM

3

DISABLED

disa

Image can not be instantiated by a VM

4

LOCKED

lock

FS operation for the Image in process

5

ERROR

err

Error state the operation FAILED

6

CLONE

clon

Image is being cloned

7

DELETE

dele

DS is deleting the image

8

USED_PERS

used

Image is in use and persistent

9

LOCKED_USED

lock

FS operation in progress, VMs waiting

10

LOCKED_USED_PERS

lock

FS operation in progress, VMs waiting. Persistent