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As reported in the bug, "memory and vCPUs NOT become available to create other instances when suspending instance". So update the description for ' Suspend and resume an instance'. Change-Id: I4c11c73fe9ba42e77c86cefe4360ce2496e810e1 Closes-bug: #1402502
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="nova_cli_stop_start">
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<title>Stop and start an instance</title>
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<para>Use one of the following methods to stop and start an
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instance.</para>
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<section xml:id="pause_server">
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<title>Pause and unpause an instance</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>To pause an instance, run the following command:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova pause <replaceable>INSTANCE_NAME</replaceable></userinput> </screen>
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<para>This command stores the state of the VM in RAM. A paused
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instance continues to run in a frozen state.</para></listitem>
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<listitem><para>To unpause the instance, run the following command:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova unpause <replaceable>INSTANCE_NAME</replaceable></userinput> </screen>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="suspend_resume">
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<title>Suspend and resume an instance</title>
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<itemizedlist>
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<para>Administrative users might want to suspend an instance if
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it is infrequently used or to perform system maintenance. When
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you suspend an instance, its VM state is stored on disk, all
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memory is written to disk, and the virtual machine is stopped.
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Suspending an instance is similar to placing a device in
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hibernation.</para>
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<note>
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<para>Suspending an instance will not free allocated memory or
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virtual CPU resources. To release them, delete the instance.</para>
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</note>
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<listitem>
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<para>To initiate a hypervisor-level suspend operation, run
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the following command:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova suspend <replaceable>INSTANCE_NAME</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>To resume a suspended instance, run the following
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command:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova resume <replaceable>INSTANCE_NAME</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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</listitem>
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</itemizedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="shelve_server">
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<title>Shelve and unshelve an instance</title>
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<para>Shelving is useful if you have an instance that you are not using, but would like retain in
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your list of servers. For example, you can stop an instance at the end of a work week, and
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resume work again at the start of the next week. All associated data and resources are kept;
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however, anything still in memory is not retained. If a shelved instance is no longer needed,
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it can also be entirely removed.</para>
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<para>You can complete the following shelving tasks:</para>
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<variablelist>
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<varlistentry><term>Shelve an instance</term>
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<listitem><para>Shuts down the instance, and stores it together with associated data and resources (a snapshot
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is taken if not volume backed). Anything in memory is lost. Use the following
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command:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova shelve <replaceable>SERVERNAME</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Unshelve an instance</term>
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<listitem><para>Restores the instance:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova unshelve <replaceable>SERVERNAME</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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<varlistentry><term>Remove a shelved instance</term>
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<listitem><para>Removes the instance from the server; data and resource associations are deleted. If an
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instance is no longer needed, you can move that instance off the hypervisor in order to
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minimize resource usage:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>nova shelve-offload <replaceable>SERVERNAME</replaceable></userinput></screen>
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</listitem>
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</varlistentry>
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</variablelist>
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</section>
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</section>
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